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New app helps you sit up straight while at your computer

Try this new app if you want a nudge to help you sit up straight while you are using your computer.

Dispose of CDs, DVDs while protecting your data and the environment

Many of us are streaming these days but often we still have a couple of favourite CDs and DVDs at home.

'Just the Browser' strips AI and other features from your browser

At a time when browsers feel more cluttered than ever, a free tool called Just the Browser, developed by US journalist and programmer Corbin Davenport, promises to strip mainstream browsers of unwanted extras by applying a bundle of settings for Chrome, Firefox and Edge on Windows, macOS and Linux.

How do I reduce my child's screen time?

Many parents are familiar with the phenomenon: instead of heading to the park together as agreed, children would prefer to sit in front of their computer or chat with friends on their smartphones. But is it really that bad? And are adults really role models in this context?

Anthropic buys Super Bowl ads to slap OpenAI for selling ads in ChatGPT

Feb 7 (Reuters) - Anthropic ‌is spending millions of dollars to air commercials during Sunday night's National Football League championship game to slam rival OpenAI for its plan to ‌sell ads on its ChatGPT chatbot, in one of the biggest public spats between the big artificial-intelligence companies. 

Chatbot Chucky: Parents told to keep kids away from talking AI dolls

Artificial intelligence-based toys say inappropriate things to children and breach a home's privacy through extensive data collection, according to Common Sense Media, a US-based electronic consumer goods watchdog.

South Korean crypto firm accidentally sends $44 billion in bitcoins to users

SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South ‌Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said on Saturday it had accidentally ‌given away more than $40 billion worth of bitcoins to customers ‌as promotional rewards, triggering a sharp selloff on the exchange.

Opinion: Chinese AI videos used to look fake. Now they look like money

It isn't just the quality that has changed. In China, AI video is doing something else that once looked unlikely: making money.

Anthropic mocks ChatGPT ads in Super Bowl spot, vows Claude will stay ad-free

The announcement comes just weeks after OpenAI said it would begin testing ads with some ChatGPT users in the United States.

Tesla 2.0: What customers think of Model S demise, Optimus robot rise

Many of Tesla's 7 million owners have turned their passion and knowledge of the company's products into market wealth. Could personal robots engender the same passion?