Tag: computing
Google’s AI Overviews goes global, hopefully without the rock-eating suggestions
Google is opening up access to its AI Overviews feature to half a dozen new countries and augmenting the Search tool with some additional options. AI Overviews use the Google Gemini AI models to compose a summary based on the search results of a user’s query. Those summaries will now…
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Linux embarrasses Windows 11 when it comes to games performance with AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs – but I won’t be switching operating systems just yet
AMD’s Ryzen 9000 processors run very nicely under Linux it seems, based on recently conducted testing – and indeed it’s a better OS than Windows 11 when it comes to the performance of Team Red’s latest desktop chips, based on one set of findings. PC Games Hardware (PCGH) put the…
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 review: Still the king of business laptops
Don’t rock the boat. That’s Lenovo’s strategy for its 12th iteration of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. Instead of messing with a winning formula, the company employed small tweaks throughout the laptop, delivering a system that’s even thinner and lighter than its predecessor. The keyboard has undergone a few updates with…
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Opera brings its web browser and AI assistant to iOS
Opera has introduced an iOS version of its AI-fueled web browser Opera One on the Apple Store. The Safari alternative offers an array of features to entice Safari users, but the centerpiece is Aria, the AI assistant that Opera has integrated across its browser portfolio over the last year or…
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SteamOS is finally coming to the Asus ROG Ally – so you can bin off Windows 11
The Asus ROG Ally dropped in 2023 before a revamped ROG Ally X followed this year, and while many have sung the praises of the portable gaming PC, one complaint seems to remain constant: Windows 11 sucks on handhelds. The good news is that it seems the option to switch…
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An AI Marie Curie or Robo-Galileo might make the next big science discovery
AI research is leading to AI that can do research all on its own. That’s the dream of Japanese firm Sakana AI, which has shared what they claim is the first “AI Scientist.” The embedded generative AI model is designed to conduct scientific research autonomously and could lead to discoveries…
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