Tag: software

My best friend recently taught me an important lesson about AI pessimism: Don’t remain silent and accept no substitutes

My best friend recently…

Jess Kinghorn, hardware writer, amateur artist (Image credit: Future) This week: Besides levelling up my horse girls in Umamusume:…
AI chatbot once again transforms from super genius into stupid tool the moment it goes off-script: ‘Grok doesn’t actually know why it was suspended’

AI chatbot once again…

In June, Elon Musk said that he’ll use Grok 3.5’s “advanced reasoning” to “rewrite the entire corpus of human…
The Steam performance overlay will finally show CPU temps but it will require kernel access to do so

The Steam performance overlay…

I’m not usually a fan of different software having their own solutions for just about every problem under the…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 11, 2025)

Five new Steam games…

Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games:…
It’s PC Gamer’s Gripes Week and you know what Windows 11 is… mostly fine

It’s PC Gamer’s Gripes…

I’ll be honest, I really thought we’d have more gripes about Microsoft’s pervasive operating system as a team. For…
Trump Media and Perplexity team up for ‘Truth Search AI,’ a new tool in the fight against ‘Big Tech’s assault on free speech’

Trump Media and Perplexity…

Trump Media has announced a new partnership with machine learning outfit Perplexity. The result (via 404 Media) is a…
Microsoft’s beta Gaming Copilot AI is now available for Xbox Insiders, to ‘help you get to gameplay faster, sharpen your skills, and be there when you need it and out of the way when you don’t’

Microsoft’s beta Gaming Copilot…

I’m going to date myself here, but I do have a nostalgic fondness for ye olde game guides of…
Bing’s latest ‘just doing Bing things’: Searching for certain AI models in Microsoft’s Edge browser earns you a plea to use Copilot

Bing’s latest ‘just doing…

I must confess to having a bit of a soft spot for Bing, Microsoft’s search engine. Not because it’s…
I’m sick to death of PC gaming’s endless launchers

I’m sick to death…

Stop it. Stop it! Stop it! I live in launcher hell. In my taskbar, unfamiliar and unwelcome guests jostle…
Razer is the latest gaming brand to jump on the ‘AI gaming’ bandwagon as it opens up the ‘first of three global AI hubs’

Razer is the latest…

Razer, the ‘lifestyle brand for gamers’ (don’t ask), has announced it is further committing to AI with the first…