Summary UC San Diego released a paper that potentially provides the first robust evidence that an AI system has passed the legendary Turing test. So what does this mean? How was the test conducted? Let’s unpack this milestone and its implications for our digital lives. What Is the Turing Test? The legendary mathematicianAlan Turingproposed a method to evaluate whether a machine’s intelligence is on par with that of a human. This is known as the famousTuring test....

Dish has been slowly building its own 5G network in the United States, becoming a new fourth major carrier alongside AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. That work has now reached a major milestone: the network is complete enough for the FCC’s definition of “nationwide” in the US. EchoStar Corporation, which recently completed its merger with Dish Network (the two companiesused to be one company until 2008), announced that its 5G cell network now “provides download speeds of 35 Mbps or greater to over 70 percent of the U....

GNOME is one of the main desktop environments for Linux, serving as the base for Ubuntu, Fedora, and many other systems. GNOME 46 is now available, with significant performance and usability improvements. GNOME 46 includes a wide range of updates across the desktop environment and the included applications. The announcement blog post explains that this update is part of a significant modernization effort, which “will result in improved performance and reliability, and will enable compatibility with Wayland and sandboxed apps in the future....

Summary Most people who buy iPads probably don’t give a second thought to how much RAM their iPad comes with. It just works, after all. However, just as with any computer, RAM can have a significant impact on your experience, depending on how you use it. How RAM Works RAM orRandom Access Memoryis the fast temporary storage space that sits between your (relatively) slowSSDor HDD and the CPU of the system....

Quick Links What if your favorite music app opened automatically the moment you connected a Bluetooth device? With Samsung’s Modes and Routines, you can set this up effortlessly. What Is Samsung Modes and Routines? Samsung Modes and Routinesis a built-in automation feature that helps your device adapt to your needs. Modes let you switch between preset settings based on activities like sleeping, driving, or working, while Routines allow you to create custom “if-this-then-that” actions....

Quick Links You might have seen Microsoft Word’s Hyphenation tool but have never fully known how to use it. In this guide, I’ll explain what hyphens are, show you how to use them in Microsoft Word, cover some less-known hyphenation options, and offer some troubleshooting tips if they’re not working as expected. Hyphens vs. Dashes: What’s the Difference? Hyphens are short lines (approximately the width of a lowercase “i”) that join words together, such as in compound adjectives like “absent-minded” and “old-fashioned,” or compound nouns like “mother-in-law....

Summary To delete TikTok drafts, follow these steps: Removing your TikTok drafts allows you to declutter your profile page and reclaim your phone’s storage space. You can delete a single, multiple, or all of your video drafts at once. We’ll show you how easy it is to get rid of those drafts. What Is a Draft on TikTok? A TikTok draft is a video that you’ve uploaded to TikTok but not published yet....

Quick Links Microsoft Edge has many features that most people don’t care about, serving to only clutter and confuse, but they remain in the browser to help boost Microsoft’s search engine business or other services. If switching to another browser isn’t an option, you may turn off most of Edge’s annoyances to create an easier web browsing experience. Change the New Tab Page First, open a new tab and click the Settings button in the top-right corner of the page (not the browser)....

Quick Links Summary For the perfect Depth Effect lock screen, choose a photo with a subject that can be isolated from the background, such as a person, pet, or natural landscape. Set your lock screen by tapping and holding your lock screen and then tapping the plus “+” button. Using “Photos,” pick your image, crop it, and then select “Add.” iPhone’s Depth Effect feature enables you to overlay elements on top of the time on your lock screen....

Quick Links Summary Create a wrapper for your Windows app using Wineskin or CrossOver and run it without having Windows installed. Alternatively, install Windows in Parallels Desktop then use Coherence mode to hide all but the apps you want to see. Want to run Windows apps on your Mac without having to touch Windows? You’ve got options that range from using wrappers to emulate the Windows environment to running and hiding the Windows desktop entirely....

Quick Links The 21st century favors fast-moving, efficient applications that keep daily workflows moving. In a business setting where signatures are frequent, a service likeSIGN.PLUS—which offers fast, secure, and trackable signing—can help minimize the pain points of cumbersome document management. SIGN.PLUS is a premium electronic signature service that aims to solve many issues associated with e-signing that we often just overlook or live with today. While the process of completing an electronic signature with SIGN....

Quick Links In Word, there are two types of quotation marks: straight and curly. We’re going to explain the difference and show you how to set up your Word documents to use the quotation mark style you prefer. From this point, we will refer only to “quotation marks” (or “quotes”)—however, the following instructions also work well for apostrophes. What Are Curly and Straight Quotes? Curly quotes (also known as smart quotes) tend to have a body and a tail, curving towards the quoted text....

Quick Links Summary Don’t have a high-quality microphone? Want to use your Android phone as an audio input device for your computer? While Windows doesn’t offer a native feature for this, you can use a third-party app, WO Mic. Here’s how to transform your Android phone into a mic for your PC. To begin, download the WO Mic app on your phone and computer. Go to theofficial WO Mic websiteon your PC, download the setup file for Windows, and complete the installation....