A new version of OpenAI’s Codex desktop app reaches users today. It brings a smorgasbord of new features and changes, ranging ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Whether it’s a child car seat, kitchen appliance, or lawn tool, recall notices warn you of a potential safety risk. Now there’s a new warning from Consumer Reports: scammers are ...

OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...

Information has always been crucial for good decision-making. But some of the most valuable information inside organizations and across markets has long been trapped in dense, unstructured text: ...

Text message two-factor authentication sounds like a security upgrade. It feels official. It looks responsible. Yet it often stands as the flimsiest barrier between a criminal and everything stored in ...

Google has announced that YouTube Music is adding a new “AI Playlist” feature that lets users generate new playlists through text prompts, but it’s only for Premium subscribers. Rolling out now, “AI ...

At some companies, the whispering begins with a single employee, and then spreads from there. Gooseneck microphones start appearing on desks as a growing number of workers forgo keyboards to murmur ...

Spammers and malicious actors inundate us with a steady stream of text messages—often purporting to be from legitimate institutions or companies. Stanching this flow isn’t easy. Just as the unwanted ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. January 15, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Say what you will about AI ...

You probably send dozens of text messages a week. But do any of them truly deepen your friendships? For many people, the answer is no. “We’re constantly receiving and exchanging information, and ...

If old sci-fi shows are anything to go by, we're all using our computers wrong. We're still typing with our fingers, like cave people, instead of talking out loud the way the future was supposed to be ...

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