How many short-term rentals are in your Houston neighborhood? Search our map to find out.

Even with the new required registration rules, short-term rentals remain controversial in many neighborhoods. Search our map to see where they're located.
TechSpot

Microsoft is adding images to Notepad, and users are wondering why

Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...
Science Daily

Scientists create smart synthetic skin that can hide images and change shape

Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change appearance, texture, and shape on command. The material is programmed using a ...
The New York Times

Meta Campaigns to Change Opinions on Data Centers

The tech giant has spent more than $6 million on TV ads in state capitals and Washington, with the message that data centers create jobs. The tech giant has spent more than $6 million on TV ads in ...
PC World

Don’t click that Google email! Gmail address change could be a scam

PCWorld reports that cybercriminals are exploiting Google’s new Gmail address change feature to send convincing phishing emails that appear to originate from legitimate Google systems. These ...
The New York Times

How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change

Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance, its efforts have largely collapsed. By David Gelles Gelles has covered business and ...
The Washington Post

X responds to outcry over Grok’s sexual images by charging users to create them

Grok, the AI chatbot on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, is limiting image generation and editing capabilities to paying subscribers amid a global outcry from officials and users over the tool ...
CNBC

Google is rolling out a new feature allowing users to change their Gmail address

Google is quietly testing a way to change Gmail addresses without losing data. Updated guidance appears only on Hindi support pages so far. Old email addresses remain active as aliases after the ...
The Business Journals

Ideal Image shutters Tampa operations, lays off over 250

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The Tampa company's corporate ...
PC World

From prompt to picture: Proven tips for better ChatGPT images

PCWorld explores ChatGPT’s image generation capabilities, covering prompt techniques, editing features, and the new Gallery for organizing GPT-4o images. Effective AI image creation requires clear, ...
GitHub

opzozi/simple-image-converter

A lightweight Chrome extension that converts and saves any image (WebP, AVIF, JPG) as PNG or JPEG with a simple right-click. Built with React and Manifest V3. WebP and AVIF images are everywhere, but ...