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10 Hacks Every Apple Notes User Should Know

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Apple Notes is an excellent note-taking app that often goes under the radar because many of its best features are hidden. The app does a great job at capturing your ideas and syncing them across Apple devices, but when you start digging deeper, you'll quickly realize that it has powerful features under the hood. As someone who's used the app for over a decade, I've discovered quite a few of the best Apple Notes hacks on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Here are 10 I think everyone should know. Apple iPhone 17 Pro $1,099.00 at Apple Shop Now...

10 Hacks Every Opera Browser User Should Know

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The Opera you're using today is obviously a very different browser from the one it was decades ago. Perhaps the most significant change is that it's a Chromium-based browser, which means you can install Chrome extensions to fill any features you may be missing. That said, the browser still retains its core philosophy of shipping useful integrated features—even if those options aren't always obvious. From bypassing unskippable YouTube ads to using a built-in volume booster for every tab, here are the best Opera hacks you should know about: Use "Early Bird" to try experimental features before release If you live on the bleeding edge of tech, you can use Opera's "Early Bird" to try all kinds of experimental features. To do so, click the three-line menu in Opera's toolbar, scroll to the bottom, then select Go to full browser settings . Now, enable Early Bird , go through the list of features on the page, and enable the ones you wish to try. At the ...

Is Apple Intelligence Making Up Words Now?

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As powerful as LLMs can be, all have one shared weakness: hallucination . For reasons beyond our understanding, AI models have a habit of making things up, totally out of the blue. A response might be accurate, with well-cited sources and relevant information; then, all of a sudden, the AI pushes a false claim, or mistakenly interprets an ironic forum comment as fact. (That's how you end up with Google's AI Overviews recommending adding glue to your pizza .) Some LLMs may hallucinate less than others, but none are immune. That's why anytime you use a chatbot, you'll see some kind of warning on-screen, letting you know that the AI can make mistakes. Apple Intelligence, Apple's AI platform, is no exception here. When the company first rolled out its AI, it included notification summaries as a "perk." Apple had to quickly backtrack, however, once the feature started incorrectly summarizing news alerts— such as in one case , when Apple Intelligence condense...

I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. As Lifehacker's deals writer, I'm always looking for the best bargains on TVs, speakers, laptops, and other tech. Now that it's Friday, I've gathered together this week's sales highlights , all of which I've vetted using my favorite price-tracking tools to make sure they are actually good deals. This week, you can find great deals on the new M5 MacBook Air, the Pixel 9 Pro XL, my favorite earbuds for sleep, and more. Apple 2026 MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop with M5 chip $1,149.00 at Amazon ...