Is ChatGPT Plus actually worth it? I compared OpenAI’s paid subscription to the free version and the results might surprise you

Like many others, I was an early adopter of ChatGPT and enjoyed exploring what it could do. When OpenAI debuted the ChatGPT Plus subscription, I was skeptical about whether I…

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Instagram is feeling the love with a surprise set of Valentine’s Day easter eggs

Instagram just rolled out some Valentine's Day easter eggsThe launch includes an iOS exclusive Story stickerPlus you can theme DMs to the holiday, and give someone a nicknameYou could say…

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High-mileage Seagate HDDs have been flogged as new, keenly-priced models: check yours if you’ve got one

Seagate denies involvement in fraudulent HDD resales.Buyers can check Seagate HDD usage history using relevant tools.Retailers are offering some sort of compensation.Seagate hard drives that were previously used in Chinese…

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Court document shows that Meta didn’t care at all about intellectual property as it encouraged corporate torrenting at scale

Zuckerberg reportedly pushed for AI implementation despite employee objectionsEmployees allegedly discussed ways to conceal how the company acquired its AI training dataCourt filings suggest Meta took steps to unsuccessfully mask…

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I pitted Gemini 2.0 Flash against DeepSeek R1, and you might be surprised by the winner

I've enjoyed pitting various AI chatbots against each other. After comparing DeepSeek to ChatGPT, ChatGPT to Mistral's Le Chat, ChatGPT to Gemini 2.0 Flash, and Gemini 2.0 Flash to its…

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Google Gemini adds its personal AI researcher to your iPhone – if you have the right subscription

Google Gemini has added its Deep Research AI model to iPhonesDeep Research searches the web, compiles, and reports back to Gemini Advanced subscribersThe information is refined and organized into results…

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