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ChatGPT just got several work-friendly updates - what it can do now

D3Damon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways OpenAI launched a shared projects mode and new connectors for ChatGPT. It also announced security upgrades for teams using the chatbot. It's part of a broader strategy to sell AI tools to businesses. OpenAI has begun rolling out new team collaboration and security features for ChatGPT. Also: Microsoft will compete with AWS to offer a marketplace of AI apps and agents The new features -- which include a "s

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pw_async2 is built upon a few fundamental concepts that work together to provide a powerful asynchronous runtime. A Task is the basic unit of execution, analogous to a cooperatively scheduled thread. It’s an object that represents a job to be done, like reading from a sensor or processing a network packet. Users implement a task’s logic in its DoPend() method. The Dispatcher is the cooperative scheduler. It maintains a queue of tasks that are ready to be polled. A user writing a task implemen

Daylight Savings Time Is So Bad, It’s Messing With Our View of the Cosmos

Tracking gravitational waves—invisible ripples in space-time from intense astronomical events—pushes the limits of what astronomers must do to reduce unwanted noise. Scientists have been getting increasingly better at doing just that, but new research warns that something rather unexpected might be getting in the way: daylight savings time. In a preprint titled “Can LIGO Detect Daylight Savings Time?,” Reed Essick, former LIGO member and now a physicist at the University of Toronto, gives a sim

More executives depart Hyundai’s air taxi startup Supernal

A wider leadership shakeup at Hyundai’s electric air taxi startup Supernal is underway just a few weeks after it paused work on its vehicle program and its CEO and CTO left, TechCrunch has learned. Supernal’s chief strategy officer Jaeyong Song and chief safety officer Tracy Lamb are no longer with the company, the startup confirmed Friday. Lina Yang, the chief of staff to Suprernal’s recently-departed CEO Jaiwon Shin is also out. (Yang had previously served as Supernal’s “Head of Intelligent S

OpenAI's historic week has redefined the AI arms race for investors: 'I don't see this as crazy'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman listens to questions at a Q&A following a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | Reuters This week, OpenAI redefined what momentum — and risk — look like in the artificial intelligence arms race. Now comes the hard part: Executing on CEO Sam Altman's multitrillion-dollar vision. In a rapid-fire series of announcements, the company unveiled partnerships involving mind-bending sums of money and cemented its place at the center of th

How I turned an old laptop into a home document station - and cut down on paperwork chaos

gece33 / iStock Unreleased / Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Paper is a river. Manage the flow, not the pile. One nook, laptop, and scanner can tame daily clutter. Shred, label, and scan right at the point of entry. For some reason, there's an awful lot of paper involved in going paperless. My wife and I have been attempting to go paperless since well before the pandemic. While we have successfully scanned a tremendous number of our

5 ways you can maximize AI's big impact in software development

asbe/iStock / Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Companies guide developers to make the most of AI. Hammer home the changes that automation brings. Create a flywheel of change to help people learn skills. Industry experts recognize that AI is having a massive impact on software development. Research suggests that almost all developers now rely on AI tools, with many of the roles and responsibilities of these professionals at risk o

The Quest 3’s ‘Hyperscapes’ Are Impressive, Weird, and Doomed to Be Under-Appreciated

There was a lot to unpack at Meta’s latest Connect conference, and almost none of it had to do with the Quest. That’s actually good news for fans of smart glasses—Meta introduced not one, not two, but three new pairs, one of which actually has a display in it. For fans of VR, which is traditionally what Connect is all about, the selection of things to be excited over was a little more sparse. One thing that actually did make the keynote, however, was Meta’s Hyperscape. If that name sounds famil

Dear LA, you deserve better than the Clippers’ carbon scandal

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. We watched LA burn this year. If you’re not from around here, you might have seen it unfold in the news like so many other infernos. Neighborhoods in ashes. People in shock. I was nearby when it happened in January, visiting home from New York to attend a family member’s fune

Horror-tinged sidescroller Possessor(s) hits PC and PS5 on November 11

The long-awaited sidescroller Possessor(s) will be available on November 11 for PC and PS5. It's a horror-tinged action game with Metroidvania elements. It also happens to look extremely beautiful . The game was developed by Heart Machine, which is the same company behind Hyper Light Drifter and its prequel Hyper Light Breaker . Publishing duties fall to Devolver, which has had a hand in a boatload of recent indie hits from Enter the Gungeon to Cult of the Lamb. The developer just dropped a lau

Has ‘Peacemaker’ Been Hiding Its Big Twist in Plain Sight?

