The influencer economy’s invisible workers are first in line for the AI chop

AI is starting to replace the hidden global workforce of clippers, editors, and virtual assistants that helped creators manufacture “organic” reach at scale.

Microsoft wants you to know Copilot AI is not just for entertainment

Microsoft appears to be trying to clear up an awkward contradiction around its Copilot AI. After one of its own documents made the AI sound a lot less useful than the company’s marketing would suggest. Users recently noticed Microsoft’s Copilot terms o…

Today I learned what a social media bot farm looks like — and it made me delete my Reddit account

I’ve been a Reddit user for 13 years — and one video of a social media bot farm was all it took for me to delete my account.

Nvidia RTX 5090 owner practices soldering skills on a $5,000 GPU — and the result is predictably disastrous

Want to practice your soldering skills? Don’t do it on a $5,000 graphics card (in case you were tempted).

Experts uncover a 49-day time bomb that is likely slowing down your Mac

A newly uncovered macOS bug acts like a time bomb, freezing the system’s internal network clock after 49.7 days and causing apps and websites to stop working.