Tag: computing
The M3 MacBook Air is officially discontinued, but the M2 MacBook Air will live on elsewhere and that’s good news
Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Air with M4 starts at $999 or $1,199 for the 15-inch The previous-generation MacBook Air with M3 is discontinued The even earlier M2 MacBook Air, which previously started at $999, will live on via other retailers New Apple devices typically mean the previous generation drops to…
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ChatGPT 4.5 understands subtext, but it doesn’t feel like an enormous leap from ChatGPT-4o
OpenAI‘s release of GPT-4.5 for ChatGPT Plus subscribers this week had me immediately keen to try it out, though with some skepticism. There had been reports of OpenAI (and other developers) struggling to make the big improvements to their models we’ve seen before. And the current standard model GPT-4o, is…
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ChatGPT-4.5 is here (for most users), but I think OpenAI’s model selection is now a complete mess
Following yesterday’s announcement that ChatGPT-4.5 would be rolling out from today, and over the next few days, I was pretty pleased to find it had appeared in my model selector in ChatGPT Plus, however the model selector now looks like a complete mess. Take a look: There are now eight…
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The best MacBook for 2025: Which Apple laptop should you buy?
At its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last June, Apple announced updates coming to its various operating systems, most of which focus on its own version of AI, dubbed Apple Intelligence. MacBooks will get macOS 15, aka Sequoia, that will support Image Playground, Apple’s image generation tool, and AI composition features…
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AI doesn’t belong in the classroom unless you want kids to learn all the wrong lessons
As a child, I loved fingerpainting and anxiously awaited the weekly, colorful in-class activity. It wasn’t so much the art that compelled me; I loved the distinctive smell and visceral feel of the fingerpaint. The entire process felt like an exploration, and through it, I discovered my creativity. It was…
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Shazam now makes it super-easy to add identified songs to a Spotify or Apple Music playlist – here’s how it works
Everyone’s favorite music-recognition app, Shazam, just got a new update that comes with a small, but particularly helpful new feature that has improved its integration with Spotify and Apple Music. The latest version of the app (version 18.9), which arrived on March 5, comes with an improved syncing feature that…
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