Slack is turning Slackbot into an AI assistant
Slack is testing an update for Slackbot that transforms it into an AI assistant. Presently, it operates as…
Welcome to the ‘papers, please’ internet
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more…
AltStore’s alternative iPhone app store is coming to more countries
AltStore PAL, which launched as one of the first alternative iOS app stores in the EU last year,…
UK businesses wasting millions on ChatGPT-style AI tools
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The Internet Is Ruining Gen Z’s Brains—and Saving Grandma’s
Sure, the internet might be destroying human civilization as we know it. And those who pull the strings…
The AirPods 4 and Lego’s brick-ified Grogu are our favorite deals this week
Right now, you can get the entry-level AirPods 4 for around $89 ($40 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and…
Apple ends support for Clips video-editing app
Apple finally decided to pull the plug though, removing Clips from the App Store. The company also updated…
How Verge readers, and writers, are managing our kids’ screen time
This week the Pew Research Center published a study about how parents managed screen time for their kids…
Urgent warning over 16 apps which can empty bank accounts if not updated | News Tech
Microsoft is undergoing a major software change, which risks exposing users to security threats, the tech giant has…
Break phone addiction by switching your display to grayscale
The English language is hard to master, even for native speakers. With over an estimated one million words…
OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT
“ChatGPT shouldn’t have political bias in any direction,” OpenAI wrote in a post on Thursday. The latest GPT-5…
Sora, ChatGPT apps, and the rest of OpenAI’s Dev Day announcements
Big week for OpenAI! The company is running basically every tech industry playbook, all at the same time,…