Reid Hoffman returns to Rapid Response to explore today’s AI landscape, and the future promised by a concept he calls “superagency.” Hoffman shares his vision for what an AI-infused workday will soon look like, how we should address society’s greatest fears about technology, and more. As we enter a daunting new era—politically, socially, and technologically—Hoffman … Read more
With the v0.88 release cycle for PowerToys, Microsoft says that it will be focusing on “new features, stability, and improvements”. And the release of PowerToys v0.88.0 gets things off to a good start with the arrival of a new tool. But this release also sees Microsoft giving with one hand and taking with the other. … Read more
E-ink tablets offer the best of both worlds when it comes to taking notes or brainstorming: the look and feel of a normal journal, with a whole library’s worth of notes stored on one device. Enter the Supernote A5 X2 Manta. This is a device intended to help leaders focus, and write their notes without … Read more
Jordan Jacobs, an investor at the venture capital firm Radical Ventures, has spent the last few days fielding half a dozen calls from his firm’s investors. All of them wanted to know about DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence app that topped the app stores over the weekend. DeepSeek had created a powerful A.I. model with … Read more
Passing quietly away from sheer heartbreak is a trope that pops up in myth and fantasy. In the Star Wars universe, Padmé Amidala may have died of a broken heart after her husband turned to the dark side, becoming Darth Vader, and she gave birth to Luke and Leia. Shakespeare’s King Lear succumbs to heartbreak … Read more
Dan Rosney BBC Business Reporter Getty Images Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 On March 21, 2006 the first ever tweet was posted by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey: “Just setting up my twttr”. It was a simple introduction to a brand new platform. Backed by celebrities, it was different to other social media sites, like … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain State-of-the-art artificial intelligence systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude have captured the public imagination by producing fluent text in multiple languages in response to user prompts. Those companies have also captured headlines with the huge sums they’ve invested to build ever more powerful models. An AI startup from … Read more
Robert Triggs / Android Authority It’s safe to say that AI is permeating all aspects of computing. From deep integration into smartphones to CoPilot in your favorite apps — and, of course, the obvious giant in the room, ChatGPT. However, working with AI, especially as a journalist, raises a lot of concerns. For one, it … Read more
By Gordon Boggis and Michael DiTullo Imagine sitting in a café where the clatter of a fork hitting a plate across the room drowns out your conversation with the person sitting next to you. Have you ever worked in an open office filled with overlapping video calls, making it almost impossible to focus on the … Read more
Following the haphazard rollout Tuesday of a plan the White House claimed offered “buyouts” to nearly the entire federal workforce but ultimately looked more like extended paid leave prior to leaving government, federal employee groups, Democratic lawmakers and good government experts are warning federal workers not to respond to the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” email. … Read more
