According to recent reports, the upcoming Windows 11 operating system from Microsoft may feature ads or “suggestions” in its Start Menu. This news has caused concern among some users who are worried about having ads appear in their operating system.
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AI Might Enable Us to Talk to Animals Soon – Here’s How
Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have opened up many exciting possibilities, and one of the most intriguing is the potential to communicate with animals. The idea is that by developing AI algorithms that can recognize and interpret animal signals, we
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From brain waves, this AI can sketch what you’re picturing
Researchers around the world are training AI to re-create images seen by humans using only their brain waves. Experts say the technology is still in its infancy, but it heralds a new brain-analysis industry. Zijiao Chen can read your mind,
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New Privacy-Focused Browser Aims to Protect Your Data Online
The browser is free and available now for Windows, MacOS and Linux. There’s also a Firefox browser extension. The Tor Project and Mullvad VPN, two organizations that are all about user privacy, released a new privacy-focused web browser, called Mullvad Browser, on Monday. The
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Generative AI will soon be shaking up YouTube, too
Generative AI has been making quite a buzz lately, and its latest use will be on YouTube. YouTube’s new chief executive Neal Mohan, who recently succeeded Susan Wojcicki, penned his first letter to the public regarding YouTube, and he hit the ground
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Qualcomm Builds iSIM Directly Into Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Processor
Qualcomm and Thales debut iSIM at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, an even smaller and more direct way to integrate cellular service within connected devices. BARCELONA—Qualcomm and Thales today announced what they say is the world’s first commercially available integrated
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Tiny11 is out, promising to be Windows 11 without steep hardware requirements
But on balance, we wouldn’t recommend installing this new spin on the OS Windows 11 is renowned for the relatively steep system requirements that put it out of reach for many PCs that quite happily run Windows 10, but there’s a fix
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Are You Smarter Than ChatGPT? OpenAI Tool Aims to Detect AI-Generated Text
The tool could help teachers catch students who are exploiting ChatGPT to cheat on homework assignments, though it’s far from perfect. To stop ChatGPT abuse, OpenAI has a new tool that can tell you whether a piece of text is more likely
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Paula Abdul Talks Up Her ‘Smart Audio Glasses’ at CES
The multi-hyphenate celeb introduces her ‘Straight Ups’ Bluetooth-enabled sunglasses at CES. LAS VEGAS—Thanks to a new set of connected sunglasses introduced at CES, you can now go from having a 1980s Paula Abdul pop hit stuck in your head to having
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Cambridge University Researchers Develop VR Tool for Cancer Treatment
Video game developers and cancer researchers have teamed up to turn spreadsheet data into highly detailed VR imagery of cancer cells. Virtual reality software has become an unlikely tool in the fight against cancer. In a bid to help doctors
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