Spy on the birds in your yard with a discounted Bird Buddy feeder for Black Friday

SAVE $80: For Black Friday, you can get the Bird Buddy Original Solar Bird Feeder with Camera for $199, down from $279, a 28% discount (Amazon’s listed MSRP, $239, is incorrect and you’re actually getting a better deal than they’re letting on). Opens in a new window Credit: Bird Buddy Bird Buddy solar bird feeder […]

Chatbots pushing pro-anorexia messaging to teen users

As online content encouraging disordered eating behaviors rears its ugly head once again, generative AI is adding fuel to the fire. According to a Futurism investigation, popular AI startup Character.AI is hosting numerous pro-anorexia chatbots that encourage dangerous weight loss and eating habits. Many are advertised as “weight loss coaches” or even eating disorder recovery […]

All the best Black Friday deals to shop for less than $25

The best Black Friday deals under $25 at a glance: BEST TECH DEAL Echo Dot with Amazon Basics Smart Color Bulb $22.99 (save $39.99) Get Deal BEST KITCHEN DEAL Crock-Pot Oval Manual Slow Cooker (7-quart) $24.99 (save $25) Get Deal BEST TOY DEAL Lego Icons Plum Blossom Flower Set $23.99 (save $6) Get Deal Black […]

Bluesky has growing pains. Heres what it can learn from X/Twitter

File this under nice problems to have: Bluesky is growing like gangbusters. But hiding beneath that nice problem is a whole viper pit of nasty ones, as any study of Twitter history will tell you. The Twitter-like social media underdog (or, given its logo, under-butterfly) zipped past the 20 million-user mark last week, with more […]

OpenAI Sora leak: What it was and what it wasn’t.

A group of artists that were early testers for OpenAI’s Sora leaked access to the AI video generator on Tuesday. But let’s get the facts straight so the story isn’t oversimplified. OpenAI has since shut down access to Sora for all early testers. But for about three hours, the public could test out Sora for […]

iOS 18.2 Apple Mail gets major redesign: 3 biggest updates

The upcoming iOS 18.2 update is a big one. Expected to be released in early December, iOS 18.2 comes with Genmoji, Image Playground, Siri with the ChatGPT function, and more AI-powered Writing Tools. The update also has a redesigned Mail app. Even though Apple Intelligence features are exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro models and […]

FCC approves T-Mobiles Starlink cell coverage plans

The Federal Communications Commission just approved a first-of-its-kind license in order to bring internet access to dead zones and other remote areas. On Tuesday, the FCC gave its approval for T-Mobile and Elon Musk‘s SpaceX subsidiary Starlink to team up and provide additional telecommunications coverage.  SEE ALSO: Elon Musk hints that X throttles posts with […]

xAI could release a standalone Grok app soon

If you’re one of the around 1.3 million people who are X Premium subscribers — or about 0.26% of the platform’s user base — you have access to Grok, X’s AI chatbot similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, that you can use through the X app. But that access might be getting a bit more broad. According […]