Month: March 2022
Google is using AI to better detect searches from people in crisis
In a personal crisis, many people turn to an impersonal source of support: Google. Every day, the company fields searches on topics like suicide, sexual assault, and domestic abuse. But Google wants to do more to direct people to the information they need, and says new AI techniques that better…
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Microsoft quietly reverses one of the most outrageous Windows 11 changes
Audio player loading… Microsoft has quietly walked back a change pushed out with Windows 11 that caused anger and frustration among a large section of users. With the latest Windows 11 update, which is currently in the process of rolling out, changing the operating system’s default web browser is as…
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Intel details its first Arc A-series GPUs for laptops
Way back in 2018 Intel announced plans to develop its own line of discrete GPUs back designed to compete with rival cards from AMD and NVIDIA. And despite several delays including missing its original 2020 launch window, this spring the first batch of Intel's new Arc graphics cards are finally…
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WhatsApp makes voice messaging less of a chore
WhatsApp is looking to make it easier for people to send and listen to voice messages with a swathe of new features, albeit fairly basic ones. Users will be able to pause and resume while recording a message and listen back to it before sending. You’ll soon have the option…
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Intel’s XeSS AI upscaling won’t be available until sometime in ‘early summer’
Intel’s first Arc GPUs are launching today, but one of the biggest features for the new discrete graphics cards will be absent when the first Arc-powered laptops arrive: the company’s XeSS AI-powered upscaling technology, which Intel says won’t be available until sometime in “early summer.” XeSS is meant to compete…
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Specs on the new Samsung QD-OLED S95B show it’s gunning for LG’s throne
Audio player loading… Samsung has revealed specs and prices for the the new QD-OLED TV, officially called the S95B, and the premium feature set shows it’s well-positioned to square up against the competition – including the very best LG TVs on offer this year. Launching in mid-April with pre-orders live…
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