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OpenAI announced today that ChatGPT Health will now be available to all users over 18, and on all plans, including free ones. My general skepticism of AI-based health advice aside, I think there are good reasons to avoid this iteration of ChatGPT Health entirely—including a major downgrade in privacy from the original ChatGPT Health setup. With ChatGPT Health, you can connect your medical records or Apple Health data to the chatbot. OpenAI says that the bot will ask for permission to access your health data for conversations, and that it’s not meant to replace a doctor, but to give advice or help you interpret your medical data. Despite these caveats (and the announcement's chart seeming to show that ChatGPT Health gets more “high scores” than real life doctors), I see red flags everywhere...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’re not into the futuristic look of Nothing’s over-ear headphones, the brand’s wireless noise-canceling earbuds might be up your alley instead. A more premium update to Nothing’s earlier Ear earbuds, these come with an upgraded charging case and are a solid choice for those who like their earbuds with a side of bass—especially since the Nothing Ear (3) wireless earbuds are now on sale for $129 (originally $149). The earbuds are comfortable to wear and feature more metal beneath their transparent plastic than their predecessors, giving them an even more polished, high-tech look. Users can pinch the stems to control them rather t...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. A year ago, I was obsessed with my Boox Palma. I carried the phone-shaped e-ink device everywhere, and credited it with helping me read more and use my phone less. But after I discovered the quirky, wallet-sized Xteink X4 last December, my Boox e-reader has literally been collecting dust.As I've pointed out in various reviews and articles, Xteink devices are a bit clunky (the company is a Chinese startup, and its products display all the growing pains you'd expect from new tech). They're also probably not for everyone—but they're definitely for a lot of people: Xteink's devices (which now include the X4, the smaller X3, and the just-released X4 Pro) have gone viral on social media and built a fervent fanbase on Reddit ...

Credit: Credit: René Ramos/Lifehacker/Dimitri Otis/Stone, Frazao Studio Latino/E+ via Getty Images In a recent story posted on Instagram, Instagram head Adam Mosseri revealed the social media platform is banning smart glasses videos where people are being harassed and exploited for views. "If you're posting content that is taking advantage of people and harassing them, like a lot of these pickup line kind of videos that we've heard of and seen, then we're going to take the content down," Mosseri said. "We don't want people to be surreptitiously taking videos of other people and harassing them and then posting them on our platform. So we're trying to fight that every way we can."Hidden camera prank videos and "pickup" type videos are obviously n...