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Most interactions with AI follow a chat-like system. You write or say something, and the AI responds. This may go back and forth, for instance when you have follow-up questions or need corrections. Opera Software unveiled AI Browser Operator today. The integrated AI agent is more capable than traditional AI, as it is designed to…
Wow, this week has to be one of the worst for the people over at Mozilla. There has been tremendous backlash to the organization’s updated Terms of Use. Maybe not has big of a deal to Mozilla’s Mr. Robot blunder or the announcement to drop Firefox’s custom extensions system for that of Chromium, but still….
The writing has been on the wall for a long time: Microsoft plans to shut down the communication software Skype in May 2025. While Microsoft has yet to formally announce the end of the once-popular communication software, a notification about the end of Skype was found in the latest preview of the software. The discovered…
Millions of Internet users use Google Translate as their daily driver for translations. Google has integrated the service into its Chrome browser and it is also available as an application for Android. Soon, Google may introduce new AI functionality in Google Translate. Here is what you need to know about that. The details: Good to…
Facebook users have plenty of options to communicate with friends, other Facebook users, and the entire world via the platform. One of these options is via live video. These are recorded and shown on Facebook. The recorded videos were stored by Facebook indefinitely, but this changes with the new policy. Here are the details: In…
Ebooks can be a great alternative to traditional books. They do not weight anything, which means that you can carry around hundreds if not thousands of books effortlessly. They also come with extra features, like the ability to search books. If you have bought ebooks in the past, you may know that you do not…
Search engines were among the first to push AI answers. These use artificial intelligence to generate answers for user queries and are often placed prominently. If you ask me, these are hit or miss. Sometimes, they provide answers that are dead on. At other times, they recommend to eat one rock per day. Reddit, which…
Most modern cars come with infotainment systems. These control a variety of functions, including the radio, calls, navigation and more. It was only a matter of time before some car manufacturers started to play with the idea of displaying ads on those screens to their customers to increase their profit margin. Stellantis, the fourth-largest manufacturer…
Remember userscripts? These little scripts are a useful alternative to browser extensions. They can be used for lots of things, most often for changing something on websites, like removing elements. Brave Software announced support for scriplets in the company’s Brave Browser today. These work similarly to userscripts. Users of the browser may add scriptlets to…
Google plans to roll out an automatic picture-in-picture mode in Chrome 134. The browser will be released next month. When it does, Chrome may continue to show video content on certain sites when the user scrolls away from the video content. This feature works for the most part identical to that of Mozilla Firefox, which…