Have you heard about chatbots and want to learn more about what they're used for? Read on for everything you need to know.

After beta testing in recent weeks, Google Messages today officially announced custom chat themes and backgrounds on Android. Requiring RCS, the goal is to “make every conversation feel uniquely yours ...

Summer blockbusters — including the smash hits Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey — have busted plenty of blocks this year. American cineplexes are on track to rake in more ...

Claude chat and Cowork now share one memory system. Memory updates as you chat, with sensitive-data controls. The productivity boost comes with serious privacy tradeoffs. Today, Anthropic announced ...

A change to Claude’s memory system will eliminate one of the most annoying things about using agents — the constant need to rebrief the AI on things it already knows. On Tuesday, Anthropic announced ...

“Insidious: Out of the Further” leapfrogged “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and took the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office on Friday, but Marvel’s webslinger is still poised to win the weekend. “Out ...

Slack wants to drag AI coding out of the terminal and into the group chat. The Salesforce-owned messaging platform today announced Slack Code, a new product that embeds AI coding agents — including ...

If you’ve ever wanted to share all of your digital conversations with OpenAI, we have good news for you: The AI lab has just launched an Apple Messages plug-in for ChatGPT, allowing interested users ...

Visual Studio Code 1.134 is now available, adding side-by-side chats, improved agent session navigation, full chat search, and better HTML previews. Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.134 under ...

Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA, SlashGear, MakeUseOf, Laptop Mag, and Android Police. She's been writing professionally since she was ...

As the CEO and founder of the nonprofit Onyx Impact, Esosa Osa focuses on building a digital ecosystem that empowers Black people, prioritizes their digital safety, and reduces harm. It’s something ...

Dog days of summer? This year’s August at the box office didn’t get the memo. Despite those newcomers, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” remained No. 1 in North America with $70 million in its third weekend ...