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Kerry Wan/ZDNETWhen I write the first draft of a novel, I do so in the open-source application LibreOffice because it's efficient, flexible, powerful, and free. But after I've sent the manuscript to the publisher for edits, I have to switch away from LibreOffice and make use of Apple Pages. There's a good reason for that decision, which I'll explain in a moment. Also: How to password-protect a file in Apple PagesFor those who don't know, Apple Pages is a word processor that's part of the iWork office suite. It's a…

by Anup Srivastava, Felipe Bastos Gurgel Silva, Luminita Enache and Manuela Dantas, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a global emergency, Canada's GDP outperformed expectations in 2023, the economy seems to be heading for soft landing after a period of stagnation, inflation is winding down and unemployment has decreased to…

Heck, I make my living tracking the Linux desktop, and I can't keep track of them all. Ordinary users, who just want to get their work done or have fun? Forget about it. They can't do it. I wouldn't expect them to.  Also: The best Linux laptops: Expert tested and reviewedIt also doesn't help that the major Linux distributors -- Canonical, Red Hat, and SUSE -- don't make the Linux desktop a priority. Of course, they have desktops. Canonical and Red Hat, in particular, also strongly influence the look and feel of the…

February 29 is a rare day, a perfect date to celebrate with a session of the Final Fantasy-themed musical game Theatrhythm Final Bar Line. However, I’ve got sad news for anyone attempting to celebrate today with a little Theathrythm as the rhythm game just won’t load on this day, specifically. The situation is a bummer, yes, but worry not as a solution already exists, and the cause for the whole thing is rather hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXs7tcnD8t4 It seems like what’s preventing players from joining…

Treatment of indigenous people. I'm from New Zealand, it is definitely not perfect there and not without work to be done. I debated posting because there are so many smug white Kiwis in Australia who look at Australia's history with indigenous people and think "oh we are sooo much better than you at this" - which we are, but the bar for better is so low it's in hell, I don't really think it's something for kiwis to brag about objectively. I guess it's also not really on topic though because it's not unique to…

Apple offered investors more reasons to like its stock after the company reportedly canceled its decadelong electric, self-driving car project and CEO Tim Cook talked up the iPhone maker's artificial intelligence vision. The tech giant announced the end to its autonomous EV pursuits internally Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported , citing people with knowledge of the matter. Many employees on the nearly 2,000-person team will be tasked to work on Apple's AI unit instead, Bloomberg said. At Apple's virtual shareholder meeting…

BuzzFeed was one of the first major publishers to adopt heavy AI publishing.  They drew scrutiny when a litany was plagiarized, copy-and-pasted, factually incorrect, awkward and simply poorly written. Most recently, they’ve resorted to shutting down entire business units because of their inability to compete.Sports Illustrated, also an early adopter, suffered from similar issues and is now also laying off staff to stem the bleeding. Notice a pattern here? Using AI to create content isn’t bad in and of…

The next phase in ChatGPT’s meteoric rise is the adoption of GPTBot. This new iteration of OpenAI’s technology involves crawling webpages to deepen the output ChatGPT can provide.  AI improvement seems positive, but it’s not so clear-cut. Legal and ethical issues surround the technology. GPTBot’s arrival has highlighted these concerns, as many major brands are blocking it instead of leveraging its potential.But I truly believe there’s much more to gain than lose by fully (and responsibly) embracing GPTBot.…

A worker walks past televisions, including the Vizio brand, on display in a Walmart Supercenter on February 20, 2024, in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesWalmart is doing some shopping of its own.The retail giant announced last week that it plans to buy smart TV maker Vizio in a $2.3 billion deal. If the acquisition goes through, the discounter will own a consumer electronics company that already sells many flat-screen TVs and soundbars through Walmart's website and stores.Yet the heart of the…