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As an example,
they ask you to imagine sending your friends some fresh-baked AI slop for their birthday.
That'll be kind of funny.
The first time I made this for you.
No, you didn't.
You bitch.
What about using AI to help you edit a nice heartfelt note instead?
Using our sponsor,
Not many people know this,
but QuickBits is actually a nickname.
It's short for Quitchard Bits Gerald.
Now, you know,
A man I killed in 1973.
Microsoft has finally killed WordPad,
the rich text editing word processor
that debuted on Windows 95.
Microsoft has added it to its list of removed features and functionality.
It'll be gone from all editions of Windows,
starting with Windows 11 version 24H2,
which started rolling out this week.
We are witnessing the death of a legend, so pour one out,
but not just any drink,
something classy.
Something fit to celebrate the life of a program born in the 90s,
an aged can of Surge.
A few days ago,
Amazon's Ring sent an email out to Protect Plus subscribers,
reminding them that they would be migrated to the Protect Pro plan next year,
doubling their subscription fee.
That reminder comes with heavy air quotes
because The Verge tracked down when Ring sent its original notification,
which turned out to be a tiny fine print footnote
in a September 2021 email with the subject line,
important, your plan name has changed.
The email said, quote,
don't worry, everything else is staying the same.
Ring sent a similar email to Canadian Ring Home Standard subscribers this week
with the heading, new name, new features, same great price.
The email then informs users that their subscription
will no longer include alarm professional monitoring and SOS emergency response,
because now calling the cops costs extra.
Do you think calls to the police grow on trees?
Mm.
Someone's got to pay him.
The government, who?
Google is testing the use of blue check marks
as a way to protect users
from fraudulent links in search results.
Hovering over the check mark explains
that Google is pretty sure the business is who they say they are.
An example of this, also from The Verge,
depicts a notice that says,
Google can't guarantee the reliability of this business or its products.
But to be fair, the business in question was Apple.
Ba-doom.
Fruits!
Oh, the symbol, I needed the symbol.
Ba-doom.
That's a new rim shot.
Ba-doom, fruits!
Speaking of unreliable products,
Google searches AI overview feature
will now be getting ads that are relevant to your question.
Finally,
Gemini won't just tell you to eat rocks,
but also recommend the tastiest ones.
I like igneous rocks the best.
Samsung issued a faulty software update two days ago
that bricked many older Galaxy smartphones globally.
Even worse, the issue seemed to have been caused by an update to Samsung's SmartThings Framework app,
an automatically installed app
for controlling compatible smart devices.
I feel like users still rocking Galaxy phones from 2019
aren't splurging on a smart fridge.
We're not sure whether this was necessary.
They're buying sensible things,
like basically anything else you can buy.
Cabbage.
which you put in a dump fridge
But the smart fridge enthusiasts watching this video may be excited to know
that Apple fixed the update that was bricking M4 iPads.
What a transition.
I'm not saying only smart fridge owners own M4 iPads,
but I'm pretty sure they could afford one.
I want a fridge I can watch TikTok on.
And a court has dismissed a shareholders lawsuit
against Tesla over Elon Musk's exaggerated claims about its full self-driving feature.
Of course, the case wasn't dismissed
because those claims were true,
but rather because, according to Tesla's own lawyers,
the statements were nothing more than corporate puffery,
AKA bullshit that no reasonable investor would have taken seriously.
I mean, come on guys,
we're all just, this is just locker room talk, like.
But Elon had less success in Australia,
where a court upheld a $418,000 fine against Twitter,
which the corporation formerly known as Twitter
fought on the grounds that,
following its merger with X Corp,
Twitter no longer exists.