Topic: user preferences
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Google's AI Summaries: Can They Coexist with a Healthy Web?
Google maintains its traditional "10 blue links" model to ensure free access to diverse online content and support web ecosystem health. The company is integrating AI-driven summaries to meet growing user demand for contextual answers and quick insights. Google aims to balance innovation with sou...
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Master Your Platform's Algorithm: A Quick Guide
Users have significant control over algorithmic recommendations on major social platforms through built-in tools that allow them to signal preferences for content they want to see more or less of. Specific platform features include Facebook's content preferences and activity log, Instagram's Reel...
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Take Control of Your Instagram Reels Algorithm
Instagram is launching a new AI-powered tool that lets users view and adjust the topics influencing their Reels recommendations for a more personalized feed. The feature, starting in the U.S., allows users to manage interests via an icon in Reels and is part of a plan to expand similar controls t...
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Use Multiple WhatsApp Accounts on One iPhone
Meta is testing native multi-account functionality for WhatsApp on iPhone, allowing users to manage multiple numbers without needing a second phone or the WhatsApp Business app. The beta feature supports up to two accounts, each with independent settings like chat histories, backups, and notifica...
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Claude AI Now Remembers Your Past Conversations Automatically
Anthropic has upgraded Claude AI with an automatic memory feature for Team and Enterprise users, allowing it to recall past conversations and integrate user preferences without manual prompts. Users have full control over the memory function, with options to review, modify, or disable stored info...
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PS5's New Welcome Hub Tracks Your Gaming Stats & Backgrounds
The new PS5 Welcome Hub centralizes personal gaming statistics and customization, allowing users to easily view playtime, trophies, and other metrics from the home screen. The PS5's group system replaces traditional folders, offering flexible organization by enabling games to be placed in multipl...
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AI Startup Negotiates Your Calendar for You
Blockit, a startup founded by former Sequoia Capital partner Kais Khimji, has launched with $5 million in seed funding to replace manual meeting scheduling with AI agents that negotiate directly on a user's behalf. The core product is an AI agent network that allows calendars to communicate, hand...
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Control Your TikTok AI Feed
TikTok is introducing a new feature allowing users to control the amount of AI-generated content in their "For You" feed through a slider in the "Manage Topics" settings, enhancing personalization without complete blocking. The platform is enhancing transparency by implementing invisible watermar...
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Mustafa Suleyman Vows No Sex Robots Will Be Built
AI development navigates emotional engagement without requiring extremes, with explicit boundaries like prohibiting sex robots to maintain ethical guidelines. Corporate values shape AI personalities, as seen in Microsoft's principled approach and user reactions to personality adjustments in model...
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Build Your AI Buyer's Guide with ChatGPT
OpenAI has launched a new "shopping research" feature in ChatGPT that helps users make informed purchasing decisions by asking about their budget, needs, and preferences. The feature provides product recommendations from quality online sources and plans to introduce an "Instant Checkout" option f...
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iPhone 18 Pro Rumored in Three New Colors
The iPhone 18 Pro may introduce new colors—brown, purple, and burgundy—according to a credible leak, though details are subject to change during development. A true black or space gray option is rumored to be absent again, continuing a trend from the iPhone 17 Pro and potentially disappointing us...
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Is the iPad Still Necessary in 2026?
The iPad remains a distinct, versatile device bridging smartphones and laptops, but faces potential competition from rumored foldable iPhones and touchscreen MacBooks. It is positioned as a powerful laptop alternative with M-series chips, yet maintains a unique identity for creativity, media, and...
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Take Control of Your TikTok AI Content Feed
TikTok is introducing a feature that lets users control the amount of AI-generated content in their feeds, enhancing personalized content curation. The platform will use invisible watermarks on AI-generated videos to improve content identification and transparency, applying them to its own tools ...
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Unlock New CarPlay Features in iOS 26.2
iOS 26.2 beta introduces a feature allowing CarPlay users to disable pinned conversations in Messages, offering more control over the in-car interface and reducing distractions. Users can easily turn off pinned conversations via the CarPlay settings menu, reflecting Apple's focus on personalizing...
