Apple Intelligence Is Finally Dropping This Week. Here’s a Peek at What’s Changing on Your iPhone.
Apple’s iOS update will introduce features like AI summaries of text messages and an AI-powered Siri that can handle tech support questions.
The hardest question to answer about AI-fueled delusions
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. I was originally going to write this week’s newsletter about AI and Iran, particularly the news we broke last Tuesday that the Pentagon is making plans for AI companies to train on…
TopTechTrends
This One Habit is a Productivity Killer — And You Can Get Rid of It in Under 5 Minutes
Notifications are productivity vampires — silence them to reclaim your focus and momentum.
A Wells Fargo Worker Was Discovered 4 Days After Dying at Her Desk. Her Cause of Death Was Just Revealed.
Medical examiners have released the cause of death of Denise Prudhomme, who was found dead at her desk in Wells Fargo’s Tempe, Ariz. office.
Having Trouble Sleeping? Listen to Some ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken Rain’ ASMR.
This collaboration introduces soundscapes on Hatch devices that feature gentle “fried chicken rain sounds” meant to evoke the soothing sound of fried chicken sizzling in oil.
The Download: an interview with Palmer Luckey, and AI-assisted math tutors
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Palmer Luckey on the Pentagon’s future of mixed reality Palmer Luckey has, in some ways, come full circle. His first experience with virtual-reality headsets was as a teenage lab technician at a defense…
Get Big Savings on Microsoft Office 2024 for a Limited Time
Boost productivity with intelligent, AI-powered tools.
I Teach Aspiring Entrepreneurs Why It’s Good to Fail — Here’s How to Turn That Failure Into Success
It’s important for all entrepreneurs to learn how to accept failure — it happens to everyone. Here’s how you can use it to promote success.
Palmer Luckey on the Pentagon’s future of mixed reality
Palmer Luckey has, in some ways, come full circle. His first experience with virtual-reality headsets was as a teenage lab technician at a defense research center in Southern California, studying their potential to curb PTSD symptoms in veterans. He then built Oculus, sold it to Facebook for $2 billion, left Facebook after a highly public…
This AI system makes human tutors better at teaching children math
The US has a major problem with education inequality. Children from low-income families are less likely to receive high-quality education, partly because poorer districts struggle to retain experienced teachers. Artificial intelligence could help, by improving the one-on-one tutoring sometimes used to supplement class instruction in these schools. With help from an AI tool, tutors could…
Cut Costs, Not Features with This Microsoft Bundle Deal
You get Office, Windows, Project, and Visio for $72.