Microsoft confirms standalone Office 2024 is coming to Windows and Mac later this year
Office LTSC enters commercial preview next month, consumer edition coming later in 2024
If you teach a chatbot how to read ASCII art, it will teach you how to make a bomb
In context: Most, if not all, large language models censor responses when users ask for things considered dangerous, unethical, or illegal. Good luck getting Bing to tell you how to cook your company's books or crystal meth. Developers block the chatbot from fulfilling these queries, but that hasn't stopped people from figuring out workarounds.
Apple reveals AI model that can interpret photos and count objects
This is just the beginning, one Apple engineer says, company is already at work on the next generation of models
BitTorrent dethroned as the main source of internet's upstream traffic
File sharing protocol is now being superseded by streaming and cloud storage
Modern, bloated websites are causing low-end devices to struggle
One device can play PUBG but can't load Quora
Not just the hardware: How deep is Nvidia's software moat?
The inherent inertia of software ecosystems
The big picture: Starting tomorrow, Nvidia is hosting its GTC developer conference. Once a sideshow for semis, the event has transformed into the center of attention for much of the industry. With Nvidia's rise, many have been asking the extent to which Nvidia's software provides a durable competitive moat for its hardware. As we have been getting a lot of questions about that, we want to lay out our thoughts here.
Hackers can access your private, encrypted AI assistant chats
The entry point is the token-length side-channel, which is present in most of the major AI assistants
Colossal Dark Souls 3 mod combines the best of FromSoft's RPGs into one epic adventure
It features 17 boss fights so far, with more on the way
Google Chrome gets real-time phishing and malware protection with upgraded Safe Browsing feature
It will be available on all desktop and mobile platforms by the end of this month
Software-defined vehicles get a push from Arm and Cadence
Arm is creating a "digital twin" of its automotive chip architectures for software development purposes
Some QNAP NAS devices affected by a critical vulnerability, updates available right now
The company is once again scrambling to improve security of its network OSes
Ancient pre-release version of OS/2 2.0 discovered, released in VM-friendly packages
A promising operating system that never was
New DirectX 12 SDK includes a feature to make the most out of modern GPUs
A novel API with a whole new paradigm for efficient game development
Windows 10 Enterprise and Education editions will soon enter end of life status
Organizations will be pushed to upgrade to the latest Windows 10 release or to Windows 11
Apple will officially implement sideloading in Europe this spring
More changes indicate Apple wasn't ready for DMA compliance and is making it up as it goes
The IRS launches a free online tax filing tool in 12 states
Direct File can only be used to file federal returns, for now
AIDA64 Extreme diagnostics tool improves GPU monitoring
AIDA64 Extreme 7.20 features a revamped UI with a configurable toolbar, three new dark modes, and enhanced sensor monitoring for RTX 3000 and RTX 4000 GPUs, among other improvements.
Google, Apple, Microsoft and Mozilla release Speedometer 3.0 to benchmark browser performance
For a definitive answer to whether your browser is the fastest
Open-source media player MPC-HC gets UI overhaul, adds HDR support
MPC-HC now allows you to stream videos directly from YouTube and other websites. Notable improvements include light/dark UI modes, and HDR video playback using the MPC Video Renderer or madVR.
Microsoft says users can now uninstall OneDrive in Windows for good
There's a way out from the intrusive cloud service
In a nutshell: Microsoft has been pushing OneDrive as the standard cloud storage solution for Windows for quite some time, to the point of user annoyance. The company usually tries everything it can to hinder user's choice on how to deal with the service, but things are seemingly starting to change.
Biden backs bill that could kill TikTok in the US, TikTok fights back
"If they pass it, I'll sign it"
Helldivers 2 players liberated a mech factory in record time, causing more server capacity issues
Arrowhead's CEO said players accomplished the mission 4x faster than anticipated
Visual Studio Code now lets you use dictate directly in the editor
The latest version of VS Code brings many useful updates including voice dictation with multi-language support, multi-cursor inline suggestions, and Copilot suggestions for dev containers.
AMD promotes third-party app for running AI chatbots on local hardware (that works with Radeons, too)
No coding skills, proprietary apps, or Nvidia hardware required
Monitor your CPU's temperature in real time with Core Temp
Core Temp is a free program that reads information directly from the digital thermal sensor in each CPU core, allowing accurate readings in real time.