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Forrester: Preparing for the era of the AI PC

Artificial intelligence (AI) on the personal computer (PC) was a central focus of the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this year. PC and chip manufacturers such as AMD, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Intel and Nvidia announced AI PC innovations to come in the so-called “year of the AI PC”. Approximately 50 models…

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Apple might not need a ChatGPT chatbot for iPhone AI to beat rivals

I’m a longtime iPhone user who has been using generative AI products for quite a while now, with a big focus on ChatGPT. But my genAI experience is limited to talking to some sort of chatbot. Whether it’s ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, or Perplexity, I’m essentially chatting with AI.Apple has to play catch-up to all those…

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Parliamentarians warn of UK election threat from Russia, China and North Korea

MPs and peers have warned the government that Russia, China, North Korea and other hostile states could attempt interfere in the 4 July general election. A joint parliamentary committee of MPs and peers has warned the prime minister Rishi Sunak that the general election is an “attractive target” for malicious actors trying to destabilise the…

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Goodbye, humans: I’ll talk to ChatGPT more than people pretty soon

Texting is probably my top means of communication during daytime hours. I talk to family, friends, and coworkers mainly by text. It’s not just iMessage on the iPhone, but also a plethora of chat apps that serve the same purpose across my devices.Messaging has been my primary form of communication for years, even before the…

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Daylight’s new $729 computer ditches blue light for a paper-like display

From the moment we wake up until we close our eyes to sleep, we are surrounded by screens. Even if your job doesn’t necessitate staring at a monitor all day, studies show that we spend an average of over four hours on our phones every day. All that blue light can cause eyestrain and fatigue,…

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Ditching Google Search paid off in the most unexpected way

When I first thought about removing Google Search from my computing experience years ago, it seemed like a nightmare scenario. How would I be certain that the alternatives I picked would provide the same results as Google Search? That they would be just as reliable?It took a while until I started using Google Search alternatives.…

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Unicode reveals possible new iOS 18 emojis coming to your iPhone

The Unicode Consortium opened its beta review period for Unicode 16, which includes the all-new emojis coming with iOS 18 and Android 15, most likely at the beginning of next year. So far, the platform has considered seven new emojis.This beta review period lasts until July 2, and then Unicode 16 will be announced with…

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CMA: AWS and Microsoft deny cloud discounts have anti-competitive effect on market

Cloud customers are failing to see how the offering of committed spend discounts could contribute towards them becoming locked in to hyperscale cloud platforms, according to the interim findings of an anti-trust probe into the inner workings of the UK cloud industry.   The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the first of a…

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Actually… here’s why stealing Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT was brilliant

I follow everything about artificial intelligence because it’s my job. But I’d check out AI news even if that weren’t the case. And we have certainly had plenty of AI developments in the past few weeks.First, ChatGPT got the massive GPT-4o upgrade. Google unveiled even more ways it’ll integrate Gemini into its products, even if…

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AI Seoul Summit: 16 AI firms make voluntary safety commitments

The UK and South Korean governments have secured voluntary commitments from 16 global artificial intelligence (AI) companies to safely develop the technology, including firms from the US, China and UAE. Signed during the first day of the AI Seoul Summit, the Frontier AI Safety Commitments said the companies will not develop or deploy AI systems…

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