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Getty Images/da-kuk The best way to get the most out of an AI chatbot is verifying its sources and letting it direct you to more robust and useful content regarding the topic. Therefore, AI search engines are a powerful tool for everyday workflows, and, now, accessing ChatGPT Search just got a whole lot easier.  Also: How to make ChatGPT provide better sources and citations On Wednesday, OpenAI shared via an X post that ChatGPT Search is…

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images ARK Invest‘s Big Ideas 2025 highlights the convergences between and among the five technologically enabled innovation platforms evolving today: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Energy Storage, Public Blockchains, and Multiomic Sequencing. In 2025, ARK features 11 Big Ideas illustrating the massive transformations occurring today.  Also: AI agents will match ‘good mid-level’ engineers this year, says Mark Zuckerberg ARK’s thematic investment strategies span market capitalizations, sectors, and geographies to focus on companies that we expect to be…

Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images One of the biggest complaints about ChatGPT is that it provides information that is difficult to check for accuracy. Those complaints exist because ChatGPT doesn’t always provide the sources, footnotes, or links from which it derived the information in its answers. Here’s how ChatGPT describes the approach: “GPT-4o in free mode provides basic and essential citations, focusing on quick and concise references to ensure information is traceable. In contrast, GPT-4o…

ZDNET In this age of constant digital malice, it’s beyond the point where everyone should be thinking “security first.” All it takes is one momentary lapse of reason, and a bad actor has your information. You don’t want that. Nor do you want third parties to collect your data. With that in mind, Chrome should be considered a problem because it has a constant target on its back and is known to be one of…

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Firefox users can now tap into their favorite AI directly from the browser. Currently rolling out to all Firefox users with version 135 is a sidebar feature that grants access to several different AI chatbots. The list includes Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini, HuggingChat by Hugging Face, and Le Chat Mistral. The AI access has been available in Firefox since last September with version 130 but only on an experimental…

Adobe We all have to deal with contracts and agreements as consumers or business professionals. However, as most contracts are written in legalese, understanding them can be challenging. To ease the pain, Adobe has added a new skill to its Acrobat AI that tries to interpret complex contracts for the average person. Automatically detecting when a PDF is a contract, the AI can summarize the information, suggest questions for you to ask, and even find…

Jada Jones/ZDNET It’s easy to become overwhelmed by a sea of options when looking for a new password manager. There are various tools to choose from that offer different features, device compatibility, and price points. You want to compare which ones do the basics well and have the extras you need – all in a package that ensures your data is safe and secure.  Also: The best password managers: Expert tested In our head-to-head comparison…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The powerful, high-capacity power bank is encased in an IP66-rated shell for dust and waterproofing. Clear, bright display keeps you in the loop about what the power bank is doing. This is no pocket-sized power bank and is best suited for a laptop bag or carry-on luggage. I’ve tested and owned many power banks — more than the average user, for sure — and it’s not often that one stands out from the rest….

Kerry Wan/ZDNET If your computer desktop looks a little chaotic and you’re noticing some performance slowdown, it might be time to do a cleanup. The best way to keep things running smoothly is to ensure you’re running the most updated version of Windows (you’d be surprised how many folks’ devices are several updates behind). But if you’re up-to-date, there are other things you can do to optimize. Also: This 2-in-1 Windows tablet I found is…

ZDNET Have you ever stopped to look at how many tabs you have across the top of your browser? Is that number so large that you can’t make out the favicons for each of those sites, forcing you to click through them to find the site you need? The frustration described above is more common than you might think. Part of the reason is that many browsers still haven’t figured out how to manage tabs…