Tag: software

Naughty Windows 11 24H2 hasn’t been tidying up its toys, leaving an undeletable 8

Naughty Windows 11 24H2…

In my experience, at various points in the lifetime of a Windows install, it's not uncommon to find Microsoft's…
The new iPhone’s beta AI has been summarising breakup texts and we can’t figure out if that’s taking the sting or the soul out of interpersonal communication

The new iPhone’s beta…

The dreaded breakup text. One of the worst notifications you can get on a phone, other than that free…
‘I f**king hate gen AI art,’ Hooded Horse chief says: ‘If we’re publishing the game, no f**king AI assets’

‘I f**king hate gen…

Different game companies approach generative AI in different ways. Some, like Electronic Arts, embrace it; others, like Larian, take…
Don’t be scared of AI, says Troy Baker, because it’s gonna push us toward ‘the authentic’ rather than ‘the gruel that gets distilled to me through a black mirror’

Don’t be scared of…

AI! It’s changing the world, you know. Pretty soon, there’ll be no poverty, no hunger, no fear, and no…
Between bots calling themselves ‘Mecha-Hitler’ and 95% of businesses realising they don’t know the point of AI, 2025 was the year the tech lost its shine even for the most blinkered execs

Between bots calling themselves…

As it progressed, I increasingly came to think of 2025 as ‘the year of headlines you’d normally read in…
Windows 11 24H2 is finally here and Microsoft’s calling it a ‘full OS swap’, it’s just a shame the new Windows update still has Recall

Windows 11 24H2 is…

Microsoft's been busy. As has the rest of the tech industry, seemingly. I leave the room for what feels…
Google’s AI generated a ‘podcast’ from one of my articles and it’s incredibly convincing and creepy just how well it can mimic humans talking

Google’s AI generated a…

A podcast at the click of a button—Google's new AI tool can do it. It's called NotebookLM and it's…
It’s not weird to want a generative AI disclosure on games

It’s not weird to…

Tyler Wilde, US EIC (Image credit: Future) This week: Looked at RAM prices and despaired at the prospect of…
AI bots are using a ‘YOLO’ model to beat Captchas in just another way computers are better than you

AI bots are using…

Have you ever gotten annoyed because you just can't seem to figure out that Captcha test on the first…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 30, 2024)

Five new Steam games…

Best of the best (Image credit: Larian Studios) 2024 games: Upcoming releases Best PC games: All-time favorites Free PC…