Windows 11 Copilot+ AI features like Recall can be enabled without an NPU
Amidst the controversy around Windows 11’s new (mostly-unwanted) Copilot+ features, a developer on Twitter has taken the discussion a step further by […]
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Recall drawing regulatory scrutiny in the UK — Microsoft’s AI Copilot+ feature a ‘privacy nightmare’
Microsoft‘s new AI tools are drawing concern from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), with the recently announced “Recall” feature of Copilot+ […]
Copilot+ PCs: All we know about the AI-ready laptops and exclusive Windows features
Microsoft announced a bold new direction for its laptops, based primarily on enabling bleeding-edge AI features that require a Neural Processing Unit […]
Linux distros ban ‘tainted’ AI-generated code — NetBSD and Gentoo lead the charge on forbidding AI-written code
Coming out of the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community this week, we have a Gentoo Wiki post and an update […]
Idle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online — legacy OSes compromised by just connecting to the Internet
YouTuber Eric Parker demonstrated in a recent video how dangerous it is to connect classic Windows operating systems, such as Windows XP, […]
Bye Bye, AI: How to block Google’s annoying AI overviews and just get search results
Google‘s “AI Overviews” feature, also known as SGE (Search Generative Experience), is a raging trash fire that threatens to choke the open […]
Qualcomm goes where Apple won’t, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite
Qualcomm is making good progress on adapting its new Snapdragon X Elite laptop CPU for Linux use. The mobile SoC manufacturer revealed […]
Microsoft is switching RAM speed units in Task Manager — finally moving to the more technically correct MT/s
Microsoft is beginning to roll out a change to how Task Manager reports RAM speeds, updating its units from MHz to MT/s […]
The BASIC programming language turns 60 — Dartmouth BASIC started it all in 1964
BASIC, the programming language best known today for having the most “dialects” of derived programming languages, turned 60 this month. The original […]
Get rid of Microsoft’s Start Menu ads with this new software tool — the “Oh F*ck Go Back” program cleans up Windows 11
Many Windows 11 users are up in arms after Microsoft added unremovable ads to its start menu in its latest update. Thankfully, […]