Tag: computing

This voice controlled AI might one day replace your mouse and keyboard

Anthropic’s experiments with giving Claude AI control of your computer are taking a new tone, literally. Voice control could potentially change how you get your device to operate. The AI assistant developer has teamed with Hume AI and its new Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) 2 to give Claude a grasp…

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Happy 2nd birthday, ChatGPT! Here are 5 ways you’ve already changed the world

ChatGPT was born two years ago amid a flurry of hyperbolic hype, skepticism, and outright fear. The AI chatbot didn’t immediately guide us to digital heaven, take over every job, or become sentient and send robots with Austrian accents after us, but ChatGPT has a made major impact on many…

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Microsoft could tempt PC gamers away from Chrome with nifty new ‘Game Assist’ mode for its Edge browser

Game Assist mode is part of the Game Bar and is now in testing It pops up a compact Edge panel right in your gaming session You can look at online tips and guides without Alt-Tabbing out of the game Microsoft is adding a new feature to the Edge browser…

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I’m a Black Friday veteran and trust me, these are the only Black Friday laptop deals you need

Black Friday laptop deals 2024 (Image credit: Future) Welcome to our pick of the best Black Friday laptop deals. We’re only a few days away from November 29 (the big day itself), and early offers on Windows 11 machines, Chromebooks and MacBooks are rolling in at a steady pace. This…

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The best Black Friday laptop deals from Apple, Microsoft, Lenovo and others

With many retailers rolling out their annual Black Friday sales days in advance, several of the laptop deals we expect to see later this week are already available. To help you find a bargain that’s actually decent, we’ve dug into reviews, checked price histories and rounded up the best Black…

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The end of Google Tasks? Google starts folding app into Calendar on Android

Google Tasks is now part of Google Calendar on Android It follows the web apps merging last year Google Tasks may eventually be retired as a standalone app Google has certainly never been afraid of killing off apps and products it’s not that interested in any more (see Killed by…

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