This week's Smart Mode discusses how AI's productivity argument now boils down to how local AI will save you money. And at IFA, companies had a lot to say on the subject.

An AI that can rename your screenshots, organize your receipts, tidy up your notes, and build apps, all while you’re busy with other things or even sleeping? Count me in. From Claude Cowork to ...

Meta’s recently acquired AI startup Manus has launched a desktop app for Mac and Windows. It brings an agentic tool called My Computer, where you can type what you want and have it carry out tasks ...

For the better part of a year, Microsoft has been telling us that the future of AI on Windows belongs to Copilot+ PCs. If you wanted Microsoft’s most advanced local AI features, you needed a machine ...

Running an AI model locally, Perplexity's new Portable Computer can deliver faster performance, tighter security, and lower costs. But it has some strict requirements ...