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Meta ditches multi-billion dollar VR future for AI instead
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (534+ words) Meta is shutting down 3 in-house VR game studios to focus on AI and wearable technology. In 2021, Facebook, Inc. changed its name to Meta. The rebrand was a strategic move by the company as it attempted to shift away from social…...
New Chrome extension trolls Microsoft with “Microslop” name change
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (416+ words) A Chrome extension renames Microsoft to Microslop after Satya Nadella discouraged the "AI slop" label. Microsoft's $1 billion bet on OpenAI in 2019 potentially redefined the software giant's trajectory, even though co-founder Bill Gates was initially against the move. "You're going to…...
NVIDIA just killed the RTX 5070 Ti. What does the new GPU market look like?
4+ hour ago (627+ words) The 16GB RTX 5060 Ti isn't likely long for this world, either. As we're all coming to understand, AI takes precedence over human consumers. The latest casualty, caused by a focus on feeding AI datacenters with as much memory as the world's…...
Bing Chat's hallucination episodes lurk in Microsoft Copilot's backyard
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (443+ words) UK police blame Copilot for wrongly flagging a soccer fan, sparking AI controversy and backlash. Following OpenAI's impressive launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, Microsoft invested billions into the AI research lab and integrated the technology into its tech stack. The…...
Massive update lands for a top Windows app, including full Qualcomm support
17+ hour, 30+ min ago (389+ words) FluentFlyout feels right at home on Windows 11 and it fills gaps left by Microsoft. Windows 11 gained a must-have app last year, and now that app runs on Snapdragon X-powered PCs. FluentFlyout adds functional flyouts to Windows 11, such as enhanced media…...
Microsoft Copilot Reprompt exploit allowed attackers to steal your AI data
23+ hour, 46+ min ago (351+ words) Varonis Threat Labs has published a report detailing a now-patched security exploit in Microsoft Copilot, allowing attackers to silently steal user data with a single link. Data security research firm Varonis Threat Labs has published a report that details an…...
"What happened to my Start menu?" — why Windows 11 users are waking up to a desktop they don't recognize
1+ day, 5+ min ago (523+ words) Microsoft is rolling out a massive Start menu overhaul that changes how apps are organized, but dislike the change. When you booted up your PC recently, you may have been met with an unfamiliar Start menu. There's a good chance…...
Laptop prices are rising, but not this as it's having a 38% discount
1+ day, 6+ min ago (544+ words) The HP OmniBook 5 14-inch laptop is an exceptional laptop for portable productivity with an ultra-thin design, durable batteries, and an affordable MSRP that just got cheaper than $500 There's no sugar-coating it: 2026 is going to be a turbulent year for computers…...
Musk says med school won’t matter in 3 years thanks to AI and robotics
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (429+ words) The billionaire believes AI and robotics will soon provide better medical care than human doctors. Generative AI appears poised to remain the dominant theme for major tech corporations in 2026, even as numerous reports warn that the industry may be caught…...
Microsoft’s OneDrive mess has users thinking their files vanished
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (552+ words) Microsoft's OneDrive mess has users panicking over "lost" files. Here's what's really going on. In a perfect world, the process should be as simple as I just described, but unfortunately, this isn't always the case. Over the past few years,…...