Continue Reading Is Perplexity’s $34 billion offer to buy Chrome real or a marketing stunt?

Is Perplexity’s $34 billion offer to buy Chrome real or a marketing stunt?

Tuesday’s disclosure that Perplexity wants to buy Chrome may be intended to influence a federal judge more than Google/Alphabet…

Continue Reading Intel’s confusing ‘Series 2’ CPU brand is a massive step backwards

Intel’s confusing ‘Series 2’ CPU brand is a massive step backwards

Series 2 is a “product collection” without anything that truly unifies it—and that makes it confusing, worthless, and a huge step back for consumers…

Continue Reading I love how ChatGPT’s new Study Mode makes me actually use my brain

I love how ChatGPT’s new Study Mode makes me actually use my brain

ChatGPT now boasts a Study Mode designed to teach rather than tell. And while I’m too old to be a student, I tried ChatGPT’s Study Mode to see what it’s capable of…

Continue Reading Passkeys won’t be ready for primetime until Google and other companies fix this

Passkeys won’t be ready for primetime until Google and other companies fix this

This passwordless authentication method will continue to frustrate users and fail to gain traction until those employing passkeys address a glaring problem…

Continue Reading Firefox is dead to me – and I’m not the only one who is fed up

Firefox is dead to me – and I’m not the only one who is fed up

Parent company Mozilla’s not my fave either…

Continue Reading An AI-driven ‘Fix it’ button is just what Windows needs

An AI-driven ‘Fix it’ button is just what Windows needs

It’s the perfect phrase for the moment, right?…

Continue Reading What Is an AI PC? How AI Will Reshape Your Next Computer

What Is an AI PC? How AI Will Reshape Your Next Computer

Revolutionary artificial intelligence is coming to everyday laptops and desktops thanks to chips from the big silicon players paired with Microsoft’s Copilot+ push. Here’s what you need to know…

Continue Reading I don’t need Windows anymore. One final tool broke my reliance on Microsoft

I don’t need Windows anymore. One final tool broke my reliance on Microsoft

It’s been a long time coming, but everything I rely on for work is now completely separate from the operating system…

Continue Reading Why Google’s Chrome monopoly won’t crack anytime soon

Why Google’s Chrome monopoly won’t crack anytime soon

Haven’t we heard this story before?…

Continue Reading An Android-ChromeOS merger might actually make sense now

An Android-ChromeOS merger might actually make sense now

We’ve been down this road before. But this time, it’s easier to see the rumors of an Android-ChromeOS combo turning to reality and potentially even being a positive…

Continue Reading Why I switched from Windows to Chromebook and haven’t looked back

Why I switched from Windows to Chromebook and haven’t looked back

These days, I mostly use ChromeOS and only boot up Windows when I absolutely need to…

Continue Reading How Google is changing to compete with ChatGPT

How Google is changing to compete with ChatGPT

What recent changes inside Google say about the future of Gemini and Search. Also: Meta’s head of AI research on AGI, agents, and the compute wars…