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App promising a universal shopping experience automated with AI actually used a small army of human workers in the Philippines and Romania instead

App promising a universal…

In the world of technology, exaggerating the capabilities of a product is pretty much the norm. But when one…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 14, 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:…
Security researcher claims 35 Chrome extensions with 4,000,000+ installs ‘include some kind of spyware or infostealer’

Security researcher claims 35…

You’d be forgiven for thinking that if you downloaded a Google Chrome extension from the official Chrome Web Store,…
Report estimates AI energy demands will quadruple in the next few years, with some large planned centres estimated to use the equivalent power of 5,000,000 households

Report estimates AI energy…

One of the biggest concerns people have about AI is energy consumption, and a recent report suggests that things…
The Windows 95 start-up sound and the Minecraft soundtrack have been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant recordings

The Windows 95 start-up…

Just listen to that short clip above. Go on, I’ll wait. That, my friends, is the sound that began…
Holy smokes, something that might actually be useful is coming to Copilot on Windows

Holy smokes, something that…

Forgive me for being surprised by this after the last two years of REM sleep-inducing AI updates and betas,…
Microsoft’s 100% AI-generated Quake 2 made us nauseous but John Carmack, the game’s OG coder, loves it: ‘What? This is impressive research work!’

Microsoft’s 100% AI-generated Quake…

Over the weekend, Microsoft released a technology demonstration from its AI Copilot research labs, showcasing a generative AI creating…
‘They chewed me up pretty good’: A US plaintiff attempted to use an AI avatar to argue their court case and the judges were far from amused

‘They chewed me up…

AI has many uses—or at least that’s what we keep being told—but one area where it might do some…
Microsoft unveils AI-generated demo ‘inspired’ by Quake 2 that runs worse than Doom on a calculator, made me nauseous, and demanded untold dollars, energy, and research to make

Microsoft unveils AI-generated demo…

Before the disaster that was Stadia, Google demoed its game streaming tech via a free version of Assassin’s Creed:…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 7, 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:…