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5 prompts to have a fun AI chatbot conversation
Make your silicon-based chats more engaging.
By Mike Pearl
Hurricane Milton: Spaghetti models track the storm’s path
It's a near certainty that Milton will hit Florida as a major hurricane. Here's what we know about where.
By Mike Pearl and Eric Miller
Hurricane Helene update: Track the Florida landfall path
Maps show Helene's trajectory, and preview its impacts.
By Mike Pearl
Hurricane Helene: Watch Florida webcams live, including Panama City, Port St. Joe
The storm is intensifying into a powerful hurricane.
By Mike Pearl
Hurricane Helene: Spaghetti models track the storm’s path
It's a near certainty that Helene will hit Florida as a hurricane. Here's what we know about where.
By Mike Pearl
When Daylight Savings Time ends: Exactly when the clocks change
Clocks go back an hour at 2 a.m. on Nov. 3 in the United States.
By Mike Pearl
[UPDATE: Disney responds] A death at Disney World leads to legal battle over Disney+ terms of service
Sounds like some kind of dystopian joke, but it's real.
By Mike Pearl
By a technicality, August's full moon is blue. Here's why.
And like all full moons, you should go look at it.
By Mike Pearl
How to watch the spectacular Perseid meteor shower in 2024
One of the year's best celestial displays is here.
By Mike Pearl
Apologetic Crowdstrike sends out $10 UberEats vouchers. Some of them don't work.
Arguably worse than nothing.
By Mike Pearl
How to use Google's Dark Web Report to find out where your data has been leaked
In "late July" everyone gets access.
By Mike Pearl
How gamification sparked the AI era in tech
We're all playing the global AI game — for better and worse.
By Mike Pearl
Apple announces AI-powered iPhone call recordings at WWDC 2024
They breezed right past it, but it's big.
By Mike Pearl
Apple Maps adds topographic maps in WWDC reveal
Navigating on your iPhone has never been more topographical.
By Mike Pearl
We gave Google's AI Overviews the benefit of the doubt. Here's how they did.
Were there weird hallucinations? Yes. Did they work just fine sometimes? Also yes.
By Mike Pearl
One of OpenAI's safety leaders quit on Tuesday. He just explained why.
In a word: safety.
By Mike Pearl
How to turn off Google AI Overviews
There is one way that doesn't require a Chrome extension.
By Mike Pearl
Google injects still more AI into Google Docs and other Workspace apps
Gemini will soon hang out in your sidebar while you work.
By Mike Pearl
Veo, Google's Sora competitor, is hyped by Donald Glover
More Google vs. OpenAI warfare
By Mike Pearl
Where the northern lights will be visible thanks to the solar flare
Tonight's forecast calls for auroras.
By Mike Pearl
