UPI

Google: Gemini AI chatbot now for free to all U.S. users

Sept. 18 (UPI) --Google announced Thursday that its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini now will be available to all Mac and Windows desktop users in the United States without a subscription. In ...
Business Wire

Interactive Brokers Launches Version 1.0 of IBKR Desktop, Delivering a Comprehensive Trading Experience in One Platform

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the official launch of Version 1.0 of IBKR Desktop, a next-generation ...
CNN

Don’t get overwhelmed by 10,000 steps. Here’s how many you may really need

Does the popular activity benchmark of walking 10,000 steps a day feel like too distant of a goal? Don’t worry, you can get health benefits just by moving a little more than you already are, new ...
CNN

Study reveals how much energy AI uses to answer your questions

Whether it’s answering work emails or drafting wedding vows, generative artificial intelligence tools have become a trusty copilot in many people’s lives. But a growing body of research shows that for ...
NPR

5 simple (and cheap) things to make your house use less energy

Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. Our homes use a lot of energy. The huge amounts ...
Ars Technica

“Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall

Signal Messenger is warning the users of its Windows Desktop version that the privacy of their messages is under threat by Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, ...
The Conversation

Windows are the No. 1 human threat to birds – an ecologist shares some simple steps to reduce collisions

Jason Hoeksema is affiliated with the University of Mississippi, Delta Wind Birds, and the Mississippi Ornithological Society. When wood thrushes arrive in northern Mississippi on their spring ...
The Verge

Microsoft is replacing Remote Desktop with its new Windows app

The Remote Desktop Connection app that’s built into Windows is sticking around, though. The Remote Desktop Connection app that’s built into Windows is sticking around, though. is a senior editor and ...
Windows Central

This previously hidden Windows 11 feature is even better than I expected

An improved battery icon is on the way to Windows 11. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Windows 11 will soon feature an improved ...
The Verge

Windows 11 is getting colorful new battery icons that are easier to understand at a glance

It will be easier to see if your laptop’s battery is full and charging, or about to die and needs to be plugged in. It will be easier to see if your laptop’s battery is full and charging, or about to ...
Windows Central

Microsoft 365 Copilot's new app icon is so bad, it’s actually illegible on certain displays

Microsoft 365’s new name and logo are terrible, and it seems many agree. After squandering decades of recognizable brand recognition when the company originally rebranded Microsoft Office to Microsoft ...