Information about 64 million people applying for jobs at McDonald’s has been leaked via Olivia, an AI-powered chatbot created by Paradox.ai to handle hiring. Security researcher Ian Carroll gained access by logging into an Olivia administrator account using ‘123456’ as both the username and password. This gave Carroll access to sensitive information, including the names,…
Macworld If you’re wondering if MacBooks are on sale for Prime Day, you’ll be glad to learn that yes, you can find savings on MacBooks at Amazon. Huge savings, in fact! Sales on MacBooks are normal for most of the year, but the best deals tend to happen during Amazon’s big sales events. With Amazon’s…
Macworld Apple’s best Macs already have a lot going for them, whether that’s the muscle of a Mac Studio or the portability of a MacBook Air. But you can take them even further with a few judiciously picked peripherals and accessories designed to galvanize your Mac with a bunch of new superpowers. And you’re spoiled…
Macworld Summer isn’t just about beaches, pools, and baseball. It’s also time for Prime Day, and Amazon’s big annual sale is even bigger this year, running a whopping four days until midnight on Friday, July 11. If you want to buy an Apple device, Prime Day is a great time to do so because there…
Macworld Looking for a great deal on a new hard drive or SSD to use with your Mac? We see some great deals on storage in the Amazon Prime Day sale (running July 8 to 11), so there’s no better time to pick up a deal on some new external storage for your Mac. The…
TL;DR: Get the latest version of Microsoft Office 2024 Home for Mac or PC with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, just $129.97. Let’s talk about a rare but welcome phrase in the tech world: one-time purchase. That’s exactly what you’re getting with this deal on Microsoft Office 2024 Home for Mac or PC. For just $129.97, you’ll unlock…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Sturdy build and design Glasses-free 3D effect is alluring Solid audio quality, especially in games Sharp, bright image in 2D content 160Hz refresh rate Cons Mediocre contrast ratio Slim list of supported games Not all supported games worked well HDR not supported Expensive Our Verdict Acer’s Predator SpatialLabs View…
On February 2nd, 2025, computer scientist and OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy made a flippant tweet that launched a new phrase into the internet’s collective consciousness. He posted that he’d “fully given into the vibes” when programming with AI assistance. There’s a new kind of coding I call “vibe coding”, where you fully give in to…
Lutron, the smart lighting company that developed the world’s first dimmer switch, has a seat on the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s board of directors, but its products don’t support Matter, the smart home standard the CSA released in late 2022 and continues to iterate on. Do I care? Not a whit. Lutron’s smart home products are…
It’s affordable and surprisingly powerful than the price would suggest—the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3X is a great purchase even at its full MSRP, but who can ignore a 26 percent discount, right? You can get the laptop for $500 this Prime Day. This is a perfect everyday laptop powered by a Snapdragon CPU and featuring…