OpenAI on Thursday said it has updated its ChatGPT desktop app to add support for ChatGPT Voice, allowing users to talk to the app to control AI agents and perform tasks on their computer. The new feature taps OpenAI’s new family of voice models called ChatGPT-Live, which it launched earlier this month. OpenAI said ChatGPT…
Wordle is a simple game in many respects. The vast majority of users play using the default settings, where you can guess any letter on any turn. But a smaller slice of players (you may be one) choose to play in “hard mode,” which adds a major constraint: Any revealed hints must be used in…
OpenAI announced a new feature that it says will provide additional protection from prompt injection attacks, where malicious chatbot instructions are hidden in webpages and other content sources. Among other things, Lockdown Mode will disable live web browsing (so you can only access cached content), the retrieval and display of images from the web (you…
After a very profitable decade on Microsoft’s board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down, the company announced Thursday. Hoffman joined the board after Microsoft bought his company LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in 2016. Hoffman was on Microsoft’s board when it invested its first $1 billion into OpenAI in 2019. Hoffman was one of OpenAI’s original investors…
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google appears to be considering a change to how you access AI Mode history. Right now, the Google app hides your history behind the AI Mode button, but it could soon replace Labs in the upper-left. The Google app on iOS has already made this adjustment. Google never forgets….
iPhone 17 Pro users have fewer ways to take photographs in low-light conditions compared to those using older iPhone models. Specifically, the option to select Night mode when taking snaps in Portrait mode — which gives the camera app an artsy depth-of-field effect — isn’t supported on iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max devices, per…
TL;DR Google Maps is now getting the new Power Saving Mode announced in the November Pixel Drop. The low-power navigation mode is exclusive to the Pixel 10 series. It tackles display-induced battery drain by switching to a simple, low-power interface that shows only essential information like your next turn. Google is finally rolling out the…
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Overwatch launched a new game mode, Stadium, last week as part of its 16th season. After playing the mode ahead of launch for a week, I called it “the first thing that has felt truly new in the game since it came out.” Well, it seems like players are enjoying the new taste. In a Director’s…
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Uber is working on adding a “Simple Mode” to the app that could simplify the UI for added clarity. Only essential booking details are shown for easier use. Update: The feature is now being piloted in select US cities. Update, May 1, 2025 (07:03 AM ET): Uber has launched…
