Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes wraps off his first assignment for DOGE

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes wraps off his first assignment for DOGE

Almost two weeks after The New York Times reported that Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia had joined Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” Gebbia clarified his role on Thursday, announcing on X that as a starting point, he’ll be leveraging his design expertise as part of an effort to overhaul the government’s notoriously slow, paper-heavy retirement … Read more

OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 is here. How to try it now.

OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 is here. How to try it now.

OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 has arrived. On Thursday, the ChatGPT maker announced the latest version of its LLM (large language model) in research preview. As OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said a few weeks ago, GPT-4.5 is OpenAI’s last non-chain-of-thought model, meaning all future models will have reasoning capabilities. “Early testing shows that interacting with GPT-4.5 feels more … Read more

Framework’s Laptop 12 Could Inject New Life Into Budget Portable PCs

Framework’s Laptop 12 Could Inject New Life Into Budget Portable PCs

When Framework’s repairable and upgradeable Laptop 13 came out a few years ago, it was exactly the disruption we needed in the portable computing space. Here was a laptop that let you customize its guts when ordering, and then you could upgrade or repair various components in the future as needed. It was expensive, but … Read more

Amazon CEO says ‘beautiful’ new Alexa hardware is coming this fall

Amazon CEO says ‘beautiful’ new Alexa hardware is coming this fall

Amazon is gearing up to launch new hardware to go along with its AI-upgraded Alexa. During an interview with Bloomberg, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company has a “brand new lineup of devices that are coming in the fall that are beautiful.” On Wednesday, Amazon revealed Alexa Plus, a more conversational version of the … Read more