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17 ways to speed up Windows 10
Want your Windows 10 PC to run faster? We've here to help. By tweaking some of the operating settings, your machine will be zippier and less prone to performance and system issues.And if you're already running Windows 11, we've got you covered there. Check out our top...
Apple gets ready for app sideloading in Europe
As its battles with regulators intensify, Apple is getting ready to allow sideloading of software from third-party app stores in Europe, based on information in statements buried within the company's most recent financial filing."The company expects to make further...
UK’s Ofcom outlines draft codes of practice for enforcing online safety
The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has set out draft codes of practice and guidance for social media, gaming, pornography, search and sharing sites in the wake of the Online Safety Act coming into force last month.The act aims to keep websites and different...
How to keep remote workers connected to company culture
Even as some companies demand that workers return to the office, remote work is here to stay — in one form or another. But keeping far-flung, work-from-anywhere staffers connected to company goals and culture remains an ongoing challenge.“Before the pandemic, the...
OpenAI’s gen AI updates threaten the survival of many open source firms
With several new updates announced at its first developer conference, OpenAI — the creator of ChatGPT and GPT-4 — could be threatening the survival of several open source software providers.The company released several updates, including a new Assistants API, new...
Samsung jumps on the generative AI bandwagon with Gauss
Samsung is the latest major technology company to debut an own-brand generative AI framework, dubbed Gauss, with the announcement Wednesday that it would feature heavily in the firm’s future product portfolio.Gauss is named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, a 19th-century...
The regulators are coming for Apple Pay
Apple’s mobile payments service, Apple Pay, looks to be on the regulatory hit list; the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is putting big tech firms with digital payment platforms under closer scrutiny.The regulatory power grab extends to 17 services,...
Android’s hidden clipboard-sharing superpower
Forgive my unabashed nerdery, but for years now, I've had a cross-platform productivity dream.Unlike those under the tightly controlled Apple iSpell, y'see, I don't believe in limiting myself to any one particular platform or type of product. Sure, I use Android...
Windows Hello for Business: Passwordless authentication for Windows shops
Microsoft is trying to get rid of that sticky note that you see taped to everyone’s office monitor. You know, the one with the password on it. The one with all of the old passwords crossed off one by one, each one subtly different from the last — an exclamation point...
OpenAI DevDay: 3 new tools to build LLM-powered apps
Among the news from OpenAI's first developer conference, here are three products or platforms that might pique your interest for a generative AI project -- plus one new open-source alternative in response.
Whiteboarding platform FigJam gets new AI-powered capabilities
Collaborative design platform provider Figma has added a suite of generative AI features to its FigJam whiteboarding software to help users produce, summarize, and sort meeting content.Launched in April 2021 as a spinoff tool to facilitate user conversations and...
Has Apple’s iPad lost its ‘Post-PC’ promise?
For most of the year there has been some expectation Apple would introduce new iPad models along with new Macs in October. This didn’t happen. In fact, the company has not introduced new iPads since last year, when it last updated the iPad and iPad Pro in October...