From PC World: Among the most annoying habits of AI chatbots is when they lay it on thick with the cringey “you can do it!” talk or the preachy “I can’t help you with that” refusals for seemingly innocuous requests. It’s all a matter of tuning, and now there’s a new ChatGPT version that promises to...

From CNET: Communications company Ziff Davis has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its entire connectivity division, including nearly half a dozen international fixed broadband, mobile and Wi-Fi network and incident detection brands, to Accenture in a cash deal for $1.2 billion, the...

From Corsair Press Release: Elgato, a brand of CORSAIR, today announced Wave Next, the company’s next generation of audio products and the most significant evolution of the Wave platform since its debut in 2020. Wave Next brings together six deeply integrated products: Wave Link 3.0 software, Wave:3...

From PC Mag: Google Home with Gemini onboard is getting new features, including various tweaks to address annoyances and a brand-new feature to help spot packages and movement live on your home's cameras.

As announced by Google Home chief product officer Anish Kattukaran on X, the new updates are...

From PC World: Anthropic has released a new Import Memory tool that lets you “switch to Claude without starting over.” In short, this new tool makes it extremely easy to import chat histories from other AI chatbots (including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot) into Claude, reports Engadget.

The Import...

From CNET: After shipping the M5-based version of the MacBook Pro 14 in the latter part of 2025, Apple has followed its usual pattern of releasing higher-end versions of its 14- and 16-inch MacBooks with Pro and Max versions of the processor. It's also releasing an M5 model of the MacBook Air.

The...

From PC World: AMD’s Ryzen AI Pro 400 chip will be offered as a desktop processor, giving users another option for a low-power, efficient desktop or mini PC. But AMD is marketing both its desktop and mobile Ryzen AI 400s under its Pro brand for businesses, apparently conceding that consumers will...

From PC Mag: Apple has refreshed the iPad Air with the M4 chip and a big memory boost.

Apple has bumped the RAM from 8GB on last year’s model to 12GB on the latest one. “With the new iPad Air, unified memory jumps 50 percent, to 12GB, and memory bandwidth increases to 120GB/s, helping users run AI...

From CNET: Apple on Monday unveiled its newest budget phone, the iPhone 17E. Like last year, it starts at $599, but it comes with 256GB of base storage -- double the entry level from last year's iPhone 16E. Perhaps the biggest upgrade: the iPhone 17E supports MagSafe, so you can charge faster...