You can spend all the time and money you want putting together your dream PC, but you're not going to get the best experience and will be left wanting for more without the right peripherals. Think of your PC like a high-performance sports car, which is armed to the teeth to handle the tracks. But you're not going to have the best experience, or even the confidence to drive and push it to its … [Read more...]
Apple: pay attention to emerging markets, not falling China sales
Apple’s chief financial officer Luca Maestri challenged investor worries over an 8% drop in China revenue, by noting that sales in other emerging markets are growing. “When we start looking at places like India, like Saudi, like Mexico, Turkey, Brazil…and Indonesia, the numbers are getting large, and we’re very happy because these are markets where our market share is [currenttly] low,” Maestri … [Read more...]
Microsoft says it did a lot for responsible AI in inaugural transparency report
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Illustration: The VergeA new report from Microsoft outlines the steps the company took to release responsible AI platforms last … [Read more...]
X is changing how the block button works
Elon Musk has made no secret that he’s not a fan of the block button. Now, X is changing how blocks work on its platform, though it’s (for now) stopping short of Musk’s wish of nuking the feature entirely.Instead, X is tweaking the visibility of replies in the context of a block. Previously, a user could block someone on X and still reply to their posts. And the person who was blocked wouldn’t be … [Read more...]
Apple iPad event: What to expect
So far, the biggest surprise about May 7’s “Let Loose” event is that it’s happening at all. We’re just over a month out from Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference, and yet the company determined there was enough news to warrant a stand-alone event. iPads (including the iPad Pro and iPad Air) will be the focus, while the long-neglected Apple Pencil is finally getting some love. It was, … [Read more...]
4 ways to fix "Nvidia installer cannot continue" error on Windows
Nvidia's GeForce Experience is one of the most useful utilities you can install on your Nvidia-powered gaming PC. It offers a lot of useful features to improve your overall gaming experience, and it also makes it easy to install driver updates. The GeForce Experience software is not without its flaws, though, and you may occasionally hit a wall trying to use it on your PC. It's particularly known … [Read more...]
Apple’s earnings show that, yeah, it’s really time for some new iPads
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeLess than a week ahead of its much-anticipated iPad hardware event, Apple shared its Q2 2024 earnings … [Read more...]
If AI is the next bit thing, then there's a lot Microsoft needs to do to make it better on Windows
Artificial Intelligence is all the rage, but whether it's a fad or not is something nobody can really say just yet. However, there are a number of things that Microsoft will need to do in order to improve the AI experience of users assuming that it is something that takes off and becomes commonplace across the industry. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]
Microsoft bans U.S. police departments from using enterprise AI tool for facial recognition
Microsoft has changed its policy to ban U.S. police departments from using generative AI for facial recognition through the Azure OpenAI Service, the company’s fully managed, enterprise-focused wrapper around OpenAI technologies. Language added Wednesday to the terms of service for Azure OpenAI Service prohibits integrations with Azure OpenAI Service from being used “by or for” police departments … [Read more...]
FCC asks for more money to help telecom providers replace Huawei and ZTE gear
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty ImagesThe Federal Communications Commission is asking for more funding to help … [Read more...]
Seagate’s 2TB Xbox Storage Expansion Card gets its best discount yet
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Apple earnings see 10% iPhone sales drop
Apple on Thursday reported a 10% drop in iPhone sales for the second fiscal quarter, dropping from $51.3 billion to $45.9 billion, year-over-year. The slowdown was fueled, in part, by an 8% drop in China. Apple’s slow adoption of AI versus competitors like Google and Microsoft likely played a role in consumers’ decision to hold off on purchasing a new iPhone. Apple has promised some big … [Read more...]
Someone built MS-DOS 4 on their PS/2, because old habits die hard
It has only been a few days since Microsoft officially released MS-DOS 4 as open-source, and people are already finding new and inventive ways to put the operating system to use. However, you can't really beat going back in time and putting the operating system on the exact same hardware that it would have ran on back in the day. This is what someone has achieved with an IBM PS/2 by building … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s latest Windows security updates might break your VPN
Microsoft says the April security updates for Windows may break your VPN. (Oops!) “Windows devices might face VPN connection failures after installing the April 2024 security update (KB5036893) or the April 2024 non-security preview update,” the company wrote in a status update. It’s working on a fix.Bleeping Computer first reported the issue, which affects Windows 11, Windows 10 and Windows … [Read more...]
Hubble Network makes Bluetooth connection with a satellite for the first time
Hubble Network has become the first company in history to establish a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite — a critical technology validation for the company, potentially opening the door to connecting millions more devices anywhere in the world. The Seattle-based startup launched its first two satellites to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 ride-share mission in March; since that time, the … [Read more...]
Alliance DAO is attracting more Asia founders amid US crypto crackdown
The graduates of Alliance DAO are often useful indicators of investor appetite and user adaption trends within the crypto space. The latest batch of the stage-agnostic crypto accelerator, unveiled today, comes at a moment of great excitement for the recovering market. Just two months ago, Bitcoin hit its all-time high; though the value of the largest cryptocurrency has since declined, it continues … [Read more...]
When notifications remind us of things we’d rather forget
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Photo by Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesMy breaking point with promotional emails and desktop alerts finally happened a few weeks … [Read more...]
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy broke labor laws by saying workers are ‘better off’ without a union
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Illustration by Laura Normand / The VergeAmazon CEO Andy Jassy violated labor laws when making “coercive statements” about unions during … [Read more...]
Managing Microsoft Edge's memory usage just got a ton easier
These days, using a browser feels like you're offering up your RAM in sacrifice just so you can browse the web properly. However, over time, the big browsers have figured out ways to cut down on how much RAM their browsers use. Now, Microsoft Edge is the newest browser to feature countermeasures against RAM-hungry tabs by adding a memory management tool. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]
Microsoft unveils TypeSpec language for API development
Microsoft has introduced TypeSpec, a language for API-centric development.Unveiled April 25, TypeSpec is designed to meet the needs of API developers, managers, and architects in an environment where delivering high-quality APIs and related experiences has become increasingly critical and complex, Microsoft said. The company described TypeSpec as a lightweight language that describes APIs using … [Read more...]
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