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2023-09-22 08:39:00 www.techspot.com Ever since the first Microsoft AI event earlier this year, the company has been eager to position itself at the very tip of the Generative AI spear. Starting with its efforts around Bing …

2023-09-22 07:06:00 www.techspot.com Forward-looking: Holding conversations in a crowded area can be difficult, and people have long sought methods to filter individual speakers or groups. A group of researchers recently demonstrateda system using remote robots, which …

2023-09-21 08:28:00 www.techspot.com In context: Game Pass and other hardware-agnostic services have become the core of Microsoft’s gaming strategy, but the company’s recent documents leak suggests Microsoft is betting Xbox’s entire future on the strategy. It’s …

2023-09-21 10:15:00 www.techspot.com The big picture: Amazon announced a slew of new devices at its fall product announcement event in Arlington, Virginia, this week. Some of the more notable additions to the company’s portfolio include the …

2023-09-21 11:29:00 www.techspot.com Why it matters: The International Criminal Court is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal tasked with prosecuting the worst crimes committed against human rights. The court is now prosecuting cyberwar crimes as well, …

2023-09-21 12:52:00 www.techspot.com In brief: More details have emerged regarding Asus’ monstrous 135-inch ProArt Cinema PQ07 display that was unveiled at Computex 2023 in June. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that this MicroLED …

2023-09-21 16:01:00 www.techspot.com Something to look forward to: Following months of Windows Insider updates that teased upcoming Windows 11 features, Microsoft has unveiled the official release details of the operating system’s 23H2 update. Users will notice …

2023-09-21 13:58:00 www.techspot.com The big picture: DALL-E is one of the leading AI services designed to generate images from textual prompts. Developed by OpenAI, this machine learning model is continually evolving to offer users more advanced …

2023-09-21 12:08:00 www.techspot.com In brief: Cisco has agreed to purchase cybersecurity specialist Splunk as part of a deal valued at approximately $28 billion. Cisco will pay $157 per share in cash for Splunk, a 31.3 percent …

2023-09-21 09:44:00 www.techspot.com The by-word for tech innovation, Silicon Valley remains the ultimate global center of tech excellence, according to Startup Genome’s 2023 State of the Global Startup Ecosystem report. That’s despite the fact that the …

2023-09-21 07:11:00 www.techspot.com Welcome back to our monthly GPU pricing update. Unsurprisingly, the GPU market still kind of sucks, however, there’s a silver lining this month: with some price adjustments for new GPUs, the situation has …

2023-09-20 10:54:00 www.techspot.com Something to look forward to: Nikon’s latest full-frame mirrorless camera looks a lot like the company’s iconic FM2 film camera, but borrows advanced tech from flagships like the Z 9. The new Nikon …

2023-09-20 12:24:00 www.techspot.com What just happened? At its Innovation 2023 event this week, Intel not only announced a wealth of details about its future consumer products but also unveiled a 288-core CPU as part of its …

2023-09-20 15:06:00 www.techspot.com In brief: Amazon has introduced a pair of new streaming sticks and an all-new soundbar to boost your TV-watching experience. The flagship Fire TV Stick 4K Max is powered by an upgraded 2.0 …

2023-09-20 14:31:00 www.techspot.com The big picture: PC gamers are a consumer class traditionally accustomed to higher spending rates compared to regular PC users. However, IDC reports that the PC market is still facing challenging times, even …

2023-09-20 11:29:00 www.techspot.com Editor’s take: In an age where recommended PC specs are getting increasingly demanding, even for 1080p/60fps gameplay, it’s refreshing to see that some big games still consider those with older hardware and less …

2023-09-20 08:13:00 www.techspot.com A hot potato: Generative AI and other “trained” machine learning algorithms are apparently the future of everything. Every single technology corporation has adopted the new AI mantra, and chipmakers are scrambling to embed …

2023-09-19 12:44:00 www.techspot.com Editor’s take: I’ve long been obsessed with taking something ordinary and making it the best it can possibly be. Perhaps that is why I was hyper focused on PC hardware and overclocking for …

2023-09-19 17:21:00 www.techspot.com In context: Nintendo’s intellectual properties are probably among the most coveted in the industry. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft views the company as a juicy target for a theoretical merger. A recently leaked internal document offers …

