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Mike Pearl


By Mike Pearl

How gamification sparked the AI era in tech
An illustration of a person running on a treadmill.

Apple announces AI-powered iPhone call recordings at WWDC 2024
Apple's Phone app showing a call being recorded and transcribed

Apple Maps adds topographic maps in WWDC reveal
iPhones displaying topographical map view in Maps

We gave Google's AI Overviews the benefit of the doubt. Here's how they did.
People in front of the Google logo on a wall above a slogan about making AI helpful for everyone


How to turn off Google AI Overviews
A smartphone showing the Goole and Gemini logos

Google injects still more AI into Google Docs and other Workspace apps
A woman on a stage in front of a screen with the words Gemini for Workspace

Veo, Google's Sora competitor, is hyped by Donald Glover
Donald Glover in a knit hat

Where the northern lights will be visible thanks to the solar flare
the northern lights in the sky

The new iPad ad essentially flips AI-weary creatives the bird
a frame from the Apple "Crush" ad, in which creative tools are destroyed

iPad Air 2024: 2 new features that iPad Air 2022 doesn't have
Collage of iPad Air features

How to see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower in 2024
a person standing at a campsite as meteors streak overhead

A ChatGPT search engine is rumored to be coming next week
a person with a notebook computer silhouetted against the OpenAI logo

'I was kinda trapped': Watch a Cybertruck try to eat a guy's finger
a Tesla Cybertruck with its frunk trunk or "frunk" standing open


How to see the Lyrid meteor shower despite the bright moon
a fireball streaking across the sky

Where's the AI in these 'AI-powered' products for your home? An explanation.
appliances in a cartoony space environment touted as "Now with more AI!"

Why don't we have AI-powered robot butlers yet? An investigation.
a robot in a metal tux waiting on a person hand and foot

The amazing total solar eclipse is incredible luck. Here's why.
A composite image showing many phases of the eclipse with totality strikingly highlighted in the center



AI 'writers' are mostly worthless right now. But that won't last.
a robot holds a pencil

How the AI boom is informed by the Industrial Revolution
Industrial revolution workers using hammers

ChatGPT freaked out, generating gibberish for many users
a giant toy robot chases some boys
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