Month: June 2024
Microsoft explains how its DLSS competitor uses AI to improve any game
Microsoft is launching a new Automatic super resolution (Auto SR) feature on its upcoming Copilot Plus PCs that will compete with upscale technologies like Nvidia’s DLSS. The AI-based Auto SR feature will automatically upscale game resolutions and improve frame rates, and Microsoft is now detailing exactly how it’s different to…
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Everything leaving Hulu in June 2024
There seems to be a scary theme with everything new on Hulu in June 2024 – what with the modern classic It Follows and six movies from the Saw franchise being added to the streamer this month. But before you get stuck into all of this month’s new entries, make sure to check out…
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Will Apple go big on AI at WWDC 2024? Almost certainly – but it could ‘think different’
You can’t swing a metaphorical cat in a virtual room without some tech-savvy person harping on about AI. And over the past year and a bit, AI interest has exploded thanks to the rise of generative AI; for the uninitiated, that’s smart algorithms and modes that can basically create things…
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Leica’s new iOS app transforms your iPhone into one of its cameras for free
Leica has launched a new iOS app called LUX that allows iPhones to mimic one of its cameras. The app accomplishes this in two major ways. First, LUX has a feature called “Aperture Mode,” which simulates the “characteristic signatures” for a handful of Leica’s lenses. Those include the Summilux-M 28mm…
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Google’s NotebookLM is now an even smarter assistant and better fact-checker
Google is updating its NotebookLM writing assistant with improved performance and new features, among other things. It now runs on the company’s Gemini 1.5 Pro model, the same AI that powers the Gemini Advanced chatbot. Thanks to this functionality, the assistant is more contextually aware, allowing you to ask “questions…
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Report: Apple may make it even easier to manage passwords on the iPhone and Mac
Yes, Apple’s long offered an easy way to save usernames and passwords as part of iCloud Keychain and even allowed syncing them across devices for easy sign-ins. However, Apple may soon devote an entire application across platforms to password management. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple will show off a…
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