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Amazon's 'Help Me Decide' Button Uses AI to Simplify Shopping
Amazon has launched a "Help me decide" AI feature that uses personal shopping data like browsing history and past purchases to recommend tailored products when comparing similar items. This tool is part of Amazon's broader AI integration in shopping, which includes assistants like Rufus, AI-gener...
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Google Tests New Email Productivity Assistant
Google Labs is testing a new AI assistant named **CC** that integrates with Gmail, Drive, and Calendar to send users a personalized daily summary email of their schedule, tasks, and updates. The Gemini-powered **CC** assistant is interactive, allowing users to reply to its emails with requests li...
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The Android Keyboard Shortcut You'll Use Every Day
The Android Clipboard Manager stores a history of copied text, links, and images for up to an hour, allowing users to pin important items and offering more control than single-entry clipboards on other platforms. This tool enhances productivity by enabling users to gather multiple items at once a...
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Google's AI Now Books Events and Beauty Appointments
Google has upgraded its AI Mode to enable direct booking of event tickets and wellness appointments through search, allowing users to make multi-step requests and receive curated, real-time options. These agentic features are available to U.S. users in Search Labs, with higher usage limits for Go...
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Apple Watch Ultra 3: The One Feature I Use Every Day
The Modular Ultra watch face is the standout feature, offering a customizable and information-dense display that the user relies on daily. Battery life is strong, providing peace of mind with the ability to last a second full day even if charging is missed. Other advanced features like satellite ...
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Unlock Custom Tasks with Claude Skills: Here's How
Anthropic's Skills for Claude allow users to customize the AI's behavior for specific tasks, transforming it into a specialized tool for individual and business needs. The system includes both custom and pre-built Skills for tasks like generating documents, enabling Claude to autonomously handle ...
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ChatGPT's New Personalization Hub Sparks User Backlash
OpenAI has introduced a new personalization hub for ChatGPT, allowing users to customize the AI's tone and interaction style through predefined personalities or custom instructions. The update includes options to set nicknames, professions, and interests, aiming to make conversations more natural...
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Adobe's Project Indigo Camera Now Supports iPhone 17
Adobe's Project Indigo app now supports the iPhone 17 series but has temporarily disabled the front-facing camera due to compatibility issues with its new sensor. The app has gained popularity for its refined image processing, yet the iPhone 17's unique front camera hardware posed unexpected tech...
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Google's AI Flight Deals Goes Global With New Travel Search Features
Google has globally expanded its AI-powered Flight Deals tool to over 200 countries, enabling users to find affordable travel by describing their preferences, with support for more than 60 languages. The company introduced AI Mode's Canvas tool for travel planning, which generates comprehensive i...
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Yelp's AI Now Shows You Photos of Dishes From Any Menu
Yelp introduced an AI feature that lets users point their phone camera at a menu to instantly view photos and reviews for each dish, enhancing decision-making with interactive overlays. The app's AI assistant now answers questions about various businesses using gathered data, remembers user prefe...
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Fix a Slow Fire TV: 10 Instant Performance Boosts
A slow Fire TV is commonly caused by outdated software, too many background applications, or accumulated temporary files, but simple adjustments can restore performance without technical expertise. Disabling unnecessary background features like Prime Photos, automatic app updates, and gaming serv...
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Google's Windows Search App Outshines Microsoft's Built-In Tool
Google has launched a new desktop search app for Windows that combines web results, local files, and cloud documents into a fast, streamlined interface. The app is currently in an experimental phase for personal accounts but performs reliably, with a default shortcut (Alt+Space) to quickly access...
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The Verge's iPhone Air Review: The Pros and Cons
The ultra-thin iPhone Air features a 5.6mm profile, a 6.5-inch ProMotion display, and a 48-megapixel dual-camera system, with preorders starting September 12th and shipping on September 19th. Tech editors express mixed reactions, praising its lightweight and elegant design but raising concerns ab...
