Microsoft has added an OCR function (Optical Character Recognition) to the Windows Photos app, which basically means it can now recognize text in an image and instantly extract it for you.
To use this feature, open any image that contains words or lines of text using the Photos app. Then, click on the “Scan text” button—which looks like a rounded square wit
If you’re reading this anywhere outside of China, you probably haven’t seen the Radeon RX 9070 GRE. Because like previous GRE cards (“Golden Rabbit Edition/Great Radeon Edition” if you were wondering) it’s just for mainland China and may or may not come to other territories.
But Adam got curious, so he imported one to test anyway—specifically, a Sapphire ca
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While AMD jacked up the price of its Threadripper Pro chips to equal a used car, consumers are getting a break: AMD is now leaving the price of its Threadripper 9000 series unchanged from the prior generation.
AMD said Friday that the new Threadripper 9000 series of chips will begin shipping on July 31. The price of the high-end 64-core/128-thread Ryzen Thr
First there was Clippy. Now Microsoft Copilot has a face, with reactions to what you tell it.
Microsoft is showing off how Copilot could “look”: as an anthropomorphic teardrop of sorts, with expressions that react to your interactions in real time. The discovery was reported Fri
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In a recent Windows IT Pro blog post, Microsoft commented on the latest innovations in Windows 11, sparked by the optional July update (KB5062660) that brought several new features to Windows 11 24H2.
Some of the biggest improvements in
Hey, Valve. I know y’all are busy banning porn games and not making a new Steam Deck design. But is everything okay over there? I ask because, for the third time in 2025, someone’s been caught sneaking malware into a new game on the Steam storefront. This is becoming a trend.
There are some awesome docking stations out there, looking gorgeous and offering everything you could possibly want. The good ones are pretty expensive, though. If you want a solid one at an affordable price, you should grab the Baseus Spacemate 11-in-1 USB-C docking st
According to a report by Enders Analysis, Amazon streaming devices such as the Fire TV Stick are increasingly being used for piracy. Research shows that more than half of all people in the UK who have used illegal stre