Discord is one of the most popular messaging platforms around, especially for group chats. Just likenearlyeveryservicelately, Discord is now expanding its AI and chatbot features. Discord already has integration with AI services likeMidjourney, thanks to its open APIs that allow anyone to create and share bot services that respond to commands. In fact, Discord claims “almost 3 million Discord servers include an AI experience, ranging from generating gaming assets to groups writing novels with AI, to AI companions, AI companies and AI-based learning communities....

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ruled that all smartphones will soon need to work with all Bluetooth hearing aids, and vice versa, so that people with hearing loss don’t have to worry about compatibility issues. Following an as-of-yet-undefined transitional period, all new mobile handsets sold in the United States will need to comply with the requirement. “With this change, the 48 million Americans with hearing loss will be able to choose among the same mobile phone models that are available to all consumers,” the FCC wrote....

Mozilla Firefox receives major updates roughly every four weeks, giving the web browser a steady stream of bug fixes, security enhancements, and new functionality. Firefox 136 is rolling out today with video playback improvements, automatic HTTPS upgrades, and more. Vertical Tabs Firefox’s vertical tabs feature is finally rolling out to everyone in Friefox 136. It works pretty much the same as vertical tabs in Microsoft Edge and other browsers, with pages organized as a list in a sidebar rather than along the top of the window....

Summary Printing in “4D” might sound like something cooked up for a sci-fi novel, but it’s actually a real object printing technique that builds on what’s already possible with current 3D printers in mind-bending ways. 4D printing is real, happening right now, and it just might have the potential to change the world. 4D Printing Is All About Self-Assembly So what’s the 4th-dimension we’re talking about here? You’ve probably guessed that it’stime....

SAMSUNG 990 PRO w/ Heatsink SSD The Samsung 990 PRO is a cutting-edge NVMe SSD featuring advanced V-NAND technology, delivering fast speeds of up to 7450 MB/s and write speeds of up to 6900 MB/s. It outperforms its predecessor, the 980 PRO, with 55% better random performance and 50% greater efficiency. It has better battery life and reduces power consumption. The Samsung 990 PRO with Heatsink is a high-performance 2TB PCIe 4....

The iPhone 15 will be the first iPhone to include USB-C functionality, following on from a change Apple made to higher-end iPad models. Though Apple didn’t come up with this great idea on its own, the change is still something to celebrate. Apple Drops the Lightning Connector Both the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro families (which include larger Plus and Pro Max models, butno iPhone mini) will feature aUSB-Cport for the first time....

Google has launched upgrades to its Gemini AI chatbot, which now responds faster to your requests with better results and links to related content. The improvements require the updated 1.5 Flash model, which Google said will be available in Gemini “in the coming week.” The latest 1.5 Flash AI large language model demoed at Google I/O 2024 is now available in the free version of Gemini in the mobile app and web interface atgemini....

Quick Links Summary Photos and Image Capture are two macOS apps that can import photos and videos from any device to your Mac. However, Photos has a huge limitation. Hence, I use Image Capture to import photos to my Mac. Photos Is No Good for This When you import photos or videos from a device to your Mac using Photos, it saves them to the app’s library. You don’t get an option to save the items outside the Photos app....

Quick Links Summary iPhone upgrades are becoming less dramatic year-on-year, so there’s more reason than ever to hang on to an iPhone. You might be better off waiting until you see real value in upgrading, especially since you’ll get around six years of updates on a brand-new model. Gone are the days of meaningful yearly smartphone upgrades, a change that’s better for the planet and your wallet. Instead, the burning question has become one of longevity: how long can you keep your iPhone going before it’s time to upgrade?...

With the Switch 2 on the horizon, Nintendo is once again capturing our hearts (and wallets) with a brand-new console. The hype surrounding the upcoming system has basically become a tradition for Nintendo consoles, but it’s easy to forget how they began. Most people believe Nintendo’s very first console was the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) or its Japanese counterpart—the Family Computer (or “Famicom” for short). Some would also argue that itsGame & Watchhandhelds were the original Nintendo gaming devices....

Quick Links Summary Steam sales make gaming affordable on the PC, so why not spread the cheer a little and add to someone else’s PC gaming backlog for once? Here’s how you can buy games for your friends on Steam. What You Need for This to Work Buying a Steam game for a friend isn’t hard, but there are some prerequisites: Other than that, you should be good to go! If you’re not a gamer yourself and don’t have a Steam account where you can be friends with your potential gift recipient, you always have the option of buying them aSteam gift cardinstead....

Quick Links The bokeh effect gives photos a certain look that we’re sometimes willing to pay photographers hundreds to pull off. But you don’t actually need fancy photography gear to get that blurry background look! There’s a good chance you can pull it off using just your Android phone. What Is Bokeh? Bokeh (pronounced “Boh-Keh”) is the name for the blur that appears when a background is out-of-focus. The term comes from the Japanese word “boke,” whose meaning refers to a blur or haze....

Quick Links Summary You will first need to set “DevicePasswordLessBuildVersion” to “0” in the registry. After you have, you may launch the “netplwiz” window, uncheck “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer,” and provide your account’s password. Windows 11 will then sign you in automatically. If your PC never leaves your home and you don’t really need a password, automatically logging in will save you the trouble of typing in your password every single time you turn on or restart your PC....