How to use Google Gemini to automate tasks

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Spark is Google's AI tool that can perform tasks on your behalf.

I stopped fighting with wireless Android Auto and discovered wired was better all along

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:00:18 GMT

Wireless Android Auto broke too often, so I went back to the cable

There’s just a few more days to get ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and more for just $60 for life

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Compare ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and 20+ AI models with ChatPlayground AI's Unlimited Lifetime Plan for $59.97 (reg. $619) through Oct. 15.

Why are your iPhone photos so blurry (and how to improve it)

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Blurry iPhone photos can come down to more than just a dirty lens. Here's how to expertly sharpen your shots and fine-tune your camera settings.

The WoW: Forever team says it learned a lot from Classic: Season of Discovery, including managing the in-game economy and RMT — but Blizzard will be 'more careful and cautious' with class changes as it 'knew we were going too far'

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Quote of the day by iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks: "The world is its own best model"

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000

39-year-old unvaccinated woman becomes 6th measles death in Pennsylvania

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:54:35 +0000

See the dramatic moment a power bank exploded on IndiGo Air flight

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:36:40 +0000

An IndiGo flight diverted after a power bank reportedly caught fire. Here’s what travelers should know about portable charger rules.

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The US Army is handing out over $4.15 billion to any company able to stop low-cost drone attacks on home soil

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:05:00 +0000

I'll always pay more for Zigbee smart home gear, and my Home Assistant setup proves why

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:00:18 GMT

Zigbee costs more upfront, but it's the only smart home standard that scales without new apps.

CleanMyMac can now purge years of Gmail clutter without reading your private messages — try for free

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000

MacPaw's CleanMyMac now includes Email Cleanup, a smart feature that bulk-clears newsletters, spam, and large attachments to free up Gmail storage.

Valor Mortis review: even with satisfying parry-focused combat, it's impossible to overlook flaws

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:59:50 +0000

Epic reportedly delays its Disney video game so it can be made using more AI

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:48:19 +0000

Developers were apparently ordered to use AI for both code and asset creation.

Robot on aisle 7: Customers react to autonomous inventory machine roaming a Seattle grocery store

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:41:12 +0000

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:36:29 +0000

Comedian and viral creator Kyle Gordon hits the Say More couch to discuss his hits "Mr. Jambo" and "Planet of the Bass".

Microsoft president warns AI is less regulated than milk and washing machines

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:35:17 +0000

Microsoft President Brad Smith says milk faces more safety rules than AI, calling for global standards and mandatory incident reporting.

I swapped 5 built-in Windows apps for open-source ones for a month, and only 3 survived

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:31:15 GMT

Open source got five job interviews and Microsoft still won two of them.

Your monitor's most underrated setting is probably wrong in a menu you never open

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:30:18 GMT

The wrong overdrive mode can tarnish your gaming monitor's performance

After a 10-year redemption arc, No Man's Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:26:14 +0000

Meta launches Muse Wonder, catching OpenAI and Anthropic at the frontier

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:15:49 +0000

Meta has released a new AI model family called Muse Wonder. The new model leapfrogs Gemini 4, GPT-Astra, and Fable 5 in Artificial Analysis's leaderboard.

This pocket KVM for remote support is down to its lowest price ever

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:26 GMT

Easy and ready to go

This Claude-built game lets you destroy any website, and it's absurdly addictive

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:17 GMT

Breaking the internet has never been this much fun

Google's Dreambeans finds stories on its own, and it's the first AI app I want to keep

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:15 GMT

Dreambeans finds the information I miss.

The Apple Upgrade program is great for consumers and Apple, but bad for carriers like Verizon and AT&T — here's why

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Intel's Crescent Island AI accelerator officially powers new GPU D-Series products

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:48:14 +0000

GTA 6 is sold out on Amazon despite being a digital-only game

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:36:46 +0000

'Grand Theft Auto VI,' a game that does not come on a disc, is partially sold out on Amazon.

I host a real website on a $5 ESP32, and it handles more traffic than I expected

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:30:17 GMT

Worth it for a portfolio, not for an app.

Google Maps remembers more about your life than you probably realize

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:30:14 GMT

Google Maps can be storing years of your data without you even knowing about; here's how to check.

Kelly Clarkson’s Brooklyn shopping complaint has the internet taking sides

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:19:44 +0000

Kelly Clarkson’s dispute with Brooklyn shop Art of Play involves a $15,000 singing bird, competing accounts, and divided reactions online.

Did Ukraine’s strikes on data centers really silence Russian bots?

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:19:15 +0000

Ukraine says Russian bots went quiet after it struck Yandex data centers. Here’s what the traffic data does and doesn’t show.

Adobe software dupe maker takes on Microsoft Office, releasing free versions of Word, Powerpoint, and Excel

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:09:36 +0000

Will these AI vibecoded Adobe and Microsoft clone apps take off?

Meet the crochet artist who made a 10-foot Appa for Avatar Legends in 16 days

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:05:44 +0000

Shayla Palmer makes crochet look cool and achievable, one stitch at a time.

Has OpenAI started the 'mathpocalypse'? Experts say AI's solving of iconic math problems may cause huge issues in the long run

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:05:00 +0000

Bumble in Talks to Go Private With Sequoia Partner Gupta’s New Venture

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Dating app company Bumble is in advanced talks to be taken private by a holding company founded recently by former Sequoia’s partner Ravi Gupta, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. A deal would value Bumble at roughly $1 billion, a steep premium to its last market ca

I compared a DVD upscaled by my Shield TV against the same film streaming in 4K, and the DVD held up embarrassingly well

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:00:18 GMT

The quality of an AI-enhanced upscaled DVD compared to 4K streaming is close.

