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Since ChatGPT’s explosive debut in late 2022, millions of people have used it to help write everything from emails and essays to wedding vows and apology texts. But now, researchers are noticing something surprising: AI is doing more than helping us write to a point of actually changing the way we speak. A recent analysis by researchers at the Max …

You can find plenty of 2- and 3-in-1 chargers for the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods. Sadly, your choices are limited in the Android ecosystem, with support confined to popular phones and watches from Samsung and Google. Another problem with most 2- or 3-in-1 chargers is that they are not portable enough to carry while traveling, forcing you to carry …

Just under two weeks ago, Microsoft announced it was laying off 9,000 employees across its workforce and revealed it had cancelled ZeniMax Online Studios’ new MMORPG codenamed Blackbird (along with Rare’s Everwild and the Perfect Dark reboot, with the latter’s development studio The Initiative shuttered). Now, a report suggests ZeniMax devs who worked on the game will soon be affected …

Capcom has released the gameplay trailer, latest information, and screenshots for Street Fighter 6 downloadable content character Sagat, who is due out on August 5. Get the details below. As the final boss in the original Street Fighter game, veterans and newcomers will be eager to reign supreme as the fearsome Sagat in Street Fighter 6. Sagat’s moveset is inspired …

Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam. Recently, a number of people noticed and posted across various Reddits that PayPal has been unavailable for days, so it’s possible this is all coming from PayPal but nothing has been confirmed on that. On …

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Hackers are stashing malware in a place that’s largely out of the reach of most defenses—inside domain name system (DNS) records that map domain names to their corresponding numerical IP addresses. The practice allows malicious scripts and early-stage malware to fetch binary files without having to download them from suspicious sites or attach them to emails, where they frequently get …

Google is rolling out AI-generated summaries directly within Discover, its personalized news feed nestled within the Google Search app. TechCrunch reports that some users in the US are seeing Discover cards on iOS and Android that provide the new summaries in place of a headline and logo from a single publisher, similar to how AI Overviews appear at the top …

The Galaxy Watch 8 is one of the most exciting smartwatch models in years, and you can probably guess why. It’s the first base Galaxy Watch since 2021 to boast a brand-new design, both inside and out. Here is how it compares to the Galaxy Watch 4 (2021). Samsung has used the same design language for the base Galaxy Watch …

Security researchers say Chinese authorities are using a new type of malware to extract data from seized phones, allowing them to obtain text messages — including from chat apps such as Signal — images, location histories, audio recordings, contacts, and more. On Wednesday, mobile cybersecurity company Lookout published a new report — shared exclusively with TechCrunch — detailing the hacking …