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On today’s episode of Decoder, I’m talking with my good friend David Pierce, cohost of IMRcast and editor-at-large at IMR. We’re talking about something that David spends honestly too much time thinking and writing about: software. In particular, we’re talking about the software that you use at work. That’s the stuff you like — or maybe just tolerate …

Humans have automated tasks for centuries. Now, AI companies see a path to profit in harnessing our love of efficiency, and they’ve got a name for their solution: agents.  AI agents are autonomous programs that perform tasks, make decisions, and interact with environments with little human input, and they’re the focus of every major company working on AI today. Microsoft …

Microsoft is greatly improving its support of passkeys inside Windows 11 soon. A redesigned Windows Hello experience will allow you to select how you want to save your passkeys and even sync them to your Microsoft account or store them with 1Password, Bitwarden, or other passkey providers. A new API for third-party password and passkey managers means developers can plug …

Tesla is about to reveal its self-driving robotaxi, a purpose-built autonomous vehicle that’s supposed to reposition the company as a leader in AI and robotics. The new robotaxi will be revealed at Warner Bros. movie studios in Burbank, California, where Tesla has reportedly been collecting fresh mapping data in the lead-up to the event. Tesla has a lot of ground …

Amazon is adding Apple TV Plus to Prime Video, a move that could help bolster the iPhone maker’s languishing streaming service. Apple TV Plus will be available on Prime Video in the US later this month as a $9.99 monthly add-on — the same you’d otherwise pay directly to Apple. The difference now is that Apple TV Plus is being …

Amazon isn’t known for offering the best deals for laptops, but its ongoing Prime Big Deal Days sales event has a few solid discounts — and there are a bunch more if you factor in Best Buy’s “48-hour Flash Sale” counter-programming. If you’re in the market for a new MacBook, Windows productivity machine (including new Copilot Plus PCs), or even …

Nintendo is inviting people to apply to play test a new feature for Nintendo Switch Online — though the company isn’t specifying what the feature is. Considering that this company just launched a gesture-controlled alarm clock, this could mean just about anything up to and including a preview of features for the much-anticipated Switch 2. Guesses from Verge staffers ran …

Despite how you may feel about the price of groceries, gas, and other essential goods right now, you can actually get quite a bit for under $25. That’s even truer during a major shopping event like Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days, which isn’t set to end until midnight tonight. There are only a few hours left to shop, but we’re …

When visiting The Internet Archive (www.archive.org) on Wednesday afternoon, IMR was greeted by a pop-up claiming the site had been hacked. After closing the message, the site loaded normally, albeit slowly. However, as of 5:30PM ET, the popup was gone, but so was the rest of the site, leaving only a placeholder message saying “Internet Archive services are temporarily …

The Fitbit Ace LTE is a great smartwatch for kids who aren’t quite ready for their first smartphone. It has cute games, a fun little activity tracker, location tracking, and it lets kids call or text with preselected contacts. There’s no app store, no internet access, no smartphone connection, and no way for them to get spam calls or texts. …