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Google now has a native Gemini app for Mac
32+ min ago (203+ words) Yahoo Tech Google really wants you to use Gemini, so much so that it's doing away with having to fiddle with a pesky web browser to access its AI assistant. The company has launched a native Gemini app for mac…...
A personal IT tech in your PC? App Control's new (and optional) AI integration feature can tell you in plain English what's been going on in your system.
5+ hour, 55+ min ago (557+ words) App Control is the best replacement for Windows 11's Task Manager I've yet to find, and since its February 2026 release, it's been the go-to app on all my PCs. When I originally covered App Control a couple of months ago,…...
How to lock Whats App chats so nobody else can see them on your phone
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (216+ words) If you occasionally hand your phone to someone else and want to make sure certain messages can't be seen, you may want to lock individual chats in Whats App to keep them away from prying eyes. To activate the feature,…...
This Samsung Wallet feature might stop working if you don't update Play Services
4+ hour, 58+ min ago (339+ words) Samsung is warning Galaxy users to update Google Play Services to keep Digital Key working in Samsung Wallet. The alert says Digital Key won't function unless Google Play Services is updated to the latest version. Tapping the notification takes users…...
Google is taking on annoying websites that hijack your browser's back button
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (242+ words) Yahoo Tech Chances are, we've all encountered a website that simply refuses to let you leave using the back button in your browser. It's called back button hijacking, and it's one of the most annoying things on the internet. Now,…...
Ticketmaster launches Chat GPT app
1+ day, 7+ min ago (401+ words) Yahoo Tech A month after court documents revealed how Live Nation employees celebrated customers getting price gouged, it seems that ticket-selling platforms are still making very cruel decisions. On April 9, Ticketmaster officially unveiled its plan to contribute to the 500 million…...
AI chatbots are subtly trying to make you buy more stuff " here's how to protect yourself
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (397+ words) Three Princeton University computer scientists conducted a study on the ability of artificial intelligence to influence consumers' purchasing decisions, yielding the unsettling result that AI can influence buying behavior without the buyer being aware of it. The Register detailed the…...
Nord VPN review: A sprawling VPN that stumbles on price
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1800+ words) Nord VPN is one of the best VPNs, but it really stands out in two ways: its truly enormous server network that reaches 130 countries, and its suite of bonus features. These extras can be found both within the VPN app…...
I tested Chat GPT vs Gemini vs Claude to see which chatbot is the biggest people-pleaser " one went way too far and compared me to Steve Jobs
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (806+ words) So I decided to run my own experiment. I put three top chatbots " Chat GPT-5. 1, Claude Haiku 4. 5, and Gemini 3 " through a series of prompts designed to measure how often they flatter, hedge or simply mirror my opinions. From harmless "you're…...
I tested Chat GPT, Gemini and Claude with an 'unhinged recipe' " only one actually stopped me
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (873+ words) In the race to be the most helpful AI assistant, the real winner isn't the fastest or most people pleasing " it's the one you can trust. So I decided to run a little honesty test. I asked three of the…...