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NVIDIA wants to expand even more in the AI market, reportedly through AI servers

NVIDIA wants to expand even more in the AI market, reportedly through AI servers

NVIDIA is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire Lepton AI, a company that rents out servers based on NVIDIA’s artificial intelligence (AI) hardware. Sources told The Information that the acquisition is reportedly worth severa...
Windows Game Bar has a brand new look, and I bet you’ll love it

Windows Game Bar has a brand new look, and I bet you’ll love it

Microsoft has rolled out its March 2025 update on Xbox, which introduces significant changes to Windows and Cloud Gaming platforms. Among the notable features are a redesigned Windows Game Bar, improved Cloud Gaming features, and additional...
Waze drops Google Assistant on iOS, promises a better AI assistant soon

Waze drops Google Assistant on iOS, promises a better AI assistant soon

Waze has officially discontinued support for Google Assistant on its iOS app, citing persistent integration issues that have lasted over a year. In a Tuesday announcement, the company acknowledged the prolonged inconvenience to users and vo...
Google is making the Android development private, but doesn’t touch open-source releases

Google is making the Android development private, but doesn’t touch open-source releases

Google has confirmed a significant alteration of its Android operating system (OS) development process: It will perform all development work in secret. This is to ease operations and eliminate the complexities associated with having both pu...
Get yourself a paid ChatGPT account if you want to use the new image generator

Get yourself a paid ChatGPT account if you want to use the new image generator

OpenAI’s introduction of image generation in ChatGPT has been a real success, it seems, getting people excited and interested in AI image generation for the first time in a while. Maybe a bit too excited, as CEO Sam Altman said on X t...
Microsoft overhauls the sign-in UI, makes it “passwordless and passkey-first”

Microsoft overhauls the sign-in UI, makes it “passwordless and passkey-first”

Microsoft is rolling out a new sign-in interface across its services like Outlook, Windows, Xbox, and Microsoft 365 to enhance user experience and security. The overhaul, designed from the ground up based on Microsoft’s Fluent 2 desig...
Microsoft’s new Surface devices are reportedly smaller, lighter, and thiner

Microsoft’s new Surface devices are reportedly smaller, lighter, and thiner

Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch a smaller Surface Pro, with a new device appearing in a certification database that has fueled speculation that the release is coming soon. The smaller Surface PC, as reported by Windows Central, ...
Microsoft’s new block on Windows 11 24H2 is caused by an audio bug

Microsoft’s new block on Windows 11 24H2 is caused by an audio bug

Microsoft has temporarily halted the Windows 11 24H2 update rollout due to known audio compatibility issues with specific devices. The problem happens on devices that have Dirac Audio with cridspapo.dll. This new block comes days after Micr...
Strix Halo might end up in desktop PCs, AMD CEO confirms in an interview

Strix Halo might end up in desktop PCs, AMD CEO confirms in an interview

AMD might be introducing its Strix Halo processors on desktop platforms, as CEO Dr. Lisa Su hinted in an interview recently (5:40 minute) with the General Manager of Asus China. Initially aimed at mobile use, Strix Halo turned out to be an ...
Google’s new Gemini 2.5 models can “reason through their thoughts before responding”

Google’s new Gemini 2.5 models can “reason through their thoughts before responding”

Google has unveiled Gemini 2.5, its latest set of AI reasoning models designed to enhance the accuracy and depth of AI responses, not long after Gemma 3. This version has enhanced “thinking” power, where the model sequences task...
PlayStation Store pre-orders are dominated right now by Xbox exclusives

PlayStation Store pre-orders are dominated right now by Xbox exclusives

Microsoft’s recent efforts to get its gaming roster on multiple platforms are rewarding the company in a huge manner, as evidenced by the pre-order numbers of former Xbox exclusives on the PlayStation Store. Titles such as Forza Horiz...
ChatGPT’s new image generator might actually be good. It’s definitely easier to use

ChatGPT’s new image generator might actually be good. It’s definitely easier to use

OpenAI has significantly improved ChatGPT by adding advanced image-generation capabilities utilizing its new GPT-4o model. The new release allows users to create and edit images directly within the ChatGPT platform, a radical enhancement of...
Google patches a Chrome zero-day vulnerability used in espionage

