Perplexity Will Begin Placing Ads via Brand-Sponsored Queries in AI Chat

When asking a question in Perplexity, it’ll sometimes suggest additional questions you might ask the AI chatbot. These related questions account for 40% of Perplexity’s queries, according to AdWeek. Perplexity said it will let brands influence these related questions, potentially steering users toward specific products. Perplexity didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Like those companies, Perplexity also offers a paid version. Last year, OpenAIwas paying $700,000 per day, according to research firm SemiAnalysis....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Martha Kennedy

Perplexity's New 'Page' Feature Writes Fully Sourced Reports and Articles for You

The tool is easy to use. There’s a new button for Page under Library. you’re able to also add additional sections just by simply titling subsections. Adding images, videos, paragraphs or bullet-pointed lists works as it would in Microsoft Word or Google Docs. New features from Perplexity come as AI companies are trying to evolve and differentiate themselves from the competition. Earlier this month, Google launchedAI Overviews. OpenAI also showed off the ability to converse with its ChatGPT chatbot using videos and images....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Ian Smith

Personal Hotspot on iPhone: What You Need To Know

Personal Hotspot may be easy to use, but there’s a lot to understand about it. Get answers to common questions and troubleshooting issues about Personal Hotspot on the iPhone in this article. What Is Tethering? Lifewire All data sent to and from those devices is routed through the iPhone to the internet. How Is Tethering Different From Personal Hotspot? They’re the same thing. Personal Hotspot is just the name that Apple uses for the generic tethering feature on the iPhone....

April 15, 2025 · 3 min · 629 words · Benjamin Long

Personal Security Dashboard

Virus Activity http://postini.com/stats/ Postini map of virus activity. Spam senders http://trustedsource.org/ CipherTrust map of spam origins. Top Viruses http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/topten/ Sophos' Top Ten Viruses. Spam Volume CipherTrust 14-day spam volume. As many as 80 percent of consumers' machines are infected with the annoying software, experts say. http://news.com.com/2038-12_3-0-topic.html?id=6197&name=Hacking Hacking is about money these days, not about digital graffiti. Zombies–as hijacked PCs are known–are used to send spam and extort businesses. http://news.com.com/2038-12_3-0-topic.html?id=6202&name=Spam+and+phishing Phishing attacks have exploded over the past few years....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Nancy Perez

Personalize Your Mac by Changing Desktop Icons

The instructions apply to devices with macOS 10 or later. How to Change Icons on a Mac Many icon collections are available on the web. You’ll find numerous sites that offer free and low-cost icon collections for the Mac, including IconFinder andDeviantart. Find an icon set you want to use online and download it to your Mac. Locate the new file you want to use. How you do so depends on the format of the image you’re using....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · Lindsey Ramirez

Perspective: The end of philanthropy

Sadly, this view is supported by numerous examples of companies acting without a sense of corporate responsibility. It was not always this way. Local companies used to serve local communities, and the value they produced stayed in the community. As firms prospered and expanded, stakeholders throughout the community benefited. The system was hardly perfect, but it was far more equitable than in our era of global corporations. The questions facing today’s corporate leaders are not easy to answer....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 234 words · Joseph Coleman

Pet Parent Deal Alert: Get Your Furbo Dog Camera Today at 35% Off!

Amazon purchasers give this product 4.4 out of 5 stars. Secure your own peace of mind and take advantage of this great deal during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale! More Great Tech Deals from Lifewire Furbo

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 35 words · Dustin Harrison

Peter Thiel funds next round of under-20 entrepreneurs

“It’s about credentialing. Parenthetically, it’s very hard to get out of debt. Debt is typically nonrecourse.” Absolutely dead wrong." His projects range from high-efficiency far-field wireless power transmission to low-cost early cancer detection systems. Christopher Walker (20, Chevy Chase, Md. )is a video game designer, programmer, and artist. After leaving college to start a software company, he created a game designed to improve spatial cognition. He is currently working on a startup that focuses on how we interact with technology....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Rodney Floyd

Pfizer COVID pill now authorized by FDA: It won't 'cure' omicron, but here's what it does

TheFDA gave emergency use authorization to Pfizer’s Paxlovidon Wednesday for treating COVID-19. It is thefirst oral antiviral treatmentauthorized for fighting the coronavirus. Data also suggests that the pill will be effective against the new omicron variant. The two antivirals work together as a protease inhibitor to disrupt the replication of COVID-19 in infected patients. Doctors note that any therapeutic pills should not replace vaccines as a first line of defense against COVID-19....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Albert Lee

Philips Hue Enters Home Protection Market With 3 New Security Cameras

But they’re spendy The home security market is about to get more crowded. Philips Hue has set its sights on thehome security market. Both versions will offer 1080p HD video capture and two-way voice communication. The new Philips Hue Secure floodlight camera.Philips you’re able to program the cameras to work with your existing Philips Hue products. Additionally, the cameras can differentiate between humans, pets, and packages. That processing is done on-rig, allowing Signify to offer end-to-end encryption by default....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Richard Franco

Phillips Hue Lightbulb Vulnerability Patched

double-check to tune up your firmware What: Phillips patched a long-standing vulnerability for it’s Hue smart lightbulbs. How: Firmware for the Hub should have been patched automatically. Our smart homes are only as secure as the companies that make them and keep our smart gadgets updated. Original Image: Unsplash Your Hue’s own firmware shouldalready have been automatically updatedif your Hub is connected to the internet.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 65 words · Tanya Cruz

Phishing Emails Aren't as Obvious Anymore. Here's How to Spot Them

What does phishing look like? Scammers are targeting the unemployed. Don’t press any links or download any attachments. Instead, go straight to the bank or company’s website. Any unsolicited job offer that looks too good to be true should be treated as such. On a related note, the IRS also won’t contact you by email, text or phone. They work exclusively by snail mail. Regardless, if they can’t meet you in real life for whatever reason, be very skeptical....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Erica Rivas

Photos vs Lightroom: Why Apple’s App Is Good Enough for Almost Everyone

If you have a Mac or an iPad, then you already have everything you need. For high-volume batch edits and deep camera integration, Lightroom wins. But for pretty much everything else, youll find Apples Photos app to be surprisingly capable. Lifewire / Charlie Sorrel Organization Photos and Lightroom are combo editing/organizing apps. you might search by camera and lens model, but you also can search for picture elements. You also can view albums of your friends and family, automatically created via machine learning....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Justin Nelson