From PC Mag: With GPT-6, OpenAI is now rolling out a new Intelligent UI experience for eligible users. Instead of responding with just text, ChatGPT will now add graphics, tappable buttons, forms, charts, and interactive tools to make complex topics easier to understand.

In a blog post published on...

From CNET: AI slop is getting so good that it’s not always easy to distinguish a photorealistic forgery from a real photo. It’s no longer as easy as looking for the six-fingered renderings of just a year ago. Beyond looking for subtle clues, spotting AI images often comes down to a gut feeling that...

From PC Mag: Apple is rumored to be making a fresh, extensive push into the smart home market, with a new home hub speaker expected soon. A new report claims Apple will soon sell an ecosystem of smart home accessories, made in partnership with LG.

According to sources familiar with Apple’s plans...

From The Verge: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told employees that Microsoft is getting ready to do something around Grand Theft Auto VI that “no other platform holder is doing” during an employee all-hands this morning. According to sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans, Sharma’s brief teaser was actually...

From CNET: How well do you know your music trivia? Music streaming service Spotify has unveiled a new mobile feature called Music Quiz that tests fans’ knowledge of over 2,000 artists. It’s rolling out to the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and a handful of other countries from Tuesday.

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From PC Mag: Want to know how tech giants will control your digital future? Look at how they hamstring your devices now. Apple's iOS 27 is already laying the groundwork for paywalling your iPhone. Now, iPadOS 27 exposes a cynical new strategy of software-enforced obsolescence: restricting Apple's...

From PC World: All signs point to ChatGPT and its Dot agents gaining the ability to complete purchases on the web and elsewhere, similar to Meta’s Muse agent.

Letting an AI agent do your shopping is, for better or worse, one of the hottest AI trends. And now it’s looking like ChatGPT will soon be...

From CNET: If you were planning on buying one of Google’s three new Intel-based Googlebooks, it might be worth waiting a bit. The search giant told Android Authority on Monday, launch day, that certain Android apps may not run smoothly right away.

“The vast majority of Android apps run smoothly...

From PC World: Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Windows 11 26H2, 25H2, and 24H2 that can cause some games and applications to crash. That’s right—even the recent major fall update 26H2 contains this issue.

It’ll happen in apps and games that use the Dolby Digital AC-3 audio decoding that’s built...

From CNET: I was in the audience at Meta’s Connect conference in late September when Mark Zuckerberg held up a pendant in his hands and surprise announced the Muse Charm, a little novelty-like device with Meta’s disarmingly adorable Muse AI agent onboard. Muse Charm is coming as soon as December...