We’re in the endgame now for Peacemaker‘s season 2 finale, and its latest episode finally lifted the lid on a huge twist that head honcho James Gunn wanted to keep under wraps for DC fans. No, not that thing, the other thing. The “what the hell is going on with Christopher Smith’s pocket universe?” Evidently, Gunn has been lording that big reveal in fans’ faces every week without them noticing by hiding that plot development in an unlikely place: Peacemaker‘s opening dance number. So, everyone

TCL’s 8-inch Nxtpaper tablet could lure you away from the color Kindle

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. TCL has put its Nxtpaper display technology, designed to be easy on the eyes like E Ink’s e-paper screens, in a slew of devices ranging from hefty 14-inch tablets to smartphones for kids. The new Tab 8 is the latest addition to TCL’s Nxtpaper lineup and with

OpenAI's historic week has redefined the AI arms race for investors: 'I don’t see this as crazy'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman listens to questions at a Q&A following a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | Reuters This week, OpenAI redefined what momentum — and risk — look like in the artificial intelligence arms race. Now comes the hard part: Executing on CEO Sam Altman's multitrillion-dollar vision. In a rapid-fire series of announcements, the company unveiled partnerships involving mind-bending sums of money and cemented its place at the center

The best October Prime Day deals you can get today: Early sales on gear from Apple, Anker, JBL, Shark and more

Amazon Prime Day has returned in the fall for the past few years, and 2025 is no exception. Prime Day will return on October 7 and 8, but really, you don't have to wait until the official start date to save. Amazon typically always has early Prime Day deals in the lead-up to the event, and this year we’re already seeing some solid discounts on gadgets we like. Here, we’ve gathered all of the best Prime Day deals you can get right now, and we’ll keep updating this post as we get close to Prime Da

Slow Wi-Fi? 10 tricks I use to get internet speeds as fast and reliable as wired

Juan Maria Coy Vergara / Moment / Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Check your incoming Internet before fooling with your network. There are simple steps you can take to speed up your Wi-Fi network. To get the most from your network, you'll need to fine-tune its settings. Even with a Netgear Orbi 970 mesh Wi-Fi network, backed by a 2Gbps AT&T fiber-optic Internet connection, I sometimes have Wi-Fi slowdowns. That's because my home has

UK announces plans for digital ID cards

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a new requirement for all working adults in the country to carry a digital identification called the Brit Card. In practice, the Brit Card will be based on the One Login infrastructure already used by the UK government. Supporters of the plan say digital ID cards can ensure that people have the right to work in the UK, and thus could help crack down on illegal immigration and exploitative employment schemes. "It will send a clear message that if you

No Bluetooth speaker I’ve tested delivers bass and mids like this one

Brane X Bluetooth Speaker ZDNET's key takeaways The Brane X Bluetooth speaker is available now on Amazon for $499. It delivers the loudest, clearest bass of any portable speaker I've tested. Getting the Brane X connected to the app can be a bit tricky. $499 at Amazon $499 at Crutchfield more buying choices Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If bass is your jam, then you probably know that most Bluetooth speakers don't always deliver those deep low ends. There's little "pun

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, Sept. 26

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

We’re about to witness a critical moment for Google Home

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority It’s fair to say that Google Home is in an awkward place right now — and it has been for a while. Google’s smart home ecosystem was on a hot streak for a few years, but between stagnant hardware releases and mounting complaints about bugs and glitches, it’s easy to see why so many people have given up on Google Home. That’s precisely what I did a couple of years ago, ditching all of my Google Home/Nest speakers and displays for Amazon Alexa ones. But now it’s

