Author: Zach_Wilson

New Intel Arrow Lake CPU leak suggests its NPU could be disappointingly weak

A new Intel Arrow Lake leak suggests that the upcoming desktop processors will only feature a low-powered NPU, one that won’t past muster in terms of Microsoft‘s Copilot+ PC hardware requirements.  As spotted by Videocardz, hardware leaker Jaykihn on X has posted what’s claimed to be a spec list for…

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Microsoft tells staff in China they can’t use Android phones anymore, must switch to iPhone

To log into company systems, Microsoft employees in China will now have to use authentication apps installed exclusively on iPhone devices.  This is part of Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative announced late last year, 9to5Mac reports. The change apparently takes effect in September this year, and was said to affect “hundreds”…

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The Washington Post made an AI chatbot for questions about climate

The Washington Post is sticking a new climate-focused AI chatbot inside its homepage, app, and articles. The experimental tool, called Climate Answers, will use the outlet’s breadth of reporting to answer questions about climate change, the environment, sustainable energy, and more. Some of the questions you can ask the chatbot…

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China’s APT40 targets new vulnerabilities and can abuse them within hours

Chinese state-sponsored threat actors, tracked by Western cybersecurity agencies as APT40, work fast. They hunt for previously undisclosed vulnerabilities, quickly build exploits, and rush to deploy them as soon as possible. In some instances, the entire process, from vulnerability discovery to exploitation, only lasted a couple of hours. This is…

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Rome must fall in the first Gladiator II trailer

After 24 years, Ridley Scott is back with a follow-up to Gladiator, and the sequel’s new trailer promises bread, circuses, and buckets of blood. Set decades after the events of the first film, Gladiator II will tell a new legend about how a now-grown Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal) becomes an…

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Oura Ring gets an AI-powered wellness advisor to help make sense of your health data

Oura is once again expanding the features of its wellness smart ring, and this time, as with countless other devices, it’s using the power of AI. The announcement also comes a day before Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event, at which the Samsung Galaxy Ring and a new set of features under…

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