Microsoft Excel now uses AI to auto-suggest formulas in real time
Wouldn’t it be great if you could be an Excel wizard without putting in all the time and effort needed to learn how to get around Excel and make it do what you want it…
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It really happened! Someone made it to the end of the iPhone alarm time picker
What’s the most important iPhone feature? Based on the impact when it goes wrong, there’s a solid argument for the alarm clock. But even now, after countless billions of successful alarm experiences, it turns out…
It’s time we blow up PC benchmarking
Welcome to The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. Missed the burning topics on our YouTube show or the latest news from across the web? You’re in the…
I haven’t been this hyped for an iPhone event in a long, long time
iPhone launch events have generally become predictable and mundane. Many of the hardware upgrades leak months (or even years) in advance, minimizing our enthusiasm during the official keynote. That’s not to mention the smartphone’s maturity,…
It’s about time! Firefox starts testing support for progressive web apps
In recent years, Mozilla Firefox has lost a good deal of market share in the web browser space. It’s hard to pin that loss on any one factor, but part of it has been its…
College student’s “time travel” AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history
A hobbyist developer building AI language models that speak Victorian-era English “just for fun” got an unexpected history lesson this week when his latest creation mentioned real protests from 1834 London—events the developer didn’t know…
Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer’s network with a ‘kill switch’
A former software developer has been sentenced to four years in prison for sabotaging his former employer’s network after leaving the company. Davis Lu, 55, was convicted of installing a “kill switch” on the network…
Qi2 has finally caught up to Apple just in time for the iPhone 17 to beat it
For the past year, the only way to get 25W magnetic charging on your iPhone 16 Plus or Pro Max (or 22.5W on the iPhone 16 or 16 Pro) was with Apple’s official MagSafe Charger.…
A new Apple Watch is coming. It’s time to break the mold
Apple’s product lines follow a very specific pattern: start small, and then grow into something bigger and more complex. There was originally one Mac, one iPhone, one iPad, one Apple Watch. Over time, the product…
It’s that time of year, Apple fans: Do you really need another iPhone?
For regular readers of this column, here is a programming note: the Macalope will be off the next four weeks, so you will have to make up your own opinions about Apple’s travails with AI,…