What's New

OpenAI has unveiled two new developer tools—the Responses API and the Agents SDK—designed to facilitate the creation of advanced AI agents capable of performing complex tasks autonomously. These tools aim to empower developers to integrate sophisticated AI functionalities into their applications, enhancing user experiences and operational efficiency.

Responses API: Enhancing AI Capabilities

Bandai Namco is set to release a new installment in the beloved Katamari series, titled Katamari Damacy Rolling Live, exclusively on Apple Arcade starting April 3, 2025. This marks the first original entry in the franchise in nearly a decade, bringing the series' signature quirky gameplay to a new generation of players.

Game Premise and Features

TikTok is enhancing its safety measures for teenage users by introducing a "Wind Down" feature designed to promote healthier screen time habits. Starting today, users under 16 who are active on the app after 10 PM will encounter full-screen reminders accompanied by calming music, encouraging them to log off and prepare for rest.

Spotify has announced a record payout of $10 billion in royalties to the music industry for the year 2024, marking the largest annual distribution in the company's history.

Has your printer been acting strangely lately? By that, I mean printing pages even though you did not hit the print-button? Then it may be related to a new issue that Microsoft just confirmed.

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Google has introduced a new feature in Gmail that leverages its Gemini AI to streamline event scheduling. This integration allows users to add events directly to their Google Calendar from within emails, enhancing productivity and simplifying workflow.

Flipboard has introduced a new feature in the latest beta update of its Surf app, allowing users to exclude posts about specific individuals, including Elon Musk. This enhancement is part of Surf's broader goal to offer a personalized and clutter-free browsing experience on the decentralized web.

Customizable Content Filters

Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform, has released its version 1.99 update, introducing several enhancements aimed at enriching user experience. The most notable change is the extension of video upload durations from the previous 60-second limit to now allowing videos up to three minutes long. This update enables users to share more comprehensive content, aligning Bluesky more closely with other platforms that support longer video formats.

Microsoft has unveiled new advertising formats exclusively designed for users of its AI assistant, Copilot. These aim to enhance user engagement and provide advertisers with more dynamic ways to reach their target audiences.

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Windows 11 users and administrators who want remote desktop connectivity can use the baked-in functionality. First, be enabling Remote Desktop on non-Home devices, and then downloading the Remote Desktop app for Windows to PCs to establish connections between the two devices.

This happened: Microsoft announced this week that it is retiring the Remote Desktop app at the end of May 2025. The app will be removed from the Microsoft Store and it won't be supported anymore.

We have seen our fair share of malicious Chrome extensions in the past 17 or so years since Google released the initial version of its browser.

Kojima Productions and Sony have officially confirmed that "Death Stranding 2: On the Beach" will launch this June, exclusively for the PlayStation 5.

Aiarty Image Matting is a tool that, thanks to artificial intelligence, allows us to transform our photographs into true works of art. When we think of AI, we often associate it with the generative aspect of artificial intelligence, but nothing can replace a photograph we have taken ourselves. Are we thinking of enhancing it? Maybe a background that highlights the subject is the best idea?

Microsoft is set to roll out new prompts in its Office apps including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, in a bit to encourage users to back up their files to OneDrive. This initiative, expected to begin as soon as this month and extend into May, forms part of the tech giant's broader strategy to embed advertising within its software, a move that has already sparked debate among its user base.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is intensifying its efforts to compel Google to divest its browser Chrome, potentially including Android, in a bid to dismantle the company's perceived monopoly in the search engine market.