The new Fire TV OS is for Amazon, not you
Like it or not, Amazon is starting to phase out the Fire TV operating system it’s been using for more than a decade. On both the new Fire TV Stick HD and the Fire TV…
Lawrence Stubbs
Lawrence Stubbs
Stop asking AI to read your mind. Use this prompt to get better answers
It’s never a good idea to hand ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini big, vague tasks like “draw up a business plan for my new venture” or “act as my personal assistant.” Fuzzy prompts like those are…
ChatGPT isn’t a mind-reader. Use this prompt for better results
It’s never a good idea to hand ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini big, vague tasks like “draw up a business plan for my new venture” or “act as my personal assistant.” Fuzzy prompts like those are…
Stop changing weak passwords. Start replacing them with passkeys
As I’ve said before, passwords suck. So do made-up holidays, but World Password Day (which rolls around yearly on May 1) offers as good excuse as any to kick your passwords to the curb. Sure,…
This $145 Chromebook is secretly a tablet, too
TL;DR: Get the ASUS Chromebook CM30 2-in-1 for $144.97 (reg. $389.99) — deal ends May 10 at 11:59 PM. Not every computer purchase needs to break the bank. If you need something reliable for everyday browsing, schoolwork, or…
Rude to ChatGPT? Don’t be surprised if it gets weird
Is it weird to say “thanks” to AI? I’ve caught grief in the past for saying “please” and “thank you” to ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, but I still do it, even though I understand that…
Microsoft PowerToys just made multi-monitor life way less miserable
Microsoft’s collection of free PowerToys apps shines when it identifies the things you hate about Windows computing, and solves them with a keystroke. April’s 0.99 update adds Power Display and Grab And Move, which do…
Your old prompts won’t work with GPT-5.5. Try these instead
OpenAI’s latest and most powerful model, GPT-5.5, has been topping benchmark charts and impressing users with its coding and reasoning abilities, not to mention the sheer quantity of facts at its fingertips. But while ChatGPT’s…
Google just patched 30 high-risk Chrome security vulnerabilities
In the new Chrome versions 147.0.7727.137/138 for Windows and macOS and 147.0.7727.137 for Linux, a whopping 30 security vulnerabilities have been patched in the lead up to the next generation of Chrome. None of these…
Microsoft open-sources 86-DOS 1.00, the ancestor of Windows
Microsoft just released the source code for 86-DOS 1.00, made available as an open-source project on GitHub. The release marks the 45th anniversary of 86-DOS 1.00, created by Tim Paterson, which would later be licensed…