Decode The cyclical public reaction to new technology We are seeing, in real time, the predictable cyclical public reaction to a new technology. And it has all my favorite qualities of a new technology: it’s difficult to explain or understand at first, but once you get an idea of what it is, it sticks with you, for
Decode Apple Intelligence: Apple’s new strategy to make you want a new iPhone That is, after all, how they make their money
Decode Why ChatGPT users Still Have an Upper Hand in the Workforce (and how to take advantage) By now, people who know what ChatGPT is, but don’t use it themselves, are probably sick and tired of hearing about it from those who do use it. But even with its meteoric rise, there are still a vast majority of people out there who have little to no
Decode Why “The Outer Wilds” is the best science fiction game ever made The Outer Wilds is an open-world game about flying a spaceship around a galaxy packed with lots of stuff to discover. That means it’s a game about discovery, which means that anything you learn about the game itself outside of playing it, constitutes a spoiler. The Outer Wilds is
Decode The TikTok Ban: Will it happen? What would it mean? The US House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States by forcing its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to a US company, to continue operating in the country. The bill, titled the "Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled
Decode Why is “AI” suddenly everywhere? In 2021, we saw the beginning of the AI explosion when OpenAI released ChatGPT, a Generative Pre-Trained model. This was not their first text-generating system. The GPT framework had been available to anyone who signed up for the OpenAI “playground,” a testbed for developers to build things with their services.
News Microsoft says they’re confident they can catch up with Apple Microsoft has announced an upcoming announcement scheduled for May 20th, in which they will reveal their new upcoming laptops powered by Arm chips, to compete with Apple’s M3 chip lineup. The reporting by The Verge suggests they will be powered by Qualcomm processors, which are the same type used
Decode iMessage Check-Ins: how to make the most of this unique safety feature With iOS 17, Apple introduced Check-In, a privacy-focused safety feature that lets you easily let others know when you’ve safely arrived at your destination, without sharing full location data.
Decode Creating stickers in iOS * Starting with iOS 17, you can long press on the subject of a photo to highlight it, then choose "Add Sticker" to turn that subject into a sticker * Subjects pulled from Live Photos can be turned into animated stickers * The custom stickers you create are accessible in the
