Category: Tech
How to turn your Instagram location on or off
It’s up to you whether you appear on Maps. Instagram’s new Map feature lets you share your location with friends in real-time, but the addition has prompted concerns over privacy and safety. Added on Wednesday for U.S. users, the Snap Maps-like tool allows you to see nearby friends on a Map, accessible through the Messages […]
AI agents are broken. Is GPT-5 really the answer?
Agentic AI tests have revealed fundamental flaws — and OpenAI’s next-generation LLM may not have the tools to address them. As 2025 dawned, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was promoting two developments he insisted would transform our lives. One, of course, was GPT-5 — a long-anticipated major upgrade to the Large Language Model (LLM) that powered […]
Google AI overviews: Confident when wrong, yet more visible than ever
The answers come from Google’s less smart AI — but we’re seeing them more often. Google, the search engine, is having one of its weakest years since 2015. Which is to say, its market share has dipped just below 90% for almost every month in 2025, according to Statcounter. Of course, that still puts Google […]
Tesla, Kia EV range claims fail to hold up in independent testing
Several popular EVs’ claims didn’t match their performance when tested in real-world conditions. Independent testing has found several popular EVs fell short of their claimed driving ranges when placed in real-world conditions, including the Tesla Model Y, Model 3, and Kia EV6. In the most egregious discrepancy, one vehicle demonstrated an enormous 23 percent reduction […]
ChatGPT vs. Grok vs. Gemini: Which AI chatbot should you use in 2025?
There’s one clear winner. AI assistants from companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are getting super-smart super fast. New models, agentic features, and new tools now drop on a weekly basis, making AI chatbots more capable and more helpful. ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok are some of the …
Motorola’s Razr and Moto Buds Loop get a glam makeover with Swarovski crystals
The Brilliant Collection includes a crystal-studded foldable phone and matching earbuds priced at $999 (3670 AED roughly).
Sonos Roam speakers are overheating and melting their charging ports
The company says it is taking steps to address the issue which has impacted several speakers. Sonos has acknowledged an issue causing its portable Roam speakers to overheat and melt when plugged in to charge. If you have one, maybe consider unplugging it when it isn’t in use. As spotted by Bloomberg, several Reddit users […]
Grok Imagine lacks guardrails for sexual deepfakes
Elon Musk’s new AI image and video maker fails basic safety tests. Grok Imagine, a new generative AI tool from xAI that creates AI images and videos, lacks guardrails against sexual content and deepfakes. xAI and Elon Musk debuted Grok Imagine over the weekend, and it’s available now in the Grok iOS and Android app […]
OpenAI releases gpt-oss, new open-weight models that can run on laptops: How to try them
OpenAI is going back to its open-source roots. Sort of. For the first time since GPT-2 dropped over five years ago, OpenAI is releasing not one, but two open-weight AI reasoning models — and they’re available to download for free right now on Hugging Face. Billed as “state-of-the-art,” the new OpenAI open-weight models were announced […]
Vivo Y04s launched with Unisoc T612 chip and 6,000mAh battery
The budget phone features a 6.74-inch display and dual rear cameras.
