Beginning on August 1 of this year, residents in North Dakota will lose access to the adult site Pornhub. Earlier this year the North Dakota State legislature passed SB 2380, which requires “manufacturers of internet-enabled devices a
Remember Windows 11 SE? I didn’t, until I made my regular news rounds this morning. But it looks like the stripped-down, low-power version of Windows, originally intended to counter Chromebooks in the lucrative education market, is making a final bow soon. Mic
Move over, PCI Express 5.0! Micron has shipped the first PCI Express 6.0 SSD, ramping up read and write speeds to unprecedented levels. The bad news? It’s not for PCs.
This week, Micron shipped the Micron 9650 SSD, the world’s first PCIe 6.0 SSD, designed for AI training and inference workloads. Unfortunately, those tasks take place in AI data centers, not
You shouldn’t use “AI” queries or searches for anything personal. You know that, right? Anything powered by a large language model is generally fed right back into it for more training, so it’s even less secure than a regular search. Lots of ChatGPT users got a practical demonstration of this last night, when a huge amount of their queries were found to be searchable
Choosing a thicker mouse pad can significantly improve ergonomics and ease wrist pressure. In contrast, thinner pads often become uncomfortable during long workdays or gaming sessions, as they leave the wrist resting more or less directly on the hard tabletop. A padded base provides soft cushioning that reduces pressure. Large models in particular, which serve as des
What’s another way for Amazon to make money on Alexa+ besides paid subscription plans? You guessed it: advertising. And Amazon’s CEO is already floating the idea of sprinkling ads into the still-gestating Alexa+ experience.
Speaking Thursday during a conference call with investors following Amazon’s second-quarter earnings report, CEO Andy Jassy boasted th
Steam’s sales, both the larger seasonal sales and the smaller themed events, are a smorgasbord for PC gamers. You don’t know precisely what will be on sale, but Steam does post the dates of the events well in advance. The big Autumn sale starts on September 29th, for example. Now you can plan out your wallet wallops for the first half of next year.
It should come as no surprise that students the world over are using ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots to cheat. On homework, on tests, and on anything else you care to mention. After all, why work something out yourself when there’s an AI chatbot waiting and willing to do the hard work for you?
This is obviously a problem in need of fixing
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If you’ve had your PC for a while or are issued a laptop for work, it can be difficult to gauge whether your PC is up to speed compared to other PCs. But there’s a quick method I use to find this out: the Windows Experience Index score (WEI).
The WEI was introduced in Windows Vista. It provided a numerical assessment of a computer’s hardware and software pe