Got a spare PC? How I turned mine into an open-source smart home hub for free

Smart homes make sense. The devices that bring a certain level of automation to your home are exciting, and they can also ...

This portable keyboard is the ultimate productivity tool - especially for Mac and PC users

Asus' ProArt Keyboard KD300 is a compact, premium 65% keyboard designed for creators and professionals, with a customizable ...
Hackaday

Old Midi Instruments Don’t Like Modern Midi. What’s To Be Done?

In theory, MIDI is an electrical and protocol standard that allows any such equipped instrument or computer to talk to any ...
The Verge

Amazon develops a warehouse robot that workers can speak to

The company insists its robot investments are designed to support, not replace, warehouse workers. The company insists its robot investments are designed to support, not replace, warehouse workers.
CNET

Claude Can Connect to More Apps You Use Every Day

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...
No Jitter

Computer-Using Agents: Visualizing access to legacy systems

Computer-Using or Computer Use Agents (CUAs) are agentic AI capabilities that enable an AI model to perceive a screen “visually” and control it like a person would — clicking, typing, navigating an ...
MacRumors

OpenAI Codex Update Adds Computer Use, Image Generation, and Memory on Mac

OpenAI is making several updates to its Codex AI coding agent. Codex is now able to operate desktop Mac apps with its own cursor, seeing what's on the screen, clicking, and typing to complete tasks.
Ars Technica

New Codex features include the ability to use your computer in the background

A new version of OpenAI’s Codex desktop app reaches users today. It brings a smorgasbord of new features and changes, ranging from new developer capabilities to expansion into non-developer knowledge ...
Tom's Guide

I’ve used a MacBook as my primary computer for two weeks — and I’m not going back to Windows

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CNBC

Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push

Anthropic is trialling a feature that lets users send prompts to Claude from a smartphone. Claude will complete the task on its own on a person's computer. Anthropic's product underscores its push ...
SiliconANGLE

Anthropic’s Claude gets computer use capabilities in preview

Anthropic PBC wants users to give Claude the keys to their computer, announcing new “computer use” functionality for its artificial intelligence assistant so it can now click, scroll and navigate ...
Lifehacker

How to Use Almost Any Computer Without Leaving a Trace

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...