WhatsApp on Wednesday launched a new artificial intelligence tool called “Writing Help,” designed to make message writing clearer, more professional and easier to compose directly within the app. The feature allows users to type a message, tap a pencil-shaped icon, and receive suggestions to improve tone, style or clarity—similar to tools like ChatGPT, but integrated into WhatsApp itself. According to …
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Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source. Google is rolling out two new AI-powered features for Google Translate this week, and it might not be good news for Duolingo. The app now generates practice sessions for you to either listen or speak …
Read More »Someone Created First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b Model The Hacker News Researchers flag code that uses AI systems to carry out ransomware attacks CyberScoop First known AI-powered ransomware uncovered by ESET Research WeLiveSecurity The first AI-powered ransomware has been discovered — “PromptLock” uses local AI to foil heuristic detection and evade API tracking Tom’s Hardware Oh goody, the ‘first known AI-powered ransomware’ has …
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Google is rolling out a basic version of Vids to everyone. Until now, the AI-powered video editor has only been available to Google Workspace or AI plan subscribers, but now users can broadly access the app with templates, stock media, and a “subset of AI capabilities,” product director Vishnu Sivaji tells The Verge. Launched last year, Vids is the newest …
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ESET malware researchers Anton Cherepanov and Peter Strycek have discovered what they describe as the “first known AI-powered ransomware,” which they named PromptLock. The good news, according to the duo, who detailed PromptLock in a series of social media posts and screenshots on Tuesday, is that the malware doesn’t appear to be fully functional — yet. “Although multiple indicators suggest the …
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Made by Google has now concluded, and the tech giant’s long-awaited Pixel 10 series is finally available to pre-order! At the event, in addition to showcasing the new devices, Google also unveiled Pixelsnap, new AI features like Magic Cue and Camera Coach, and a new Pixel Journal app that might have gone under the radar. Similar to Apple’s 2023-launched Journal …
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Google just announced its new budget Pixel Buds 2A, but it didn’t forget about the earbuds it launched last fall. Owners of the Pixel Buds Pro 2 will get an update in September that will deliver a few new AI-powered features. One of them, Adaptive Audio, automatically adjusts the volume based on the noise in your environment. Google’s also improving …
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — August 19, 2025 — Today, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) launched Acrobat Studio, a transformative home for productivity and creativity that unites Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Express and AI agents to empower people to quickly, easily and intuitively do their best work. Acrobat Studio transforms PDFs into conversational knowledge hubs that enable people to use customizable AI Assistants to unlock …
Read More »Whether you love or hate them, PDFs are an inescapable part of the job for many of us. In fact, it’s safe to say the format isn’t going away anytime soon, with Adobe reporting there are 3 trillion PDFs in circulation worldwide. However, there’s no denying they can be a pain to work with, and in an effort to make …
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When it was first released by Adobe in 1993, the PDF was truly transformative technology. The Portable Document Format was a multipurpose container that replicated the appearance and functionality of physical documents. That sounds unimportant, but as adoption spread with Adobe’s introduction of free Acrobat software for reading PDFs a year later, anyone, from the government to your doctor’s office, …
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