From TechCrunch: OpenAI announced that it’s expanding custom instructions — a way to give users more control over how ChatGPT responds — to all users, including those on the free tier of the service. The feature, which was first unveiled in July as a beta for ChatGPT Plus subscribers, allows users...

From PC Mag: Google is using AI to help pilots route their flights on more environmentally conscious paths.

Google Research joined forces with American Airlines and Breakthrough Energy to see if they could use AI to create flight paths that produced fewer contrails, the thin white lines you often...

From ComputerWorld: Apple notched another victory in its ongoing campaign to protect App Store profits after a US Supreme Court justice denied an attempt by Epic to force the iPhone maker to change payment practices.

As widely reported, Justice Elena Kagan denied Epic’s attempt to reverse a prior...

From PC Mag: Intel fixed the security flaw known as "Downfall" this week, which is described as a "critical weakness found in billions of modern processors" by the researcher who discovered it.

That security researcher is Daniel Moghimi from the University of California San Diego, and the...

From Tom's Hardware: Swiss researchers have found holes in AMD Ryzen processor security. AMD has outlined the newly uncovered "Inception" attack in its official CVE-2023-20569 bulletin. Like some of the most infamous CPU vulnerabilities, Inception is a speculative side channel attack, which can...

From ExtremeTech: If the last few years have taught us anything, it's that global supply chains are vulnerable to disruption. The pandemic-era chip shortage has abated, but demand for silicon is always increasing. Taiwanese chip-making behemoth TSMC is working to open fabs outside of Asia, which...

From ComputerWorld: Remote work, once praised as the new paradigm for productivity and employee satisfaction, is losing some steam as more organizations and even governments are requiring workers to return to the office — at least, part time.

Bosses are imposing more strict in-office mandates as...

From The Verge: Patreon podcasters will now be able to put their premium content in front of millions of Spotify users.

A new integration with Spotify is available starting today, allowing podcasters to distribute premium content on Spotify. The feature was first announced earlier this year and is...

From ComputerWorld: Generative AI is often hyped for how it can potentially help desk workers, software developers, copy writers, and customer service workers. But the effects of automation will be felt more widely, says Microsoft, which is bringing its Copilot AI assistant to applications used by...

From CNET: Google Messages are now encrypted by default when messaging between Android devices, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.

Google Messages have had an option to encrypt your messages in settings, but now it's set to default.

This means that when sending texts between two Android...