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Development Software, Software Category

Open AI has developed a scale to assess how close we are to AGI

July 12, 2024

Via: Computerworld

Open AI, the company behind the popular AI ​​chatbot Chat GPT, has now developed an evaluation scale to assess how closely AI models can approach human levels of intelligence, according to a Bloomberg report. The scale has a total of […]


Operating systems, Windows

Microsoft pauses Windows 11 update as it’s sending some PCs into an infinite reboot hell

June 27, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Windows 11 just got its latest update, but Microsoft has put it on hold following the discovery of a bug that’s seriously bad news. This is the KB5039302 update, which is an optional download for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2, […]


MAC OS, Operating systems

macOS Sequoia has yet another cool feature to look forward to, this time adding a way to customize your AirPods Audio experience

June 26, 2024

Via: TechRadar

It seems like every day, there is a new macOS Sequoia feature to look forward to, or some kind of improvement in Apple’s incoming OS, with a freshly spotted one opening up the doors to improved accessibility on the audio […]


Application Software, Software Category

Google could launch AI chatbots based on celebs and influencers later this year

June 25, 2024

Via: TechSpot

The chatbots will be powered by Google’s Gemini family of large language models, according to The Information’s report. There’s no word on who the virtual celebrities will be based on. This has all been done before, of course. Meta has […]


iOS, Operating systems

Apple Releases First Public Beta of iOS 17.6

June 20, 2024

Via: MacRumors

Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 updates to public beta testers, with the betas coming a few days after the initial iOS and iPadOS 17.6 developer betas. Public beta testers can get the […]


Application Software, Software Category

Changes on the Network Could Drive Application Demand

June 14, 2024

Via: InformationWeek

Historically, application and system development have driven network infrastructure expansions, but we could soon see a reversal that warrants planning today. The sea change in network evolution is the introduction of the Wi-Fi 6 (and beyond) network protocol, which breaks […]


Operating systems, Others

visionOS 2: Spatial Personas Can Touch Fingers, High Five, Fist Bump Each Other With Visual and Audio Feedback

June 13, 2024

Via: MacRumors

First introduced in April, spatial Personas in Apple Vision Pro are designed to feel as if they are in the same physical space, and to enhance the experience, the lifelike avatars will soon be able to interact directly with each […]


Operating systems, Windows

Microsoft’s latest security update fixes a nasty remote code execution bug in Windows Wi-Fi driver

June 13, 2024

Via: TechSpot

A recent Windows 10 and Windows 11 Patch Tuesday update includes fixes for a potentially dangerous Wi-Fi vulnerability. Discovered within the Windows Wi-Fi Driver, CVE-2024-30078 allows malicious actors a vector for remote code execution (RCE). Despite a non-urgent sounding severity […]


Operating systems, Windows

Why Microsoft keeps adding new features to Windows 10

June 12, 2024

Via: Computerworld

Microsoft’s approach to Windows 10 has been chaotic lately. The company looks like it’s ramping up development of new Windows 10 features this summer — all while insisting it will end support for the OS in October 2025. Whether you’re […]


MAC OS, Operating systems

macOS 15 Sequoia announced at Apple’s WWDC 2024 event

June 11, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Apple has officially announced macOS 15 Sequoia at this year’s WWDC 2024 event (you can follow all the announcements as they happen at our WWDC 2024 live blog), giving us an early look at the upcoming operating system for Macs […]


Mobile Apps

The Google Pay app is dead

June 11, 2024

Via: Ars Technica

Google has killed off the Google Pay app. 9to5Google reports Google’s old payments app stopped working recently, following shutdown plans that were announced in February. Google is shutting down the Google Pay app in the US, while in-store NFC payments […]


Mobile Apps

iOS 18 beta will bring Apple AI to the iPhone, but I might not install it

June 10, 2024

Via: BGR

I’ve been running iOS betas on my iPhone ever since Apple started the program, with one exception. iOS 17 wasn’t exciting enough to warrant installing it on my iPhone 14 Pro last year. With the iOS 18 beta coming this […]


Operating systems, Windows

Microsoft pulls release preview build of Windows 11 24H2 after Recall controversy

June 10, 2024

Via: Ars Technica

On Friday, Microsoft announced major changes to its upcoming Recall feature after overwhelming criticism from security researchers, the press, and its users. Microsoft is turning Recall off by default when users set up PCs that are compatible with the feature, […]


Operating systems, Windows

Windows 11 update introduces a long-awaited File Explorer feature – plus a Start menu change that may not go down so well

May 31, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Microsoft has rolled out an optional update for Windows 11, KB5037853, that will let you try an array of new features which includes support for drag-and-drop functionality in File Explorer’s address bar. The arrival of the latter ability has been […]


Development Software, Software Category

Partitioning an LLM between cloud and edge

May 28, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Historically, large language models (LLMs) have required substantial computational resources. This means development and deployment are confined mainly to powerful centralized systems, such as public cloud providers. However, although many people believe that we need massive amounts of GPUs bound […]


Operating systems, Others

Apple releases tvOS 17.5.1 update to Apple TV users

May 21, 2024

Via: BGR

A week after releasing tvOS 17.5 to all users, Apple is now making a new tvOS 17.5.1 update available. At this moment, it’s unclear what’s changed in this version, as Cupertino hasn’t added new functions for Apple TV users with […]


Application Software, Development Software, Software Category

New to programming? My 5 favorite Linux tools will get you up to speed faster

May 20, 2024

Via: ZDnet

I’m not a programmer, but I dabble in both Python and Golang. As I’ve learned the ins and outs of these languages, there are certain tools I’ve depended on to help me get up to speed or work more efficiently. […]


Development Software, Software Category

How to Build Large Scale Cyber-Physical Systems

May 16, 2024

Via: InfoQ

To build large-scale safety-critical systems, we need to decompose the system into smaller solvable problems, resolve what is known, and resolve unknowns through experiments, Robin Yeman argued at QCon New York. She suggested investing in test environments for both software […]


Operating systems, Windows

Windows 11 update delivers a fix for broken VPNs – but also sees adverts infiltrate the Start menu

May 15, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Happy Microsoft Patch Tuesday May 2024 to all who celebrate! Yesterday saw a new update for Windows 11 that brings fixes for existing issues, along with other changes, as part of Microsoft’s monthly patch cycle. Version KB5037771 is now available […]


Operating systems, Others

Android 15 puts AI front and center: Circle to Search, Gemini assistant, and on-device AI

May 14, 2024

Via: BGR

Google’s I/O 2024 event is underway in California, and artificial intelligence (AI) is, unsurprisingly, the only topic Google will discuss. But that’s not really a surprise to anyone following Google and the AI landscape closely. We knew I/O 2024 would […]