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Google Gemini is getting creepier by using your uploads to train AI
Google Gemini continues to push the limits of what it knows about you. On Wednesday, Google’s big initiative was a way to stop Gemini from learning more about you, while notifying users…
Move over, ChatGPT: Perplexity bids $34.5 billion for Google Chrome
As a federal antitrust investigation into Google’s Chrome browser wraps up, rivals are striking: Perplexity has launched an unsolicited bid to buy Chrome for a whopping $34.5 billion, according to reports. Bloomberg…
Searching for ChatGPT? Bing begs you to use Copilot instead
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Microsoft encourages you not to visit its competition. The latest category? AI. You may have noticed that if you visit Bing.com and then search for…
ChatGPT is crushing all other AI chatbots, and the numbers prove it
It might seem that “ChatGPT” is all you ever hear about when discussing AI chatbots, also known as LLMs. As it turns out, that’s reflected in the real world, too. Statcounter, which…
Opera issues government complaint against Microsoft for Edge-y antics
Anyone who’s tried to use a non-Microsoft browser on Windows in the last decade knows that Microsoft really, truly, desperately wants you to stick to Edge—and it’s not shocking that some of…
Own MS Office Home 2024 for life and save $20
TL;DR: Microsoft Office 2024 Home for Mac or PC is available now for a one-time purchase of $129.97 (reg. $149.99). While it may seem like there’s a new version of Office every few years, updating…
Sam Altman just gave the best reason not to trust ChatGPT
Sam Altman, the face of ChatGPT, recently made an excellent argument for not using ChatGPT or any cloud-based AI chatbot in favor of a LLM running on your PC instead. In speaking…
Brave’s browser now blocks Microsoft Recall, but you can do it too
The niche, privacy-focused Brave browser will now block Microsoft’s controversial Recall function by default, the company said this week. But you really don’t need Brave to do it yourself, either. Microsoft Recall…
Firefox is finally getting WebGPU, but only on Windows
After years of development, Mozilla’s Gfx Team just announced in its latest blog post that Firefox will finally soon support WebGPU, but only in the Windows edition starting with Firefox version 141….