After making the surprise announcement that several Ring security cameras need only firmware updates to deliver 2K video resolution, Ring has unveiled a new indoor/outdoor model that delivers that capacity on day one. The familiar-looking Ring Outdoor Cam Plus ( 99.99) is available for pre-order now and is expected to ship to customers on March 26. The Ring Outdoor Cam Plus's signature feature is its 2K resolution (which Ring defines as 2560 x 1440 pixels), but it arrives with a few other new specifications as well. This camera is not in the Ring Spotlight Cam family, so it doesn't have an onboard light source. Instead, a new feature that Ring calls Low-Light Sight technology uses image-processing techniques to deliver color night vision even in near-dark conditions.

Funding AI chatbots is expensive, and Microsoft will ask those users who want the latest features of its Copilot AI chatbot to subscribe to a new plan: Copilot Pro, available for 20 per user per month. And the new Copilot Pro subscription doesn't appear to be placing any limits on or restricting users of the free tier, except in one small way. Instead, it's offering consumers access to some of the Copilot features that businesses have access to, plus a cohesive Copilot experience. Some users have noticed that Microsoft is quietly upgrading the general version of Copilot to a model known as GPT-4 Turbo, OpenAI's latest version. While OpenAI's link provides significant technical detail, it essentially allows input up to 300 pages of text, and requires between two to three times less computational power. Its knowledge is current up to April 2023.

When my 87-year-old mother, Patricia Collinson, was given an Alexa speaker by my sister, she was delighted to find she could ask it to say the Hail Mary. Every morning for a week the devout Catholic asked Alexa to recite the prayer. What she was less delighted to learn was that she had unwittingly ordered a premium subscription payable through Amazon to a private company called Catholic Prayers. Patricia, a retired district nurse in Hastings, does not own a computer, and does not know how to use one. She had signed up by voice command, without being presented with the kind of outline or terms and conditions that now comes as standard when you pay for things online.

The building blocks of the "smart home" -- connected lights, plugs and other gadgets -- have been around for years. But they were strung together by a variety of confusing protocols. It wasn't until Amazon's Echo and its accompanying Alexa virtual assistant came along that the smart home started to make sense. We didn't need just smart devices; we also needed voice controls and seamless interoperability between devices. Basically, we needed a proper smart home ecosystem.

When you spend all day writing emails and reports, it's easy to make typos. Unfortunately, it only takes one misplaced letter to cause serious embarrassment. WhiteSmoke is a top-rated app that uses intelligent algorithms to spot your little (and big) mistakes. It works across all major platforms, providing assistance with spelling, grammar, and more. You can currently get a lifetime Premium subscription for $61 at the PopSci Shop. Right now, you probably rely on Microsoft Word or Google Docs to flag up problems in your prose.

"Microsoft Monday" is a weekly column that focuses on all things Microsoft. This week, Microsoft Monday includes details about the Windows 10 upgrade program fully ending, the shutdown of Outlook.com When Microsoft originally released Windows 10, it was available as a free upgrade PCs running on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. After a year, the free upgrade offer was extended for people that were seeking enhanced accessibility features. This workaround will no longer be available after December 31, 2017.