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Sticking with the free version will make your conversations worse.

Subscribing to ChatGPT might seem pointless, but considering how good GPT-4o has become, it's time to seriously reconsider your reservations.

War is over.

Spotify and Apple's war over unjust commissions on in-app purchases and subscriptions and Apple's anti-competitive behavior goes back years. The ongoing war finally seems to be coming to an end now, and it's all thanks to a US judge ruling against Apple.

Passkeys are the future.

The next time you create a Microsoft account, you’ll find that there’s simply no option to set up a password. That’s right—Microsoft is ditching traditional passwords and defaulting to passkeys, especially for new accounts. It’s a bold move, but I’m all for it.

OpenAI o3 may have a greater cost to your privacy than you originally thought.

While ChatGPT o3's reverse image search can help you get useful information and determine whether something is legitimate, it's not entirely safe. There are some serious privacy issues that you must protect yourself from when using the tool.

Turn your ideas into a complete presentation in less time than PowerPoint.

Building a stylish slide deck often means staring at a blank slide and wrestling with layouts, fonts, and images. Adobe Express's AI Presentation tool promises a full deck in minutes. I tested it with a "Two-Minute Rule" procrastination-busting explainer slide deck to see if it outpaces PowerPoint.

Google Search now chats back with AI Mode.

Google is testing a new "AI Mode" in Search. Our search habits could soon change, as the AI-driven chatbot-like experience delivers conversational responses instead of traditional link lists.

Make Windows easier to use by enabling these features.

Windows natively packs a ton of useful features that are either hidden or disabled by default, even though they're more than good enough to be enabled at first launch.

These router settings made my 4K streams smoother.

Tired of those annoying pauses during your favorite shows? After experimenting with my router settings, I found five simple router tweaks that greatly reduced buffering on my devices and allowed me to watch streams uninterrupted.

Don't wait to find out if your password is compromised the hard way; use these tools and be proactive.

With the number of data breaches each year, it can be difficult to understand if your perfect password is still secure. Even if you follow security practices and make a strong and unique password for each account, a breached password is still out there in the wild. That's why it's vital to periodically use a free tool to check if your passwords have been compromised.

Big tech companies have hyped AI PCs as the next big thing, but I won't splurge on one anytime soon.

AI PCs may be the future, but for now, I just don't care. Despite all the marketing hype, they don’t seem to offer much to everyday users like me. At least, not yet.