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WhatsApp's New AI Feature Rewrites Your Messages in Any Tone
WhatsApp has launched an AI-powered "Writing Help" tool that allows users to adjust message tone, clarity, and engagement in real time while composing. The feature uses on-device processing with Meta's Private Processing technology to ensure message content remains confidential and is never acces...
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Customize Your NotebookLM Audio Overviews In-App: A Quick Guide
NotebookLM's mobile app has introduced enhanced customization for its Audio Overview tool, allowing users to adjust audio length and include guiding prompts for more tailored outputs. The update includes significant performance improvements, such as a 95% reduction in buffering times and easier a...
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CES 2026: Humanoid Robots Head for Your Home
CES 2024 showcased new domestic robots from companies like LG and Boston Dynamics, aiming to automate complex chores such as laundry, which remains a significant challenge for home automation. While demonstrations were impressive, a gap exists between these staged, pre-programmed routines and the...
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Keychron Nape Pro: The Perfect Trackball for Beginners
The Keychron Nape Pro is a versatile trackball designed for flexible desk placement, allowing use beside or directly in front of a keyboard to minimize hand movement. It offers efficient workflow with a built-in rotary dial and six programmable buttons, aiming to reduce disruptive repositioning d...
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SteamOS Expands Its Reach in PC Gaming
Lenovo will launch a SteamOS version of its high-end **Legion Go 2** handheld in June, signaling growing momentum for Valve's Linux-based platform in the PC gaming market. Valve has been expanding SteamOS compatibility through a certification program and software updates, with the new Legion Go 2...
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Apple's M5 Chips: iPad Innovation Leads the Mac Again
The iPad consistently receives Apple's most advanced hardware innovations first, such as the M5 iPad Pro's Tandem OLED display and cellular connectivity, while the MacBook Pro lags behind with older components. Despite the iPad's hardware lead, macOS maintains software advantages for professional...
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Gemini App Now Supports Audio Files: Listen & Analyze
Google's Gemini app now supports audio file uploads, allowing users to analyze and interact with audio clips, with tier-based limits on duration and prompts. Google Search has expanded its AI Mode to five new languages, enabling more users to perform complex searches and navigate results in their...
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Sam Altman: ChatGPT on Track to Surpass Facebook in Daily Users
ChatGPT is experiencing rapid growth in daily active users, indicating a significant shift in technology engagement and potentially surpassing established social networks. The platform allows users to customize their experience by selecting regional settings, which tailors data and responses to l...
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Valve's 2025 Steam Hardware: AI-Free Innovation
Valve's new Steam hardware lineup deliberately avoids AI integration, focusing instead on traditional gaming innovation with devices like the Steam Machine, Steam Frame VR headset, and Steam Controller. The tech industry has become saturated with AI-centric marketing since 2022, making Valve's no...
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Top Holiday Photo Cards for 2025: Mixbook, Vistaprint & Canva
Mixbook is the top choice for holiday photo cards, offering superior design flexibility and excellent print quality, making it ideal for creating memorable seasonal greetings. Vistaprint is a strong runner-up, providing budget-friendly options with sharp image reproduction, though it has more lim...
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NVIDIA Reveals DLSS 4.5, 6x Frame Generation, and 240 Hz Mode
NVIDIA's new Dynamic Multi Frame Generation technology is exclusive to the upcoming RTX 50-series, a firm market segmentation strategy that excludes current RTX 40-series cards. The "dynamic" aspect allows users to set a specific target frame rate for a tailored experience, rather than generating...
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Apple's new 'tinted' option lets you undo Liquid Glass look
Apple has introduced a Clear and Tinted appearance toggle for its Liquid Glass interface in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS beta updates, offering users greater flexibility and addressing feedback on readability and navigation. This customization mirrors Apple's past approach to user feedback, such as wit...
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iPhone 17 Pro's Charging Upgrade Could Outshine Google Pixel 10
The iPhone 17 Pro is rumored to introduce reverse wireless charging, addressing a long-standing user request and positioning Apple favorably against competitors like Google, which recently removed this feature from its Pixel 10 lineup. Google eliminated reverse charging from the Pixel 10 due to s...
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