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đď¸ Look âem in the eye: On iPhone video calls, eye contactâs tricky since youâre looking at the screen, not the camera. Appleâs Eye Contact feature uses AI to adjust your gaze automatically. Turn it on in Settings > FaceTime > Eye Contact. Cue the staring contest.
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Confession time: I Zillow people. All the time.
Someone casually mentions they just bought a house in Aspen? Iâm on it. Iâm already hunched over my keyboard like a Nancy Drew reboot.
That meeting that could have been an email? Youâre on it, eyes glossing over rambling updates, Toddâs screen share failing for the fourth time (use a mouse, Todd) or what appears to be a seance: âIf you can hear me now, make a sign.â
𧪠GPT-5 is coming: OpenAI says itâs done juggling 5 billion models. GPT-5 will unite its smartest (the âOâ series) with its most extra (GPT-4o) into one huge robot brain. Expect it within a month, with sharper reasoning, more senses and fewer tabs making your laptop beg for mercy.
Thatâs how much Americans are expected to drop during Amazon Prime Day this week. The sale runs four days, twice as long as last year, and Adobe says spending will jump 24%. Itâs basically Black Friday in July, only with better delivery windows and fewer family arguments.
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Thatâs my childhood home above at 111 Washington Avenue, South Amboy, NJ. I was about 10 when I knocked out my front tooth on the swing set. There was also the day when I made the very bad decision to throw a snowball at a passing police car while the officer had his windows open. (Yes, I hit him. No, I donât recommend it.)
Every time my energy bill arrives, I swear it looks more like a ransom note: â$412 or the AC gets it.â
But guess what? Some good (actually smart) tech can help liberate you from this hostage situation, with real savings.
Paper coupons exploding: Well, not really. But Kroger got bullied into giving boomers and tech avoidants exactly what they wanted: real physical coupons. Print versions of digital-only deals drop every Wednesday. Just grab a flyer and flash it like itâs 2005. No app logins, no error messages from hell.Â
𧏠Hidden sperm, found: Meanwhile, scientists used AI meant for spotting hidden stars to find rogue sperm in infertile men. One woman got pregnant after 19 years of ânothing.â Itâs called STAR, and it found three viable swimmers out of millions of images. They didnât see this coming.
Oops, AI faked our bust: This is bad. Maine cops posted a drug bust photo, then realized it was âsubstantiallyâ AI-edited. Packaging on the drugs looked like AI gibberish, and people called them out. An officer used an editing app to slap the departmentâs patch in, and it warped the photoâs details. Officers swore theyâre not deepfaking meth. Itâs just their app skills are trash.
Apple v. Everyone: This isnât surprising news, but you should be aware. Apple tried to block a DOJ antitrust suit saying it rigs the smartphone market, and lost. The case will go to trial, with feds claiming Apple bullies devs, locks out competition and basically gatekeeps iOS. Apple says itâs just âinnovation.â