Microsoft and Asus open preorders for the first Xbox handhelds, the ROG Xbox Ally for $599 and the ROG Xbox Ally X for $999 in the US, shipping October 16
“The hype is real!” says Microsoft. Marcus Stewart / Game Informer : Xbox ROG Ally Prices Revealed, Pre-Orders Now Live Joelle Daniels / GamingBolt : ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Are Already Going Out of S...
YouTube is rolling out age estimation tech in the US to identify teen users and serve more age-appropriate content, regardless of the birthday given at signup
here's what's going to change Laura Varley / Silicon Republic : YouTube rolling out AI-powered age verification tech Rishaj Upadhyay / Windows Report : YouTube Will Use AI to Spot Underage Accounts Au...
Filing: Intel is laying off 5,000+ employees across California, Oregon, Texas, and Arizona; California cuts affect 1,935, more than double the initial estimates
new report says retreating operation could become a liability to the state Clare A. Fonstein / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Intel to lay off over 1,000 employees in California, with deepest cuts ...
Microsoft says new accounts will be “passwordless by default”, asking people to use more secure methods like passkeys, push notifications, and security keys
Upgrade Your Email Account Today Vinayak Guhanarayan / MakeUseOf : You'll Never Have to Create a Microsoft Account Password Again Craig Donaldson / Pocket-lint : Microsoft makes passwords a thing of t...
OpenAI releases a “research preview” of its Operator AI agent that can automate web-based tasks, launching to US subscribers of its $200/month ChatGPT Pro tier
A research preview of an agent that can use its own browser to perform tasks for you. OpenAI on YouTube : Introduction to Operator & Agents David Gewirtz / ZDNET : Operator isn't worth its $200-per-mo...
Microsoft delays rolling out its controversial Recall feature for Copilot Plus PCs to December to “refine the experience”, after pushing it from June to October
Again Rabia Noureen / Petri IT Knowledgebase : Microsoft Postpones Controversial AI Recall Feature Yet Again Jeremy Laird / PC Gamer : Microsoft recalls Windows 11's Recall AI PC feature yet again and...
Current and former staff say OpenAI has rushed product announcements and safety testing, lost its lead over rivals, and Altman is detached from the day-to-day
now it's just another tech company Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : OpenAI Execs Feared ChatGPT-Parent Would Collapse After Departure Of Ilya Sutskever, Tried To Woo Him Back And Almost Succeeded: Report S...
Brad Smith tells a US House committee that Microsoft “accepts responsibility” for the issues the CSRB found, its business in China serves US interests, and more
if they haven't shown good cybersecurity performance Jessica Lyons / The Register : Microsoft answered Congress' questions on security. Now the White House needs to act Sean Lyngaas / CNN : Microsoft ...
AMD announces two Ryzen AI 300 series mobile chips, the Ryzen AI 9 365 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, each with a “Strix Point” 50 TOPS NPU, set to ship in July 2024
How they stack against Snapdragon X Elite, Intel Lunar Lake, Apple M4 Jeremy Laird / PC Gamer : AMD's new Ryzen AI 300 APU looks super exciting for handheld gaming but what about the battery life? Har...