Tag: computing
I’m writing this because I know my Gen Z offspring will never read it – and that’s OK
Is Gen Z really different from the rest of us? The alchemy of being born between 1997 and 2012 has delivered a generation of not exactly non-conformists but some seemingly disengaged youths. I mean, they must be disengaged because they see everything differently. Or is it more clearly? Jigsaw, which…
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The latest ChromeOS update delivers several accessibility improvements
It’s been a big day for the Chrome platform. Not only has the mobile app received an update to its search function, but Chromebooks are receiving a patch in the form ChromeOS M126. It’s not a major refresh, but it does introduce several quality-of-life improvements that collectively aim to make…
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Character.ai lets you talk to your favorite (synthetic) people on the phone – which isn’t weird at all
Character.AI’s collection of virtual personalities based on real and fictional sources will speak up thanks to the new Character Calls audio feature. The artificial intelligence-fueled chatbots can now engage in two-way voice conversations for free on the startup’s app. Augmenting the synthetic people hosted on Character.AI’s hub with voices is…
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Anthropic wants its AI assistant Claude to be your favorite coworker
Anthropic has upgraded its Claude generative AI assistant to be more useful in the office. Claude Pro and Claude Team subscribers can now better organize and track their work with the AI assistant thanks to the new Projects and Artifacts features. Projects are both a place for storing and interacting…
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Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising
Windows 11 is getting out of hand with its push for advertisments, frankly – remember the recent full-screen pop-up to persuade users to install Edge or other Microsoft services? Then another advertisment was placed in the Start menu, and now Microsoft has finally worn my temper thin – with a…
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YouTube may be planning to give us new AI song generators this year – and this time the music labels could let it happen
The battle between the music industry and the rampant, often copyright-infringing, use of AI to train and compile data sets has been heating up for quite some time. But now YouTube is reportedly negotiating with record labels to pay for that privilege instead. It seems that Sony Music Entertainment, Universal…
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