VisionQuest review: Paul Bettany and James Spader delight in Wanda/Vision TV trilogy capper

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Meta says it's caught up to the frontier with its latest Wonder AI models

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:51:52 +0000

The models add "active memory" and "active focus" abilities.

WHO report on Russian lab worker death highlights "key uncertainty"

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:46:43 +0000

Trump Administration Plans to Move AI Testing Agency Officials to White House

2026-10-12T18:36:42Z

The small agency within the Commerce Department tasked with testing new AI models appears to be getting a refresh. In September, the Trump administration began the process of restructuring the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence so that t

Norway fined a Microsoft subsidiary $9.6 million for allegedly misusing Grindr user data

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:34:57 +0000

Xandr has three weeks to appeal the record penalty.

How to find your Amazon 'About You' page (and how to edit it)

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

See if Amazon thinks you have "flat buttocks."

AMD puts 32,768 CPU cores in a rack built for AI agents

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:29:03 +0000

AMD has published Helion, an open rack blueprint for running AI agents rather than training models, with a CPU-only version holding up to 32,768 cores. Partner systems are

Trying to change your browser? It might be harder than you think, based on one simple thing

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:25:00 +0000

Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:21:36 +0000

OpenAI adds 200 Dublin jobs and builds its second applied AI lab

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:07:53 +0000

OpenAI is adding 200 roles in Dublin and building an applied AI lab at its EU headquarters, taking planned Irish hiring to 450. The move lands two days before

Hinge wants to re-educate bad daters instead of banning them

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:05:53 +0000

Hinge is making flagged users complete a quick tutorial on basic chat etiquette before they can send another message.

Google Maps was destroying my battery on long drives until I changed these settings

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:00:18 GMT

You can get hours of extra battery life without giving up on Google Maps

Binge these Amazon Prime shows this week (October 12-18)

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:00:15 GMT

Whatever you're in the mood for, these shows give you loads of options to keep your watchlist interesting

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How to use Google Gemini to automate tasks

I stopped fighting with wireless Android Auto and discovered wired was better all along

There’s just a few more days to get ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and more for just $60 for life

Why are your iPhone photos so blurry (and how to improve it)

The WoW: Forever team says it learned a lot from Classic: Season of Discovery, including managing the in-game economy and RMT — but Blizzard will be 'more careful and cautious' with class changes as it 'knew we were going too far'

Quote of the day by iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks: "The world is its own best model"

39-year-old unvaccinated woman becomes 6th measles death in Pennsylvania

See the dramatic moment a power bank exploded on IndiGo Air flight

The US Army is handing out over $4.15 billion to any company able to stop low-cost drone attacks on home soil

I'll always pay more for Zigbee smart home gear, and my Home Assistant setup proves why

CleanMyMac can now purge years of Gmail clutter without reading your private messages — try for free

Valor Mortis review: even with satisfying parry-focused combat, it's impossible to overlook flaws

Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model

Epic reportedly delays its Disney video game so it can be made using more AI

Robot on aisle 7: Customers react to autonomous inventory machine roaming a Seattle grocery store

Microsoft president warns AI is less regulated than milk and washing machines

I swapped 5 built-in Windows apps for open-source ones for a month, and only 3 survived

Your monitor's most underrated setting is probably wrong in a menu you never open

After a 10-year redemption arc, No Man's Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad

Meta launches Muse Wonder, catching OpenAI and Anthropic at the frontier

This pocket KVM for remote support is down to its lowest price ever

This Claude-built game lets you destroy any website, and it's absurdly addictive

Google's Dreambeans finds stories on its own, and it's the first AI app I want to keep

The Apple Upgrade program is great for consumers and Apple, but bad for carriers like Verizon and AT&T — here's why

Intel's Crescent Island AI accelerator officially powers new GPU D-Series products

GTA 6 is sold out on Amazon despite being a digital-only game

I host a real website on a $5 ESP32, and it handles more traffic than I expected

Google Maps remembers more about your life than you probably realize

Kelly Clarkson’s Brooklyn shopping complaint has the internet taking sides

Did Ukraine’s strikes on data centers really silence Russian bots?

Adobe software dupe maker takes on Microsoft Office, releasing free versions of Word, Powerpoint, and Excel

Meet the crochet artist who made a 10-foot Appa for Avatar Legends in 16 days

Has OpenAI started the 'mathpocalypse'? Experts say AI's solving of iconic math problems may cause huge issues in the long run

Bumble in Talks to Go Private With Sequoia Partner Gupta’s New Venture

I compared a DVD upscaled by my Shield TV against the same film streaming in 4K, and the DVD held up embarrassingly well

VisionQuest review: Paul Bettany and James Spader delight in Wanda/Vision TV trilogy capper

Meta says it's caught up to the frontier with its latest Wonder AI models

WHO report on Russian lab worker death highlights "key uncertainty"

Trump Administration Plans to Move AI Testing Agency Officials to White House

Norway fined a Microsoft subsidiary $9.6 million for allegedly misusing Grindr user data

How to find your Amazon 'About You' page (and how to edit it)

AMD puts 32,768 CPU cores in a rack built for AI agents

Trying to change your browser? It might be harder than you think, based on one simple thing

Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police

OpenAI adds 200 Dublin jobs and builds its second applied AI lab

Hinge wants to re-educate bad daters instead of banning them

Google Maps was destroying my battery on long drives until I changed these settings

Binge these Amazon Prime shows this week (October 12-18)