A OnePlus 15 review is out even before the phone officially launches

TL;DR A YouTuber has reviewed the OnePlus 15’s gaming performance ahead of its official launch. The OnePlus 15 is confirmed to arrive with a 165Hz display and the recently unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The reviewer confirms that the increase to 165Hz refresh rate aids in gameplay, especially for FPS games. Qualcomm’s latest flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, is less than a week old. And in the mere span of two days, we’ve already seen the first set of phones, under the Xiaom

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center director Joseph Pelfrey resigns

A crane towers above the mobile launcher 2 adjacent the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. The director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Joseph Pelfrey, announced his resignation from the role on Thursday, CNBC confirmed. Pelfrey said in an email to employees at the space agency that as NASA focuses on its mission to return humans to the moon, it will be "important for agency leadership to move forward with a team they choose to execute the task

A platform-jumping prince – History of Prince of Persia's 1990s Ports

Prince of Packaging So many video games, films, and music albums I "own" now live in the cloud, and I'm nostalgic for the days when they existed as physical objects on a bookshelf. The tactile quality, size and shape, and cover art of every game box was linked to memories of how I'd acquired it—new, second-hand, or as a gift?—and of hours spent playing. For a game developer, a shrink-wrapped box that holds the thing we've been working on for years brings home the reality that our game is truly

I've yet to find a Bluetooth speaker that delivers stronger bass and clearer mids than this

Brane X Bluetooth Speaker ZDNET's key takeaways The Brane X Bluetooth speaker is available now on Amazon for $499. It delivers the loudest, clearest bass of any portable speaker I've tested. Getting the Brane X connected to the app can be a bit tricky. $499 at Amazon $499 at Crutchfield more buying choices Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If bass is your jam, then you probably know that most Bluetooth speakers don't always deliver those deep low ends. There's little "pun

The Digital Markets Act: time for a reset

The Digital Markets Act (DMA), intended to create a more level playing field, is causing significant and unintended harm to European users and many of the small businesses it was meant to protect. This week we detailed these impacts in our response to the European Commission’s consultation on this new law and provided our thoughts on how to improve it. Unintended consequences Consider the DMA’s impact on Europe’s tourism industry. The DMA requires Google Search to stop showing useful travel re

'Leave VPNs Alone': Thursday's VPN Day of Action Protests Possible Bans

"Leave VPNs alone." That's the plea from anti-online censorship and surveillance group Fight for the Future, which designated Thursday as a VPN Day of Action, a day for people to press lawmakers not to ban virtual private networks. The group of activists, artists, engineers and technologists is calling on people to sign an open letter and encourage politicians to preserve the existence of VPNs. VPNs encrypt internet connections and aim to protect privacy and prevent surveillance. They can also

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Unsurprisingly, Google says a crackdown on big tech is making life harder

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google says the EU Digital Markets Act is raising prices, slowing innovation, and hurting small businesses. The company cites studies and figures suggesting travel searches are worse and new products are delayed in Europe. The DMA was partly designed to rein in big tech power, so Google isn’t a neutral voice in this debate. The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) was written to rein in giants like Google, Apple, and Meta. You won’t be surprised to

The VAX (John Mashey, 2005)

From: "John Mashey" <[email protected]> Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Code density and performance? Date: 22 Jul 2005 00:30:56 -0700 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Tom Linden wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:07:33 -0700, glen herrmannsfeldt > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That was 1986, though I don't believe VAX was a viable architecture > > by 1996, even though it wasn't out of address bits. > > It certainly could have been viable, had DEC

Trump Signs Order to Transfer TikTok to US Ownership

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

Trump signs &#8216;Saving TikTok&#8217; order to start resolving its big ban problem

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order recognizing the framework of a deal between ByteDance and the US that would satisfy the TikTok divest-or-ban law. The deal values TikTok’s US operations at $14 billion and puts it under the control of companies based in the US. “I spoke with President Xi [Jinping], we had a good talk,” Trump said during a briefing. “I told him what we were doing, and he said, ‘Go ahead with it.’” TikTok “will be majority-owned and controlled by United States

Nvidia is letting anyone use its AI voice animation tech

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nvidia is open-sourcing Audio2Face, its AI-powered tool that generates realistic facial animations for 3D avatars — all based on audio input. The change means developers can now use the tool and its underlying framework to create realistic 3D characters for thei