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Two of Apple’s most important initiatives, a complete overhaul of its operating systems’ user interface design, and its efforts to become a significant player in the AI space, haven’t been home runs. Siri isn’t even close to being what the...
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Many users have decried the rapid and pervasive integration of AI features in Windows 11. For many, the final straw was when Microsoft Copilot-ified the humble Notepad application. "Enough's enough," folks said as they downloaded sketchy...
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Indeed, rapid integration of AI into the toy industry is transforming traditional play into a new interactive experience, but new research suggests these smart companions may carry hidden psychological and developmental risks. While a...
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To borrow and tweak a line from The Outer Limits, there is nothing wrong with your monitor, do not attempt to adjust the picture. You also haven't stepped into a time warp. I checked the calendar and it is indeed 2026, though that wasn't...
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In a quiet suburb of Tennessee, the AI and physical world collided with devastating consequences for a grandmother whose only crime was existing in a database. Law enforcement’s increasing reliance on facial recognition technology has...
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Astronomers have just discovered TOI-1080 b, a rocky super-Earth located approximately 83 light-years away. Spearheaded by a team from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, follow-up monitoring could reveal even more planets around...
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Gigabyte is expanding its lineup of Brix mini PCs with a new model built around Intel's Panther Lake platform. We'll likely see multiple configurations over time, but the one that's been added to Gigabyte's website is Brix model...
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Another unreleased processor has found its way to Geekbench's benchmark database and according to the details in the listing, it is likely an early engineering sample of a Medusa Point APU based on AMD's next-generation Zen 6 architecture...
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A man named Paul Conyngham successfully developing "a custom mRNA cancer vaccine" with the help of ChatGPT that shrunk a tennis ball-sized tumor in his dog's hock by 50%. Martin Smith, an associate professor of computational biology and...
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If your Windows install is feeling creaky and you want to freshen up, or if you don't have Windows at all, the fastest way to fix things up is to simply do a clean install. Back up your important stuff to a NAS, a second PC, external...
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Google Gemini has been integrated into Google Maps to provide two new features: Ask Maps and Immersive Navigation. Of the two new features, Immersive Navigation will likely be the most-welcomed change, and the most radical made to...
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Samsung is looking into reports of a possible issue with its Galaxy S26 Ultra that is causing some users to complain of eye fatigue. It's not yet clear if there is an actual issue with Samsung's new flagship smartphone, and if so, whether...
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You'd be hard pressed to find a TV these days that does not come with a baked-in smart platform for easy access streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and the sort. Older models tend to be slow, though, and really old models are sometimes...
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Monitor makers are in a specs arms race, part of which includes a pivot to dual-mode displays that can crank the refresh rate up when dropping below the native resolution. We've even seen some 1,000Hz claims emerge. In an effort to keep up...
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Adobe has agree to pay $150 million to settle a case brought against it and two of its employees by the U.S. Department of Justice over accusations of hidden early termination fees and deceptive subscription practices. The settlement...
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Apple is making waves its MacBook Neo starting at $599, or $499 with a education discount, with surprisingly solid performance for a system built around a smartphone chip and just 8GB of RAM. As it turns out, performance is not the only...
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In a welcome move, Google is providing mainline Chrome browser support for ARM64 Linux distros. While Chrome already supports ARM64 and Linux to some degree via Android and Chromebooks, mainline ARM64 support has been limited to...
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Apple made a splash earlier this month when it debuted a slew of new products, but the stand-out was undoubtedly the budget minded MacBook Neo, which one PC executive says sent a “shock” through the entire PC market. It’s the company’s...
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Amazon is letting Alexa off the leash with a new, sassy adults-only mode, whereby the AI assistant will dole out witty sarcasm and mild profanity. Part of us are thinking this might be an early April Fool's joke, but the other part also hopes this catches on with Apple and Google...
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Do you have a Socket AM5 system? Do you play games on it? Do you have a 3D V-Cache processor? If the answers to those questions are YYN like some kind of Rush song with the third part turned sideways, then you should absolutely check out...
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It now appears that the gaming industry is entering a structural recalibration of sorts. According to Newzoo’s 2026 PC & Console Gaming Report, the post-pandemic plateau has finally broken, giving way to a projected $103.7 billion market by 2028. However, the forces driving this growth have...
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New research is suggesting that while generative AI is being developed as a tool to expand human creativity, it is instead acting as an engine for cultural homogenization. By funneling vast amounts of diverse human data through...
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