US grants Samsung $6.4 billion to boost local chip production
The US has committed $6.4 billion in grants to help Samsung expand its semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Texas in a bid to strengthen America’s position in chip production. The funding, under...
View ArticleYou’re not really still using Windows XP, are you?
I don’t know whether to be amazed or horrified at how much out-of-date technology we’re still using. Maybe both. Both is good. It’s been 10 years since Windows XP support expired. That’s a whole...
View ArticleAdobe Premiere Pro to get Firefly genAI video features
Adobe will bring its Firefly generative AI (genAI) video model to its Premiere Pro video editing app later this year, and plans to provide access to third-party AI video creation tools such as...
View ArticleAMD’s new mobile and desktop chips push hard into AI
AMD’s latest desktop and laptop processors put the company squarely in the emerging AI PC market with the integration of generative-AI (genAI) technology into some of its most popular chip lines. The...
View Article20 iPhone tips you might not have seen
Most iPhone users know that to delete the last number you typed in Calculator you must swipe a finger right or left in the number display. (And I hope it’s understood that you can easily share Wi-Fi...
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Windows 10 Insider Previews: A guide to the builds
Microsoft never sleeps. In addition to its steady releases of major and minor updates to the current version of Windows 10, the company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its...
View ArticleAnthropic’s latest version of Claude comes to Amazon Bedrock
The most up-to-date version of Anthropic’s Claude AI, Claude 3 Opus, is now available on Amazon’s Bedrock managed AI service, bringing higher performance on more open-ended tasks to enterprise...
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The webcam privacy guide for Windows PCs
Is someone watching your PC’s webcam? Modern laptops are packed with webcam LEDs, privacy shutters, and even switches that physically disconnect the webcam to ensure you have control. Windows has a...
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How Workona can transform your team collaboration
Let’s get real for a minute: Much as the companies that create productivity apps would like to think otherwise, most of us don’t work and live entirely within any single software ecosystem. Sure,...
View ArticleApple sidles into sideloading in the EU
While Apple didn’t rush to embrace sideloading, developers can get ready for it in the EU, as support for this is now live in the latest iOS 17.5 beta. This is the first big improvement Apple has made...
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The best Android app drawer enhancement you’ll ever make
When people ask me why I prefer Android over that (cough, cough) other mobile platform, the answer is a little complicated. Sure, I like the diversity and different options Android affords me in terms...
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11 top productivity tips for Microsoft Edge
We live and work in browsers. It’s where we spend most of our time — and it’s where we waste most of our time as well. Web browsing is slow, inefficient, and full of time-sapping annoyances. But it...
View ArticleSlack AI now available to all paid users
Slack’s generative AI (genAI) features are now available to all customers on paid accounts, at a cost of $10 per user each month for those on Slack Pro and Business+ plans. The collaboration software...
View ArticleApple wants to improve the carbon offset market
Apple has published its annual environmental report detailing its progress towards becoming completely carbon neutral by 2030. While critics will, of course, condemn the report as “greenwash,” it’s...
View ArticleReport: Microsoft-OpenAI ownership might get conditional OK from EU regulators
Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI might not trigger EU antitrust restrictions since it is unlikely to be viewed as an “acquisition” in the legal sense in that jurisdiction. A report...
View ArticleZoom offers AI-based updates to its Workplace collaboration space
Online meeting platform Zoom this week announced updates to its meeting collaboration space Workplace, adding AI-powered capabilities that include a previously released “assistant” that offers...
View ArticleGoogle consolidates AI teams into DeepMind to scale capacity
Aimed at accelerating progress in AI development and responsible AI deployment, Alphabet-owned Google is consolidating its teams that are responsible for building AI models across Google Research and...
View ArticleMicrosoft reminder: Support for Office 2016 and 2019 ends next year
Microsoft is reminding customers that support for its Office 2016 and Office 2019 suites and related productivity servers will end on Oct. 14, 2025. Microsoft issued the reminder this week that...
View ArticleChasing business and partnerships, Apple goes APAC
While politicians who should know better waste time worrying about green bubbles, Apple continues to explore opportunities in global markets as its traditional ones become increasingly stagnant....
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Windows 11 Insider Previews: What’s in the latest build?
The Windows 11 2023 Update has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to...
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