Google patches a Chrome zero-day vulnerability used in espionage

Google has released an out-of-band security patch for its Chrome browser to fix a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2025-2783, which has been actively exploited in targeted espionage campaigns. The security firm Kaspersky unearthed ...
Microsoft’s 365 Copilot gets Researcher and Analyst, two new agents to help you out

Microsoft’s 365 Copilot gets Researcher and Analyst, two new agents to help you out

Microsoft unveiled two advanced AI agents, Researcher and Analyst, for its Microsoft 365 Copilot. These agents will apparently make users more productive by saving time on research and data analysis.? Here’s how the new agents work Re...
If you’ve seen the This app can’t run on your PC error when installing Chrome, Google fixed it (+ an alternative solution)

If you’ve seen the This app can’t run on your PC error when installing Chrome, Google fixed it (+ an alternative solution)

Google has resolved a recent issue that prevented users from installing the Chrome browser on Windows PCs. The problem, which started on March 25, 2025, was accompanied by an error message stating, “This app can’t run on your PC. To...
Dev Channel platform changes hint at Windows 11 version 25H2

Dev Channel platform changes hint at Windows 11 version 25H2

Microsoft might have started testing the next big update of its operating system, Windows 11 version 25H2, signaling the beginning of a new development cycle. This phase involves shipping early builds to the Windows Insider Dev Channel, whe...
NVIDIA’s new Project G-Assist can help you tweak your gaming setup

NVIDIA’s new Project G-Assist can help you tweak your gaming setup

NVIDIA has officially released G-Assist, an AI-based assistant for optimizing the performance of gaming PCs for those who own RTX GPUs. NVIDIA introduced G-Assist as an April Fools product in 2017. It is now a functional application built a...
Microsoft launches 11 new Security Copilot Agents to help overwhelmed security teams

Microsoft launches 11 new Security Copilot Agents to help overwhelmed security teams

Microsoft has launched an expansion of its AI-powered Security Copilot platform with 11 new Security Copilot Agents to further enhance cybersecurity protection for organizations increasingly facing advanced attacks. ?This comes one year aft...
Xbox is testing a new feature called Game Hubs, a one-stop interface with all your info

Xbox is testing a new feature called Game Hubs, a one-stop interface with all your info

Microsoft has begun testing a new feature called Game Hubs in the Xbox Insider Program. This feature will enhance user interaction by consolidating game-related information into one interface. Game Hubs will appear when you select a game fr...
ChatGPT won’t interrupt you that often anymore, according to OpenAI

ChatGPT won’t interrupt you that often anymore, according to OpenAI

OpenAI just released a new YouTube video showing off ChatGPT’s new voice mode updates. This significant improvement to its Advanced Voice Mode is an attempt to introduce more natural and interactive AI voice assistant communication. A...
HP is considering a SteamOS handheld because “Windows is a struggle”

HP is considering a SteamOS handheld because “Windows is a struggle”

The gaming handheld space has grown a lot in the past years, getting better and better with each console that hit the shelves, but it seems like, at least for now, Windows 11 isn’t ready for gaming. HP appears to agree and in an inter...
Windows Search is finally getting an upgrade, but only on Copilot+ PCs for now

Windows Search is finally getting an upgrade, but only on Copilot+ PCs for now

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 26100.3624 to the Release Preview Channel with major enhancements to improve user experience, particularly for Copilot+ PCs.? The standout feature of this build is the improved Windows Search, powered...
The Photos app is now actually useful thanks to Microsoft’s latest update

The Photos app is now actually useful thanks to Microsoft’s latest update

Microsoft has begun rolling out a significant update to its Photos app for Windows Insiders on both Windows 11 and Windows 10 operating systems. The update introduces a series of new features to enhance user experience and productivity.? Ph...
Google Drive is now available for Arm64 Windows 11 PCs

Google Drive is now available for Arm64 Windows 11 PCs

Google has finally launched its Drive app for Windows on Arm, months after the beta support. The development ensures that devices powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon can now store, sync, and access files seamlessly using the native app, accordin...