Macworld

Should you keep your MacBook plugged in when you’re using it?

Over the last several years, Apple has dramatically improved how it handles lithium-ion battery charging in iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches. Across multiple system releases, the company moved ...
Campus Technology

Survey: 86% of Students Already Use AI in Their Studies

In a recent survey from the Digital Education Council, a global alliance of universities and industry representatives focused on education innovation, the majority of students (86%) said they use ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Indonesia's finance minister suggests Strait of Malacca toll before immediately backtracking

Indonesia's finance minister has suggested tolls could be levied on ships using the Strait of Malacca, in a similar move to Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, before walking back the idea. Australia has ...
PC World

Bing is the anti-AI search engine you should be using

PCWorld argues that Bing serves as a superior alternative to AI-heavy search engines by prioritizing human-authored content over automated summaries. AI search engines like Google’s AI Mode often hide ...
Wall Street Journal

We’re Using So Much AI That Computing Firepower Is Running Out

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...
New York Magazine

The People Falsely Accused of Using AI

When Jared Hewitt’s co-worker claimed last winter that Hewitt used AI to write an incident report, she did it publicly. “And I work at a day care, so she was berating me in front of children,” he says ...
IGN

Face the music.

Capcom has clarified its current stance on generative AI in its videogames. The major Japanese publisher and developer behind popular series like Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Monster Hunter has ...
IEEE

Efficient Pruning in Subset Sum Backtracking Using Residual Sum Checks

Abstract: The Subset Sum problem is a classical NP-complete problem with applications in resource allocation, cryptography, and combinatorial optimization. Conventional backtracking methods search the ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
The Conversation

Using AI responsibly means knowing when not to use it

Most AI training teaches you how to get outputs. Write a better prompt. Refine your query. Generate content faster. This approach treats AI as a productivity tool and measures success by speed. It ...