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Youbooks is a new AI book author that combines popular AI models such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini to help you create complete nonfiction books. A lifetime subscription is on sale now for just $49 (regularly $540). How does Youbooks AI write your book? If you’ve ever tried to write anything longer than a few … Read more

A Stanford student created an algorithm to help his classmates find love; Now Date Drop is the foundation of his new startup | TechCrunch

A Stanford student created an algorithm to help his classmates find love; Now Date Drop is the foundation of his new startup | TechCrunch

As Valentine’s Day approaches at Stanford, some students may be preparing to go on first dates — not with people they matched on Tinder or Hinge, but with matches from a service called Date Drop, designed by Stanford graduate student Henry Weng. Date Drop matches students with potential dates once a week based on their … Read more

Put down the iPhone: A Valentine’s plea against phubbing

Put the iPhone down: A Valentine’s Day plea against phubbing

Valentine’s Day is supposed to be about connection. But every year, candlelight dinners across the country glow less with romance and more with the light of an iPhone screen. There’s even a word for it: “phubbing” – insulting someone in favor of your phone. If there’s one night when iPhone users absolutely have to resist … Read more

YouTube is finally coming to Vision Pro (was it worth the wait?)

YouTube finally arrives on Vision Pro

After two long years of waiting, Apple Vision Pro owners can finally watch YouTube the way it was intended on a surround PC headset. Google launched its official YouTube app for visionOS on Thursday, ending one of the most conspicuous absences of apps on Apple’s $3,499 mixed reality device. YouTube is coming to Vision Pro … Read more

The Flock killing ring deal exposes the problem of trust in AI-powered home security

The Flock killing ring deal exposes the problem of trust in AI-powered home security

Ring’s now-cancelled partnership with Flock Safety suggests the company may have finally found the limits of how far consumers will tolerate AI-driven surveillance in their own neighborhoods. Ring has decided not to proceed with the planned integration with Flock Safety. The decision came after a public backlash over privacy and surveillance, though the partnership never … Read more

Today in Apple history: Mac mania sweeps magazine shelves

The Macintosh? It

February 13, 1984: The launch of the first Mac created a huge excitement in the tech press that epitomized the year InfoWorld cover story on Macintosh 128K. The wave of coverage comes weeks after the January 24 release of the Macintosh. But when the press blitz finally arrives, it’s clear that the Mac is a … Read more