Tag: computing
Google’s Chrome browser to allow for picking a default search engine – but far from everyone gets a choice
Google is in the process of making a useful change to its Chrome browser on the desktop whereby users will get a choice of the search engine they want to use by default – but the catch is this is only happening in Europe. Specifically, this change is incoming for…
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Hate the widgets board in Windows 11? Microsoft hopes you might change your mind
Windows 11 is bringing the ability to banish the clutter from the widgets panel to all users, you’ll doubtless be pleased to hear – maybe opening up this part of the interface to being used by a lot more folks. Previously, we heard about the option to remove the news…
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AMD reveals a full stack of shiny new Ryzen laptop processors, supercharged with AI
Hot on the heels of a catty attack from Intel, AMD has just announced the next lineup of Ryzen processors that we’ll be seeing in next year’s best laptops – a whopping nine new chips, all bearing the Ryzen 8040 name and equipped with AMD’s ‘XDNA’ AI technology. The new…
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Google Bard’s biggest AI upgrade so far sees it close the gap on ChatGPT
Google Bard is receiving a huge boost in performance as it will now be powered by the company’s “most capable AI model”, Gemini. This news may come as a surprise as recent reports circulated claiming that Gemini’s launch was being delayed due to poor performance across multiple languages. But now,…
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AMD’s Ryzen 8040 chips remind Intel it’s falling behind in AI PCs
Last January, AMD beat out Intel by launching its Ryzen 7040 chips, the first x86 processors to integrate a neural processing unit (NPU) for AI workloads. Intel's long-delayed Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" chips, its first to integrate an NPU, are set to arrive on December 14th. But it seems AMD…
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AMD just made a huge move to give gaming laptops and Windows 11 handhelds better battery life
AMD has released a new graphics driver and it introduces a power-saving mode that could make a huge difference to the battery life of gaming laptops and handhelds. Adrenalin Edition 23.12.1 brings in official support for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, as well as a revamped interface, but the real highlight…
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