Tag: computing

Bluetooth 6.0 has officially launched – here’s what the upgraded standard can do

There’s a good chance that you rely on Bluetooth more than you realize, even if you might take the wireless communication protocol for granted – and Bluetooth 6.0 is now official, bringing with it a variety of significant new improvements. The official announcement from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG),…

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Zillow’s AI wants to help you find the dream home you didn’t know you wanted

Zillow is boosting its AI search tool to end the tedious filtering of locations and other elements. Now you can just ask for a place within a travel distance of a location and it will handle the rest for you. The upgraded AI tools, available on the Zillow mobile app,…

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ChatGPT gives Volkswagen cars the smarts to talk to you all day long

Volkswagen has upgraded the voice assistant in its cars to be a lot more talkative than before, thanks to the power of ChatGPT. OpenAI’s conversational companion has been integrated across VW vehicles as promised back at CES, including the newest Jettas and electric cars.  ChatGPT is more of an upgrade…

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ASUS introduces six new Copilot+ PC laptops

ASUS unveiled a large collection of new Copilot+ PC laptops at IFA 2024, bringing AI power to several of its product lines. The company is splitting this portfolio into two branches, each powered by a different brand’s processors. Some of them will have the entry-level Snapdragon X Plus from Qualcomm…

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Microsoft’s Arm-based Copilot+ PCs are fast and very capable with AI – but fresh doubt has been cast on the gaming prowess of these laptops

Microsoft’s line-up of Copilot+ PCs is designed to run AI tasks in a superfast manner, along with providing welcome features like all-day battery life, but what about gaming? Okay, so these are AI laptops, and not designed for gaming, that’s true – but what about dabbling in some PC games…

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Acer expands Swift line with four new AI laptops

Acer is expanding its line of Swift laptops with four new models, and they each have AI capabilities built in. They share functions such as Microsoft Copilot+, Acer User Sensing technology, Windows Studio Effects, PurifiedVoice 2.0 and PurifiedView. Other features include Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity. We’ll take a…

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