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Google’s Nearby Share tool appears to adopt Samsung’s similar utility name and we wonder what’s going on
Google has suddenly changed the name of its file-sharing tool from Nearby Share to Quick Share which is what Samsung calls its own tool. It’s a random move that has people scratching…
AI is not the problem but regulation might be a big one according to one Godfather of AI
AI is growing faster than we ever imagined and some worry it might soon be smarter than us and out of control. It turns out, though, that the Godfathers of AI disagree…
Here’s how Apple is planning to take on ChatGPT
Apple may be lagging behind when it comes to generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Google Bard, but it seems determined to catch up as soon as possible – and we…
Windows 11’s next big update could arrive in February 2024, packing some nifty features – but it might miss some tricks too
Windows 11 could be getting its next feature drop early in 2024, courtesy of what will be the fifth ‘Moment’ update for the operating system. As you’re likely aware by now, a…
Apple may be working on a way to let LLMs run on-device and change your iPhones forever
Apple researchers have apparently discovered a method that’ll allow iPhones to host and run their own large language models (LLMs). With this tech, future iPhone models may finally have the generative AI…
Empowering New Year’s resolutions: Last-minute gifts to elevate creativity and productivity with Wondershare
Holiday shipping deadlines are zipping by, leaving those of us who are last-minute shoppers to scramble to find gifts for our loved ones that can be delivered before the holidays are on…
Time to start saving – the Apple Vision Pro looks set to launch very soon
It’s time for AR aficionados to start saving, if you haven’t been already, because Apple is getting everything ready to launch the Apple Vision Pro headset in February according to a new…
Windows 10 support ending could be an environmental disaster that puts 240 million PCs on the scrapheap
Windows 10 running out of road for support is going to be something of an environmental disaster in terms of old PCs going into landfills, an analyst firm has warned. Canalys wrote…
Google names the best Chrome extensions of 2023 with a glaring omission
Google has released yet another year-end list, and this time, the tech giant goes over what it thinks are the best Chrome extensions for 2023. It’s similar to the 10 best Android…
Microsoft swiftly fixes a Wi-Fi bug that caused havoc for some Windows 11 users
Microsoft has fixed a Windows 11 bug that was causing havoc for students across the globe. The software giant confirmed that the problem – which meant that university Wi-Fi networks (and those…
Microsoft Copilot’s new AI tool will turn your simple prompts into songs
Thanks to a newfound partnership with music creation platform Suno, Microsoft Copilot can now generate short-form songs with a single text prompt. The content it creates not only consists of instrumentals but…
Microsoft Home and Student 2021 with $40 off is a great last-minute gift idea for students young and old
While you may not be thinking about productivity tools as a first thought during the festive season, there’s an offer on Microsoft Home and Student 2021 that you might want to take…
Figma fans are delighted as the design app escapes being gobbled up by Adobe
After facing pressure from EU regulators, Adobe and design app Figma have agreed to mutually break up, costing the former a lucrative $20 billion deal. Adobe said in a recent statement that…
Students take note: Windows 11 update reportedly has a bug that’s taking down Wi-Fi at universities
Windows 11 just received a new cumulative update, but apparently Microsoft’s round of patching for December introduces a big problem for some students. Windows Latest highlights reports from a number of students…
Windows 11 could get the ability to uninstall AI components – and maybe even Copilot eventually?
Windows 11 often has incoming changes hidden away behind the scenes of the operating system, and another of these has just been spotted – and it’s a big one pertaining to AI….
