I changed 12 settings on my Android phone to significantly improve its battery life

Battery dropping too fast? Consider these 12 expert-approved tips to make your device last up to hours longer.

Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing ...
ZDNet

Stop using ChatGPT for everything: I use these AI models for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid)

Different AI models win at images, coding, and research. App integrations often add costly AI subscription layers. Obsessing over model version matters less than workflow. The pace of change in the ...
Android Authority

Stop using the wrong Gemini: The one setting you need to change for Gemini 3

Just eight months after Gemini 2.5 launched, Google has upgraded its AI models once again with the release of Gemini 3. Gemini 3 officially began rolling out widely on November 18, and even this early ...
Variety

‘Wanted’ Director Timur Bekmambetov Explains His $5 Million Plan to Train AI Method Actors

A soldier sits in a sterile hospital room, speaking words of hard-earned wisdom as his eyes betray flickers of melancholy and regret. It’s a scene out of a movie, only this is no ordinary actor, ...
The New York Times

What to Know About Tear Gas, the Chemicals Immigration Agents Are Using in Illinois

The repeated use of tear gas by federal immigration officers in Chicago has renewed a debate about how chemical irritants should be used by law enforcement personnel. By Mitch Smith Federal agents ...
The Atlantic

My Students Use AI. So What?

My tween-age daughters make me proud in countless ways, but I am still adjusting to the fact that they are not bookworms. I’m pretty sure that two generations ago, they would have been more like I was ...
CNET

Overwhelmed by Traditional Search Engines? Here's How to Ask AI a Question Using Chatbots

Skip over Google for those random questions that pop into your head all day long and see if AI can answer them instead. Here are some tips to get the best results. Amanda Smith is a freelance ...
NPR

Research, curriculum and grading: New data sheds light on how professors are using AI

When Georgia State University professor G. Sue Kasun taught a new course this summer, she used generative artificial intelligence to help her brainstorm. Kasun, a professor of language, culture and ...
Reuters

Meta to use AI chats to personalize content and ads from December

Oct 1 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab said on Wednesday it would begin using people's interactions with its generative AI tools to personalize content and advertising across its ...
Wired

Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out. Anthropic is prepared to repurpose ...