Macworld For years, readers have intermittently reported seeing static on external displays after waking them from sleep, but we had a new one arrive recently: a couple had the problem occur on each of their displays. There’s no pattern they see, and, as with previous correspondents, turning the display off and on clears the issues….
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Macworld TL;DR: Katteb AI Content Generator can create quality, researched, SEO content in moments, and it’s only $79.99 for a lifetime subscription. Content generator AI is already evolving. Not that long ago, AI could passably follow pretty basic prompts. Now, you can get a content generator that can generate fact-checked long-form SEO content in one…
Macworld A great iPhone needs a great case Apple’s brand-new iPhone 16e has caused a huge stir in the tech community. Nominally replacing the iPhone SE from 2022, the new handset is far more powerful, has a far newer look, and features a raft of cool features that SE owners could only dream of. That’s…
Macworld Having a power bank to take with you anywhere you go can make you feel better about leaving your home without a charger in your backpack. This Ugreen NExode 20,000mAh power bank is not only ready to charge your phone or laptop, but it’s also $110 right now at Amazon when you apply the…
Macworld In a new white paper on Apple’s developer site (PDF link), Apple has outlined several big changes coming this year designed to help parents and developers produce a safer environment for kids when using Apple products. No timeline is given for when these features will arrive—some already appear to be in the iOS 18.4…
Botify AI, a site for chatting with AI companions that’s backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, hosts bots resembling real actors that state their age as under 18, engage in sexually charged conversations, offer “hot photos,” and in some instances describe age-of-consent laws as “arbitrary” and “meant to be broken.” When MIT Technology…
OpenAI has just released GPT-4.5, a new version of its flagship large language model. The company claims it is its biggest and best model for all-round chat yet. “It’s really a step forward for us,” says Mia Glaese, a research scientist at OpenAI. Since the releases of its so-called reasoning models o1 and o3, OpenAI…
Ages ago, coworkers asked why I covered my laptop’s webcam. Then they saw a video where a hacker used a remote access trojan (RAT) to spy on two people sleeping. They started taping over their webcam lenses, too. But that’s actually not enough to keep someone from spying on you. If you want full privacy…
Despite the trend in shrinking PC sizes, larger desktop towers with ATX motherboards are still popular — and for fiends who want to get the most out of their systems, these have a secret weapon: PCIe slots. If you built your PC, or if you ever took a peek inside at your gaming PC’s motherboard,…