Here’s how Apple could be selling the Vision Pro in stores
We’re still not sure when the Apple Vision Pro is going to go on sale, but when it does start appearing in Apple Stores, it looks like it’s going to come with…
The Meta Quest 3 doesn’t beat my 4K TV for Xbox gaming, but I don’t care – I love it
After Thursday’s surprise Xbox Cloud Gaming launch on the Meta Quest 3, I’ve spent most (read: too much) of my evenings trying the service out. And while it doesn’t hold a candle…
Strava’s Year in Sport is rolling out now – it’s like Spotify Wrapped for your activities
It’s not just the music streaming services that offer users an annual recap these days, because Strava has pushed out its own Year in Sport – a recap of everything you’ve been…
Microsoft introduces Copilot AI to Windows 10 – but there are reasons you might not get it
Windows 10 has now got the Copilot AI with the latest patch for the release version of the OS – or at least some users have. The cumulative update for December, which…
Windows 11 is getting a voice-powered ability many users have been longing for
Windows 11 has a new preview build which further improves Voice Access, an area Microsoft has been putting a lot of effort into of late. Preview build 22635.2915 (KB5033456) has just been…
Seeing your own spatial video on Vision Pro is an immersive trip – and I highly recommend it
Every experience I have with Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset is the same as the last and yet also quite different. I liken it to peeling an onion: I think I…
ChatGPT has now fixed a ‘major outage’ – and reopened its Plus subscriptions
ChatGPT is back online after suffering a “major” outage, according to the OpenAI status log (as spotted by Bloomberg). It’s far from the first time the chatbot has gone down in recent…
Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses finally get the AI camera feature I’ve been waiting for
When the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses launched they did so without many of the impressive AI features we were promised. Now Meta is finally rolling out these capabilities to users, but they’re…
AI might take a ‘winter break’ as GPT-4 Turbo apparently learns from us to wind down for the Holidays
It seems that GPT-4 Turbo – the most recent incarnation of the large language model (LLM) from OpenAI – winds down for the winter, just as many people are doing as December…
Google is shutting down Play Movies & TV, but don’t worry, your purchases are safe
Google will be pulling the plug on the last vestiges of Play Movies & TV, and to help with the transition, it’ll be moving users’ purchased content to other services. The tech…
Microsoft admits that HP isn’t to blame for a weird Windows 11 bug that messes with printers
Some Windows 11 (and 10) users are experiencing buggy behavior relating to their printer, and Microsoft has just acknowledged this issue, elaborating on it further. You may recall that we previously reported…
Chrome could soon get a big AI upgrade – including personalized themes
Google is working on a couple of new generative AI features for its Chrome browser like the ability to generate custom themes on desktop. It’s similar to the Customize Chrome tool that…
Apple kneecaps the latest Android iMessage app, but Beeper vows to stumble on
It’s been quite the week for Beeper Mini, the new Android app that promises to bring full iMessage functionality to Android. Having launched a few days ago, with the hope of FaceTime…
Meta’s new VR headset design looks like a next-gen Apple Vision Pro
Meta has teased a super impressive XR headset that looks to combine the Meta Quest Pro, Apple Vision Pro and a few new exclusive features. The only downside? Anything resembling what Meta…
WhatsApp launches self-destructing voice messages to Android and iOS
WhatsApp is officially giving users the ability to send out temporary voice messages to their contacts. We say “officially” because this feature has actually been around for the past two months or…
That mind-blowing Gemini AI demo was staged, Google admits
Earlier this week, Google unveiled its new Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) model, and it’s safe to say the tool absolutely wowed the tech world. That was in part due to an impressive…
Microsoft’s next-gen Windows sounds pretty mind-blowing with ‘groundbreaking’ new AI features
Microsoft is cooking up a next-gen Windows – and it may not be called Windows 12 – with some huge new AI tricks, according to a new report. This comes from Zac…
Google’s AI-powered NotebookLM is now available to help organize your life
Google’s AI-powered writing assistant, NotebookLM, is leaving its experimental phase behind and launching as an official service with multiple performance upgrades. First revealed during I/O 2023 as Project Tailwind, the tool’s primary…
Microsoft is changing the way it updates Windows – and it’s starting to sound like Windows 12 won’t happen
Windows 12 may not be happening after all, or at least that seems to be the way the rumor mill is suddenly tilting – and Microsoft is also changing how it’ll update…
Meta opens the gates to its generative AI tech with launch of new Imagine platform
Amongst all the hullabaloo of Google’s Gemini launch, Meta opened the gates to its free-standing image generator website called Imagine with Meta AI. The company has been tinkering with this technology for…
Google Drive has a fix for its missing files issue
Some Google Drive users have recently been reporting that the service has been deleting months’ worth of files from their computers. If you’ve found yourself in that predicament, help could be at…
Google Bard’s biggest AI upgrade so far sees it close the gap on ChatGPT
Google Bard is receiving a huge boost in performance as it will now be powered by the company’s “most capable AI model”, Gemini. This news may come as a surprise as recent…
Windows 11 24H2 reference spotted – does this mean no Windows 12 next year?
