Image: Allison Johnson Microsoft just wrapped up its special event ahead of Build 2024, and it had a lot of exciting news to share. Along with updates to its Surface lineup, Microsoft made some major announcements related to AI and a new era of PCs in partnership with Lenovo, Asus, Dell, and others. Microsoft didn’t
Read MoreThe Etch-a-Sketch was a great toy if you were somehow born with the talent to use it. For the rest of us, it was a frustrating red brick filled with weird grey sand. [Every Flavor of Robot] has taken the irritating knob-encrusted oblong and turned it into something we can all enjoy, however, by building
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority iOS 17.5.1 is now available to all users globally. It patches a serious iOS 17.5 bug that caused deleted photos to resurface. To update your compatible iPhone to this version, follow the steps we’ve included at the bottom of this article. Last week, some iPhone users running iOS 17.5
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority OpenAI has temporarily paused a voice option, “Sky,” on ChatGPT after users compared it to actress Scarlett Johansson’s voice. The company clarified that Sky was not intended to mimic anyone and was actually the voice of a professional voice actress. OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT,
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: Google is pouncing on Microsoft’s weathered enterprise security reputation by pitching its services to government institutions. Pointing to a recent report from the US Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) that found that Microsoft’s security woes are the result of the company “deprioritizing” enterprise security, Google says it can help.
Read MoreMicrosoft has taken the wraps off the new Surface Laptop — an Arm-based laptop for consumers. It’s got one big difference from the Surface Laptop 6 for Business announced in March — it’s equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chip instead of Intel’s Core Ultra, leveling the playing field, the company hopes, with Apple’s powerful
Read MoreMacworld I think we can all agree that the most annoying thing in the world (besides slow internet) is seeing your phone’s battery dying out slowly. Thankfully, this Anker Prime Power Bank 27,650mAh is now available for its best price ever, which means you can get it for $125, down from $180. What makes this power
Read MoreThe new Surface Pro. It comes in blue! | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Microsoft just announced the new Surface Pro, the latest in its lineup of tablet / laptop hybrid devices and the first in a new generation of what Microsoft is calling Copilot Plus PCs. The numbers are gone from the model
Read MoreImage: Allison Johnson / The Verge Just days after Apple’s OLED iPad Pro went on sale, Microsoft is bringing the same core display technology to its new Surface Pro. (Also, it’s now just called the Surface Pro; the company has seemingly done away with its numbering.) For the first time, Microsoft’s tablet will be capable
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google’s data centers are expanding to support its AI ambitions, and a new project in Finland shows one way the company is trying to grapple with the environmental impact of that growth. Google will drop €1 billion (roughly $1.1 billion) to expand its data center in Finland to “further unlock the potential
Read MoreApple has released a minor update for iOS and iPadOS, that fixes an issue in the Photos app that resurrected deleted images. A Portrait Photo shot in iOS 17 One week after releasing iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 to the public, Apple has issued a minor update for both operating systems. The update to iOS
Read MoreThe OmniBook is on the left and the EliteBook is on the right. | Image by HP Buying a laptop from a major maker like HP can be infuriating — mainly because there are too many options. HP and other laptop makers do this to give us all “choice,” but if you are the kind
Read MoreAcer’s Swift 14 AI laptop arrives this summer. | Image: Acer On Monday, Acer announced the pending arrival of its first Copilot Plus PC: the Swift 14 AI, which is the Qualcomm Snapdragon version of one of its popular laptops. It will come in two configurations, and both will support a slate of new AI
Read MoreThe Dell XPS 13 (9345). | Dell On Monday, Dell announced that it’s releasing five Qualcomm-configured laptops: the XPS 13 (9345), Inspiron 14, Inspiron 14 Plus, Latitude 7455, and Latitude 5455. That’s more than any other manufacturer has announced so far. The new XPS 13 is powered by a mid-range 12-core Snapdragon X Elite processor
Read MoreThe Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x 14 Gen 9. | Image: Lenovo Lenovo announced on Monday that it’s adding two Qualcomm-powered laptops to its portfolio: one new Yoga Slim and one new ThinkPad. The Yoga Slim 7x 14 Gen 9 is the creativity-focused laptop of the two. It will be configured with a Snapdragon X Elite
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams reportedly had a meeting with TSMC. The meeting is said to have involved discussions about custom AI chips and securing TSMC’s first batch of 2nm production capacity. Securing all of TSMC’s 2nm chipmaking capacity would limit competitors’s access to these advanced chips. While
Read MoreAn Australian computer scientist who claimed he invented bitcoin lied “extensively and repeatedly” and forged documents “on a grand scale” to support his false claim, a judge at London’s High Court ruled on Monday. From a report: […] Judge James Mellor ruled in March that the evidence Craig Wright was not Satoshi was “overwhelming”, after
Read MoreCEO Sam Altman has previously said that Her, the 2013 film about a man who falls in love with his AI assistant, is his favourite film. Read more: OpenAI to pull Scarlett Johansson soundalike voice from ChatGPT
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Are you ready for Microsoft’s latest Windows on Arm push? That’s what we’re expecting at today’s Surface and Windows AI event. Rumors suggest Microsoft will unveil a new Arm-powered Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 devices and a host of new AI features for Windows. Microsoft
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At Microsoft’s big AI and Surface event on May 20th, the company takes another shot at Arm Windows PCs. Continue reading…
Read MoreMacworld It isn’t news that Apple is focusing on AI at the moment. Despite its early start with Siri, the company has fallen behind in the AI arms race (whether or not you regard that as a bad thing) and has made no visible progress at all with the latest generative AI trend. All of
Read MoreMicroplastics have been found in human testicles, with researchers saying the discovery might be linked to declining sperm counts in men. From a report: The scientists tested 23 human testes, as well as 47 testes from pet dogs. They found microplastic pollution in every sample. The human testicles had been preserved and so their sperm
Read MoreFrom the first iMac in the 1990s to today, the prefix “i” has symbolized Apple — but Apple has been working to get rid of it since the original iPad in 2010. Steve Jobs launching the iPad in 2010 — the last Apple device to be named with an “i” There is still of course
Read MoreListed on the London Stock Exchange, Keywords Studios has been rapidly growing in recent years thanks to several mergers and acquisitions. Read more: Keywords Studios in talks to be acquired by EQT for £2bn
Read MoreAs we approach the announcement of the 2024 Mary Mulvihill Award, Eoin Murphy investigates the science of this year’s theme, intelligence. Read more: From logic to AI: The science of intelligence
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