Last month brought news of something that sounds more like science fiction than reality. Several OpenAI models hacked a real company, not out of malice, but because they decided it was more efficient to find the test answers than to actually solve the problems. It’s not unlike the fictional Kobayashi
Generative AI has changed software development in a real way. Large language models are good at human languages, but they’re even better at programming languages, which have smaller vocabularies and fewer ways to combine words. And because code actually does something, running it tells you pretty quickly whether it works.
We’ve gotten used to being able to order a Mac and have it show up the next day. That’s getting harder. Surging demand from AI data centers has created a global memory shortage that’s squeezing the consumer electronics industry, pushing Mac prices up and delivery times out significantly. Higher-memory configurations
Reading articles online has gotten increasingly frustrating. Ads are bad enough, but most websites pile on with pop-ups, newsletter prompts, recommended article sidebars, and multi-page pagination that makes you click through just to finish a story. You just want to read. If you’re on an Apple device, there’s a built-in
If you’ve had trouble moving from hunt-and-peck typing on the iPhone to the double-thumb typing approach many people prefer, consider QuickPath, better known as swipe typing. QuickPath isn’t new, but many people have never tried it seriously. With swipe typing, you put your finger down on the first letter of
When ChatGPT launched in late 2022, it was straightforward: you typed a prompt, it generated text. That text came from a model trained on data up to a certain point. Ask about anything more recent and it either drew a blank or confidently made something up. Exploring AI chatbot capabilities
Next time you’re flying, driving, or biking to meet up with someone, try sharing your location temporarily so they can follow your progress without the back-and-forth “where are you?” texts. In iOS 17 and later, open a Messages conversation with that person, tap the ⊕ button to the left of
Control Center has been on the iPhone since iOS 7 and came to the Mac in 2020 with macOS 11 Big Sur. For years, Mac users could only turn individual controls on or off. With macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple completely overhauled Control Center, letting you remove, rearrange, resize, and add