While the rumor mill has been putting some stock in the idea that the next version of Microsoft’s operating system will be called Windows 12, and it’s expected to turn up next…
Instagram and Facebook users will soon no longer be able to chat in new update
Three years after it first launched, Meta has decided to disable Facebook’s and Instagram’s cross-messaging feature. The company introduced cross-app chats back in 2020, letting users from the two platforms talk to…
The latest Meta Quest 3 update brings 4 useful upgrades, and takes away a feature
‘Tis season for a Meta Quest update, with new features, and even a performance boost, coming to your Oculus Quest 2, Meta Quest 3, and Meta Quest Pro VR headsets via update…
Windows 12 launch date leak is an early Christmas gift for struggling laptop makers
Christmas might just have come early for laptop makers, as a new leak suggests that Windows 12 could arrive as soon as June 2024. The news, which Tom’s Hardware originally reported on…
Google pushes its biggest AI launch of the year back to 2024
Google has delayed a series of top-secret artificial intelligence (AI) events that were set to showcase the company’s Gemini generative AI tool, according to The Information. If true, it’s another blow to…
These are the 10 best Android apps of the year – according to Google
2024 is about a month away, and to celebrate the end of the year, Google has named the winners of the Google Play’s Best of 2023 Awards. For the sake of brevity,…
Check your Windows 11 Start menu for an HP app that’s mysteriously installing itself without permission
Windows 11 and Windows 10 users are reportedly experiencing a puzzling situation whereby an unwanted HP app is being installed on their systems without their knowledge. Windows Latest flagged up this rather…
WhatsApp now lets you use secret codes to lock your private chats
WhatsApp is making its Chat Lock tool even more secure by introducing Secret Codes that will hide private chat rooms. The way it currently works, Chat Lock takes conversations and places them…
Report: OpenAI’s GPT App store won’t arrive this year
The hits keep on coming at OpenAI. After dismissing CEO and Co-Founder Sam Altman, inviting him back, and reinstating him as CEO just a few days ago, the ChatGPT developer is apparently…
Your Alexa mobile app finally makes more sense thanks to a recent update
Amazon has redesigned its Alexa mobile app with a focus on improving the software’s layout and reorganizing key sections. The tech giant has been incrementally making changes to Alexa throughout 2023 like…
New Windows 11 energy-saving option could save money and extend your laptop’s battery life
Windows 11 laptops could soon benefit from improved battery life thanks to a change in the works currently in testing. The new feature called ‘Energy Saver’ is in the freshly released preview…
Google Messages new update makes it look a bit like the iPhone’s Messages app
To commemorate one billion monthly active users, Google is introducing several new customization options on its Messages app. What’s particularly interesting about the update is that a few of the features are…
This Windows app may soon let you use your phone as a webcam
Right now, there’s no need to use one of the best webcams to record yourself in video calls and meetings, as there are plenty of third-party apps that let you use your…
Your Apple Books annual recap easily beats Apple Music Replay
Apple has just launched Year in Review, a Spotify Wrapped-style round-up for its Books app, where you’ll be able to see personalized stats covering all the books you read in the app…
Good luck getting Microsoft’s ugly Christmas sweater for 2023 – it stars Windows XP and is almost sold out already
Microsoft has revealed its ugly sweater for this year’s holiday season – and it’s going to be a real crowd-pleaser for fans of Windows XP. And there are plenty of folks who…
YouTube Premium gets new AI features to lure you into subscribing
YouTube is offering Premium subscribers the opportunity to try out a pair of new AI features on the mobile app. The most impressive of the two, in our opinion, has to be…
Apple Vision Pro video shows off its gorgeous virtual worlds
The promise of Apple’s Vision Pro headset – or any of the best virtual reality headsets, for that matter – is that it can transport you to another world, at least for…
Got an old Android phone? Google Calendar could soon stop working on it
If you’re the sort of person who likes to keep their Android phone or tablet running for several years, you might want to take note that Google Calendar could be dropping support…
Microsoft’s AI tinkering continues with powerful new GPT-4 Turbo upgrade for Copilot in Windows 11
Bing AI, which Microsoft recently renamed from Bing Chat to Copilot – yes, even the web-based version is now officially called Copilot, just to confuse everyone a bit more – should get…
Adobe Cyber Monday deals: the best deals you can get right now
Adobe Cyber Monday deals are starting up as we count down the hours to the biggest eCommerce day of the year, and we’re rounding up all the best offers on Adobe Creative…
Windows 10 might get Copilot sooner than you think
Windows 10 should get Microsoft’s Copilot AI – a feature that was previously exclusive to Windows 11 – in the near future, and some users might benefit from the desktop-based assistant quicker…
Samsung Glasses could be the name of a new pair of Samsung smart specs
Rumors of some kind of Samsung smart glasses have been swirling for years at this point, but it looks as though the wait for an actual device might soon be over: Samsung…
I review VR headsets for a living and trust me, get a Meta Quest 3 this Black Friday
This year’s Black Friday deals include some truly amazing Oculus Quest 2 discounts that offer major savings on the already budget-friendly VR headset but trust me – you want to get a…
WhatsApp beta introduces AI assistant to chats – here’s how it works
As part of a recent beta, WhatsApp is giving select mobile users access to Meta’s new AI-powered chat rooms. If you don’t remember, Meta announced during its Connect 2023 event that it…
Meta Quest 3 owners check the phone app as 12 free games might be waiting for you
If you own a Meta Quest 3 you should check your Meta Quest smartphone app as you might have a six-month free trial of Meta Quest Plus waiting for you. Previously this…
New Windows 11 update fixes a seriously frustrating bug that messed with AMD GPUs
A bug that’s been frustrating Windows 11 users with AMD graphics cards (and CPUs to an extent) has been fixed in the latest update for Microsoft’s OS – or mostly fixed, anyway,…
Apple’s Vision Pro could get its own Apple Pencil moment
When Apple unveiled its Vision Pro headset, it made a point of saying you wouldn’t need any external controllers to use it, just your fingers. Well, that might not end up being…
