Google and the United States Justice Department are back in court to fight over the remedies that will be implemented to address Google's search monopoly, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai today took the stand to defend Google.
Apple has reaffirmed its commitment to making chips in the United States as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) begins construction on its third fabrication facility in Arizona.
The following are the best gaming monitors we've tested throughout this year and last. If you want to learn more about what we look for in a good gaming monitor and how we test them, scroll further down the page.
Satya Nadella made this claim at LlamaCon (around the 45:00 minute mark), Meta/Facebook's conference focusing on generative AI tools. In fact Nadella was opposite Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and controversy lightning rod, when he said as much yesterday.
"Code reviews are very high," says Nadella. "In fact the agents we have for reviewing code, that usage has increased, and so I would say maybe 20, 30 percent of the code that is inside of our repos today and in some of our projects are probably all written by software."
That's a pretty stunning claim, and as Tom's Hardware points out, it seems in line with similar claim from Google CEO Sundar Pichai made last year. But I'll highlight that this is an executive at a company that's pushing hard on selling AI tools, talking to another executive pushing for AI tools, at an AI conference. All three of these figures are, shall we say, somewhat less than objective.
Microsoft's Copilot AI tools, which use OpenAI's ChatGPT as its primary tie-in, are being baked into pretty much every one of its products. Be
Some users apparently encountered a vexing problem at the time: if they set a single-color image as the background, their Windows 7 PC always took 30 seconds to start the operating system and switch from the welcome screen to the desktop.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai today said that he hopes to reach a deal with Apple regarding built-in Gemini integration on iPhones by the middle of this year, according to Bloomberg. The report said that Pichai shared this remark in court today, during the U.S. Department of Justice's ongoing antitrust trial against Google.
In Safari on iPhone, it's not unusual for the number of tabs you have open to quickly get out of hand. Here's how to temporarily clean things up without losing your tabs.
But the messenger service finally seems to be changing this. A current beta version of the web client shows that users will soon be able to make calls here too. The WaBetaInfo website discovered the function and explains that the introduction of the call function via the browser is only a matter of time.
A first preview image was also shown. Here you can see the usual icons for voice and video calls in WhatsApp:
But you don't go that fast without a few compromises. First, it's a 24-inch, 1080p monitor, so pretty small and low-res by today's standards — though the ideal size for esports pros who want to easily watch their entire screen at once. It's also a TN LCD panel, one of the least-desirable options if you want accurate colors and wide viewing angles. Such is the life of a gamer who feels the need for speed, as other technologies can't easily hit blazing 600Hz refresh rates. Other specs for the monitor include a 350-nit brightness, HDR400 certification, AMD FreeSync compatibility, and (sigh) a pair of built-in 2-watt speakers. There's no mention of any USB ports.
The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, attacked the retail giant over a report that suggested Amazon would highlight tariff-related price increases. Amazon said it was "not going to happen."
Facebook parent company Meta today announced the launch of Meta AI, its first standalone AI app. Meta AI has already been integrated into Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook, but now it is also available in a dedicated app.
This monitor is stunning, delivering the world's first VESA-certified dual mode. Basically, if you want to keep the visuals at 4K, you'll get an amazing 240Hz refresh rate, but if you can deal with cutting the resolution to 1080p, you can unlock a jaw-dropping 480Hz of refresh.
Throw in the near-instantaneous 0.03ms response time and you have yourself a gaming-capable monitor that can handle any fast-paced action and give you the competitive edge you deserve. The monitor comes with both Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, so it'll work with any system you have to reduce screen tearing and stuttering.
The bright OLED panel is one to enjoy, elevating your favorite games, movies, and TV shows with vibrant colors and deep blacks. Ultra-fast OLEDs are still pretty uncommon, so this deal is one to jump on if that's something you've been pining after. Plus, this monitor has a feature called Pixel Sound, which emits sound from behind the OLED panel so you can get away with not having headphones or speakers. Cool!
Upgrade your PC setup with this ultra-fast 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor for just $997 (was $1,400). You can get it at Amazon or B&H
The US House of Representatives has passed the Take It Down Act, a bipartisan bill that criminalizes the "publication of non-consensual, sexually exploitative images," including AI-generated deepfakes that depict "identifiable, real people." It would also compel platforms, such as social networks, to remove those images within 48 hours of being notified. The bill enjoyed overwhelming support in Congress and was cleared for approval by President Trump with a vote of 409 to 2. It passed Senate unanimously in February, and Trump, who previously talked about it while addressing Congress, is expected to sign the bill into law.
Nearly every state in the country has its own laws revolving around revenge porn, and there are 20 states that already have laws that cover deepfakes. Take It Down's authors, who include Senator Ted Cruz, explained that those laws "vary in classification of crime and penalty and have uneven criminal prosecution." Victims are also still having a tough time getting their images removed under those laws. However, it's that takedown provision in the bill that has raised concerns among critics.
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the provision could potentially apply to any image that's perceived as sexual or intimate even if it's not revenge porn. It has much broader definitions of what a "non-consensual, sexually exploitative image" is compared to its narrower definitions in other parts of the bill, the organization said. In addition, the EFF argued that the bill lacks safeguards
New research has compared whether food waste is reduced more by consumers who are driven by sustainability or those driven by nutrition and health. With somewhat unexpected findings, the study highlights the need to reconsider our approach to addressing the issue of food waste.
Almost a year since Microsoft announced its controversial Recall feature, and after several delays, the company has finally started bringing it to Copilot AI PCs today. The launch comes just a few weeks after Microsoft started testing Recall broadly with Windows Insiders. There are also a few other AI-powered features coming along with this release, including an improved Windows Search and Click to Do, which lets you quickly use AI features from within your existing apps. As usual, the release won't immediately roll out to all Copilot PCs, instead Microsoft is gradually releasing it over the next month (and likely monitoring potential issues along the way).
Recall was one of the biggest announcements at Microsoft's Copilot debut last May, but almost immediately, it came under fire for some glaring privacy issues. At a basic level, Recall constantly records what you're doing on your PC via screenshots, and it uses AI to search them for specific words and images. The idea is that you'll never forget where you put a document you were working on weeks ago, or which random website you've lost track of. Security and privacy advocates were initially concerned that Recall was automatically enabled on Copilot PCs and that it wasn't
