Tag: Software

Windows 11 Recall is misbehaving in testing, and the fix for the biggest issue is an age-old favorite: turn it off, then back on again

Recall has a number of bugs in initial testing (unsurprisingly) One glitch means it isn’t saving snapshots The cure for that is to reboot the PC (and it’s the fix for another bug, too) Windows 11’s controversial Recall feature is finally in play – well, in testing anyway – and…

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The Morning After: Huawei launches its Android-free mobile OS

Alongside a new foldable and flagship phone, Huawei has revealed its first mobile OS made entirely in-house. It’s part of Huawei’s plans to build a platform entirely free of major US tech sources, both for hardware and software — because the company is banned from using some of them. Huawei…

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I tried bringing my memories to life with AI and found it works better with dogs than with human hands

MyHeritage gained a lot of attention for turning old photos into videos with its Deep Nostalgia technology in 2024, and they’re also the company behind DeepStory, which makes images speak by creating talking portraits from photos or paintings. Now, the company has upgraded the tech with its new LiveMemory tool.…

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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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AI can now clone your personality in only two hours – and that’s a dream for deepfake scammers

New study trained AI models on answers given in a two-hour interview AI could replicate participants’ responses with 85% accuracy Agents could be used instead of humans in future research studies You might think your personality is unique, but all it takes is a two-hour interview for an AI model…

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