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ChatGPT’s awesome ‘Deep Research’ is rolling out to free users soon
OpenAI is releasing a new lightweight version of the “Deep Research” feature in ChatGPT, which should be cheaper to run—and that makes it possible for the company to make it available to ChatGPT’s free users. ChatGPT’s Deep Research feature can perform multi-step research using sources across the internet, then generates detailed reports with clear citations and summaries of its research process and results. It’s particularly useful for complex tasks in knowledge-heavy fields such as economics, science, law, and technology. The lightweight version will be as in-depth as the standard version but will produce shorter answers, according to OpenAI. Free users will have access to five Deep Research tasks per month, while Paid Plus and Team users will have access to 15 tasks per month. These will start to be used after the first 10 standard Deep Research tasks are used up. Meanwhile, Pro users will have access to 125 tasks with standard Deep Research and 125 tasks with the lightweight version. When we reviewed ChatGPT Pro, we found that Deep Research was the best feature included in the ultra-premium subscription, with other AI assistants currently trying to mimic it but none offering anything that comes close to matching it. But ChatGPT Pro is extremely expensive—about $200/mo as of this writing—and it’s hard to justify that even if Deep Research is that good. So it’s nice to be able to have a lightweight version of it, especially without even having to pay for it.

Struggling with frozen apps? Windows 11 has a faster fix
If you’ve ever found it frustrating to force-close a program in Windows 11, there’s now a quicker alternative to the old Ctrl + Alt + Delete method. Microsoft has introduced a simpler option that lets you end tasks directly from the taskbar. To enable this feature, go to Settings > System > For Developers, and select End Task (sometimes it’s called End Activity). Now you can right-click any app in the taskbar and choose End Task from the menu. This new shortcut can save you both time and frustration, especially when an app stops responding. Instead of waiting for the Task Manager to load or dealing with laggy windows, you can now nix the unresponsive program with just a couple of clicks.

This modder stuck a 13-inch OLED USB-C monitor on his Steam Deck
You’ve got a Steam Deck and you’re perfectly happy with it, but you find yourself eyeing the slightly newer OLED model with lascivious envy. What’s a gamer to do? Well, if you also happen to have a 3D printer and an OLED USB-C monitor, you get to printing! That’s what one Deck owner did, slapping a 13-inch screen on top of Valve’s portable gaming powerhouse, making it a lot less portable in the process. Printables user djared says, “I didn’t want to get a new Steam Deck just to have an OLED screen, so I made this… lol.” Lol, indeed. The 3D-printed bracket clamps onto the front screen of the Steam Deck, like a gigantic version of those phone mounts for a console controller. It’s made specifically for this Innocn 13.3-inch portable USB-C monitor, accounting for its unique rotating kickstand while leaving plenty of room to connect the USB-C cable. djared/Printables Thanks to the Steam Deck’s easy compatibility with USB-C accessories and external displays, it should be easy enough for it to output to the 1080p screen and take advantage of that luscious OLED color saturation. But when the Steam Deck needs to power both its own operation and a laptop-sized screen at the same time? Expect any similar setup to suck down its battery faster than a teenager going through a 7-Eleven Slurpee. I also wonder if djared is a bodybuilder because holding a Steam Deck and a portable monitor at once must be quite the workout. The design is available as a free STL file if you want to try printing it out for yourself or adapting it to your own portable monitor. Have fun—and once you’re done, don’t skip leg day.