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VIEW press/Getty Images The AI drive-thru revolution strikes again — and this time it’s bilingual. Just a week after Taco Bell announced plans to roll out AI order-taking in drive-thrus at hundreds of its restaurants across the US, Wendy’s is bringing Spanish AI order-taking to 28 drive-thru locations in Florida and Ohio. Also: AI will […] More

Maria Diaz Anytime you create a new email account using Google, you get 15GB of storage, which is generous for coming with no price tag. But that 15GB can fill up quickly, especially because that chunk of data storage includes any videos and pictures you download to Google Drive and Google Photos. If your inbox […] More

Download a lifetime license to Microsoft Office at a deep discount with this deal. Stack Social If you need access to Microsoft Office but don’t want to pay the yearly fee to access Office 365, you’re in luck: Stack Social is offering a lifetime license for Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows or Mac, starting […] More

Get a Babbel lifetime language subscription at a big discount right now.  StackSocial Learning a new language can be daunting. But right now, you can buy a lifetime subscription to Babbel Language Learning from Stack Social that lets you choose from 14 languages and access more than 10,000 hours of online language education for just $140 […] More

The M2 Mac Mini Michael Gariffo/ZDNETThe second half of 2024 is shaping up to be a big product season for Apple. Along with the release of the iPhone 16 and its much-touted Apple Intelligence, Apple looks to be adding the new M4 chips to all its new computers. If that’s the case, it would be the first time Apple imbues its entire lineup of computers with the same processor simultaneously. Also: Will you pay for Apple Intelligence? Up to $20 a month is ‘a real possibility’But more changes could be coming beyond the addition of new processors. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that “at least one Mac model… will get more dramatic changes.” Although this could refer to a design shift of the MacBook Pro, it also likely refers to the Mac Mini.Yes, Apple’s smallest computer is getting even smaller. Surely a revamp is overdue, considering that the Mini hasn’t seen a redesign since 2010. Still, this expected redesign could reduce the already-diminutive computer to the size of an Apple TV (less than four inches across) and arm it with the M4 Apple Silicon chip.  More

J Studios/Getty Images A few weeks ago, I ran my standard suite of programming tests against the free version of the Perplexity.ai chatbot. At the end of the article, I offered to run tests against the $20/mo Pro version<!–> if enough of you were interested. I did get some requests, so that’s what we’re doing […] More

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