It’s never a good idea to hand ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini big, vague tasks like “draw up a business plan for my new venture” or “act as my personal assistant.” Fuzzy prompts…
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Stop changing weak passwords. Start replacing them with passkeys
As I’ve said before, passwords suck. So do made-up holidays, but World Password Day (which rolls around yearly on May 1) offers as good excuse as any to kick your passwords to…
This $145 Chromebook is secretly a tablet, too
TL;DR: Get the ASUS Chromebook CM30 2-in-1 for $144.97 (reg. $389.99) — deal ends May 10 at 11:59 PM. Not every computer purchase needs to break the bank. If you need something reliable for everyday…
Best VPN deals: Protect your privacy for the lowest prices
Whether you’re looking for something that will give you the privacy you need or access to location-restricted streaming content, we’ve got you covered with the very best VPN deals currently available. But…
Best external drives 2026: Fast SSDs and roomy hard drives
External USB/Thunderbolt SSDs and/or hard drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to add storage capacity to your system as well as back it up. External drives are also…
Rude to ChatGPT? Don’t be surprised if it gets weird
Is it weird to say “thanks” to AI? I’ve caught grief in the past for saying “please” and “thank you” to ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, but I still do it, even though…
Microsoft PowerToys just made multi-monitor life way less miserable
Microsoft’s collection of free PowerToys apps shines when it identifies the things you hate about Windows computing, and solves them with a keystroke. April’s 0.99 update adds Power Display and Grab And…
Best VPNs for Android: 5 top picks for phones and tablets
Many people’s daily browsing is now done on their mobile devices. So it’s more important than ever to have a great VPN that works well on your phone. While some services work…
Your old prompts won’t work with GPT-5.5. Try these instead
OpenAI’s latest and most powerful model, GPT-5.5, has been topping benchmark charts and impressing users with its coding and reasoning abilities, not to mention the sheer quantity of facts at its fingertips….
Google just patched 30 high-risk Chrome security vulnerabilities
In the new Chrome versions 147.0.7727.137/138 for Windows and macOS and 147.0.7727.137 for Linux, a whopping 30 security vulnerabilities have been patched in the lead up to the next generation of Chrome….