2023-09-19 15:13:00 www.techspot.com The big picture: The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) hosts one of the most ambitious engineering and scientific endeavors ever undertaken by humans. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest …

2023-09-19 13:25:00 www.techspot.com The big picture: Microsoft continues to add new features to Paint, a program the company had considered discontinuing some years ago. Now, Paint is receiving updates that include some intriguing new tools that …

2023-09-19 07:10:00 www.techspot.com If you are looking for a 4K PC monitor with genuine, full HDR capabilities, there are currently some excellent choices available. However, before we delve into our top pick in this category, it’s …

2023-09-19 07:55:00 www.techspot.com What just happened? As part of the Microsoft vs. FTC leaks, several unannounced Bethesda games have been revealed in court documents that were part of the Redmond giant’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media, Bethesda’s …

2023-09-19 05:28:00 www.techspot.com Rumor mill: With the RTX 4000 series now pretty much behind us, leaks and rumors are emerging about Nvidia’s next generation of consumer graphics cards, the RTX 5000 line. The latest of these …

2023-09-18 07:07:00 www.techspot.com The Ryzen 5 7500F is AMD’s most affordable Zen 4-based processor that initially launched for the Chinese market only. More recently, it’s been sighted in US and European retailers but it’s still a …

2023-09-18 09:41:00 www.techspot.com In brief: Companies demanding that employees start coming back into the office more regularly or on a full-time basis is never a happy moment for workers, but TikTok is making the situation even …

2023-09-18 15:28:00 www.techspot.com Facepalm: Training generative AI models requires coordination and cooperation among many developers, and additional security checks should be in place. Microsoft is clearly lacking in this regard, as the corporation has put vast …

2023-09-18 17:04:00 www.techspot.com The big picture: Recent reports have continued to provide the larger picture of Nintendo’s upcoming successor to the Switch. The company has briefed several third-party studios about the next-generation hardware. Amid its impending …

2023-09-18 16:16:00 www.techspot.com The big picture: Most expect that by the end of the decade, the semiconductor industry will hit a wall in terms of being able to scale transistors on silicon using organic materials. Scaling …

2023-09-18 11:14:00 www.techspot.com In brief: Last month, Amazon announced it would be hosting its second-ever Prime Day-style shopping event this fall. The e-commerce giant held a similar sale in 2022 and now we have more information …

2023-09-18 10:39:00 www.techspot.com What just happened? What could be a major step toward the flying taxi era has been taken after Joby Aviation announced it will invest up to $500 million to build a new facility …

2023-09-18 07:57:00 www.techspot.com Forward-looking: It looks like the initial hype surrounding generative AI is running out of steam. But according to Mustafa Suleyman, one of the cofounders of DeepMind, generative artificial intelligence is just a phase …

2023-09-17 10:56:00 www.techspot.com Something to look forward to: FurMark has been pushing the limits of graphics cards since the 2000s. A go-to tool for overclocking enthusiasts, last month developer Geeks3D announced a new beta release of …

2023-09-15 17:55:00 www.techspot.com What just happened? States across the US have passed increasingly ambitious right-to-repair (R2R) laws since late last year. California has historically been a trendsetter on the R2R front, despite not being able to …

2023-09-15 18:42:00 www.techspot.com Bottom line: Apple is developing a patch to “fix” an alleged radiation leak in the iPhone 12. However, Cupertino is only pushing the patch to French customers. Should you be concerned? According to …

2023-09-15 09:39:00 www.techspot.com Facepalm: The Pentagon is once again being accused of inefficiency and bad IT practices by the auditing agencies of the US government. The newly reported issues are related to cloud contracts, which the …

2023-09-15 10:12:00 www.techspot.com What just happened? Microsoft has started rolling out updates to the Snipping Tool and Phone Link applications in Windows 11 for Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels. The updates bring some notable …

2023-09-14 17:34:00 www.techspot.com The big picture: Intel will likely unveil its 14th-generation Core processors next week before shipping them next month. Most of the news concerning them hasn’t been impressive, with some leaks indicating that the …

2023-09-14 09:29:00 www.techspot.com What just happened? PlayStation 5 owners around the world have been given a major software update by Sony that introduces several new features to the console. It includes support for Dolby Atmos for …