How to Have Deeper Conversations With Anyone

People badly underestimate how interested others are in connecting—and how good a deeper conversation will actually feel, ...

iOS 27 Brings Two Key iMessage Features to Green Chat Bubbles

Apple's iOS 27 software update is currently in beta ahead of a fall release, but there are already two Messages features ...
9to5google

Google Messages starts rolling out custom ‘Chat themes’ with wallpaper backgrounds

Google Messages is finally giving Android users more customization and personalization options with “Chat themes.” At the moment, you can “Change colors” in a chat with nine options for message ...
InfoQ

Anthropic Lead: HTML Increasingly Better Than Markdown at Keeping Humans Engaged in Agentic Loops

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
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That blue chat bubble in Google Messages means your texts just got a real upgrade

Rob LeFebvre is an editor and writer focusing on consumer and enterprise technologies for a broad range of outlets. He’s been writing online for more than 15 years; before that he was a special ...
Macworld

Another iMessage feature is coming to green bubble chats in iOS 27

With the second iOS 27 developer beta, users can now long-press or swipe to reply to an RCS message and send an inline reply, ...

iOS 27 Beta 2 Adds Inline Replies to iPhone-to-Android RCS Chats

With the second beta of iOS 27, Apple added support for replying to a specific message in an RCS conversation with an Android ...

A.I.’s First Big Math Breakthrough Is Not What It Seems

Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts ...
9to5google

Google Chat icon tweaked to look less like Google Messages

With the new Workspace icons fully rolled out, Google is now tweaking how Chat appears in the Android status bar to look less like Messages. The homescreen icons are pretty distinguished in terms of ...
The New York Times

How Talking to the ‘Chat’ Crossed Over Into Real Life

It’s a word ripped from Twitch streams, but it functions as a Greek chorus for an online, isolated generation. By Barrett Swanson While serving as an English professor at a small Midwestern university ...
Android Authority

Google Messages custom chat wallpapers have one more trick in store: animations

Google Messages is working on new support for custom chat wallpapers. In addition to the still wallpapers we’ve seen, it also appears this mode will support GIF animations. We’re also getting a first ...
Computerworld

Copilot Chat: Your hub for document creation and analysis

Anyone with a Microsoft 365 account can use new AI agents in Copilot Chat to jump-start Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents — and some users can enlist a special agent to analyze their M365 files.