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Bottom line: Recent versions of Windows have been notorious for forcing updates (did I ever tell you about when an automatic Windows update bricked my car?). However, Microsoft has gradually given users more control over installing new versions. Now, enterprise administrators can push updates forward or back. Windows Update for Business allows IT administrators to […]

Why it matters: PC parts, including graphics cards, motherboards, and even PC cases, look set to increase in price by as much as 25% as the Biden administration prepares to resume all the Trump-era tariffs placed on Chinese goods following a five-month delay. It was back in 2018 when then-President Trump told the Office of

In a nutshell: A two-minute video from Sony briefly showcased a concept PlayStation controller that looks nothing like a traditional gamepad. The video also features an eclectic mix of futuristic gadgets, including transparent smartphones, sleek AR glasses, and a flying drone without propellers. There’s a lot going on in the video, but its most notable

Forcing AI for everyone: Google has been rolling out its AI Overviews to its US users over the last several days. While the company claims that the AI summaries that appear at the top of the results are mostly correct and fact-based, an alarming number of users have encountered so-called hallucinations – when an LLM

The big picture: Despite being just shadows of their former selves, the Atari and Intellivision brands are still on the market almost 50 years after their original introduction. Atari has now acquired its historical competitor, bringing hundreds of classic games under one common roof. Atari SA has announced the acquisition of the Intellivision brand, a

What just happened? The US Department of Justice has filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, the parent company of booking website Ticketmaster, over accusations that it abuses its position as the dominant force in the concert ticket-selling industry. Filed alongside 30 state and district attorneys general in federal court in the Southern

Facepalm: Major AI companies have shown how irresponsible and ruthless they can be in leveraging machine learning algorithms to generate financial gains for board members and shareholders. Now, these same companies are asking the entire tech world to trust them to act responsibly when truly dangerous AI models are eventually developed. Some of the most

Something to look forward to: Microsoft has spent months teasing the next major Windows 11 update in the Canary and Dev preview channels. With 24H2’s entrance into the Release Preview channel, we now have a clear picture of what the OS version will offer most users when it reaches general availability later this year. This

WTF?! After acquiring VMware, Broadcom announced it was “laser-focused” on larger organizations with tolerable price increases and enticing service bundles. However, the IT conglomerate, led by Tan Hock Eng, may have miscalculated. At least one large company that previously used VMware’s hypervisor found the price increases unacceptable, potentially leading to a loss of business for

Planet hunting: Astronomers have spotted a potentially Earth-like exoplanet in a nearby region of space that could be in its host star’s habitable zone, meaning the conditions are ideal to support liquid water on its surface. Gliese-12b is located about 40 light-years away in the constellation Pisces, and orbits a cool red dwarf known as