Tag: computing
Safari wants to fix your broken web browsing experience with its new ‘distraction control’ feature
Apple seemingly didn’t fit all of its new Safari features into its jam-packed WWDC 2024 keynote in June, as it’s just announced ‘one more thing’. Alongside updates to Reader, a new web page summary tool called ‘Highlights’, and ‘Viewer’ (for making watching videos less of a chore), Apple also wants…
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Nvidia is reportedly dropping the RTX 3060, even though it remains the most popular GPU by far on Steam
Nvidia’s RTX 3060 graphics card has long been a popular relatively wallet-friendly GPU, topping the rankings on Steam – but the death knell has apparently sounded for this Ampere (last-gen) model. VideoCardz reports that news has filtered down from the Board Channels in China – a common source of GPU…
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Missing Copilot on Windows 10? AI Assistant can plug that gap, but it’s not without problems
Thanks to Microsoft integrating Copilot into Windows, we’re all familiar with AI chatbots, like ChatGPT. Copilot is one of the more fully-featured chatbots out there, even if you stay on its free tier. You can use Copilot to search the web using voice, text and images, you can generate AI…
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Cybersecurity firm warns Android users to watch out for money-draining malware
Researchers at cybersecurity company Cleafy are warning people about new Android malware that can steal money from their bank accounts. It’s called BingoMod and is a type of remote access trojan, or RAT for short. Cleafy discovered it back in May 2024 and recently published a report on its website explaining how the…
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Will OpenAI sharing future AI models early with the government improve AI safety, or just let it write the rules?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared in a post on X this week that the company is teaming up with the U.S. AI Safety Institute and will give the government agency early access to its next major AI model for safety testing. Altman described the plan as part of a larger…
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This new AI modeler can turn pictures into 3D sculptures in seconds
Remember in “The Simpsons” Halloween special when Homer walked through a portal and instantly became three-dimensional? Well, Stability AI has introduced a new tool that leverages AI to do just that. The new Stable Fast 3D AI model can produce a 3D asset from a single image in about half…
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