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@Jack (Dorsey) quits Instagram, putting the first name handle up for grabs

August 17, 2023
The @jack handle on Instagram is back up for grabs. Today, Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account — the one with the coveted first name handle. Typically, handles like these sell for thousands of dollars on the secondary market, so if the handle becomes […]

Moemate’s AI avatar analyzes your whole screen, with spotty but intriguing results

August 17, 2023
As evidenced by the slow death of Cortana, it’s clear that the AI assistants of yesteryear aren’t meeting expectations. And so they’re being remade. Amazon is building a new large language model akin to OpenAI’s GPT-4 to power its Alexa voice assistant. Meanwhile, Google is reportedly planning to “supercharge” Google Assistant with AI that’s more […]

Back to school: Our favorite student apps

August 17, 2023
Summer is coming to an end, which means students will (hopefully) be in air-conditioned classrooms and away from this unrelenting heat wave. It also means that they’re probably on the hunt for mobile apps that can help prepare them for the long school year. From math problem solvers and note-taking tools to book trackers and […]