Month: August 2024

Black Ops 6 beta start date and how to get access

Black Ops 6 Beta start date (Image credit: Activision) The Black Ops 6 beta will go live on August 30 at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM BST. You can actually preload the game now, just make sure to download the Call of Duty launcher, and the Season 5…

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Microsoft isn’t removing the Control Panel from Windows anytime soon

You may have read headlines last week about Microsoft removing the Control Panel from Windows soon, but the death of the Control Panel has been greatly exaggerated. The inaccurate reports stemmed from a single support document, originally spotted by Neowin. Microsoft has now updated the support document to make it…

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IBM closes China R&D operations, cutting hundreds of jobs

IBM has announced it is shutting down its research and development operations in China, with hundreds of workers set to lose their jobs. The closure will impact more than 1,000 IBM workers across the country, with most of the employees affected working in R&D and testing labs. In a statement,…

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Samsung’s new AI smart TVs are getting seven years of OS updates

Samsung says it will provide seven years’ worth of Tizen operating system updates for its newer AI-powered TVs in a bid to fend off competition from Chinese rivals. The announcement was made last week at Samsung Electronics’ Suwon Campus according to Business Korea, and will first apply to TV models…

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How AI is fueling the rise of edge networking

Our unabating demand for generative AI is fueling the rise of a new type of network model: ‘edge networking’. We are now witnessing the global development of edge data centers positioned closer to the end-user to meet the real-time responsiveness and low latency performance demands of GenAI. To put this…

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Barriers to Success: Why are Businesses Struggling to Innovate with AI?

Business leaders in 2024 are all excited by the opportunities from artificial intelligence (AI), whether they intend to use it or not. The direct benefits are clear and, particularly in the recent economic climate where business resilience and the bottom line are top of mind. As it stands, most organizations…

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