Ryzen AI 300 performance review: Impressive CPUs, even if you don’t care about AI

Ryzen AI 300 performance review: Impressive CPUs, even if you don’t care about AI

Enlarge / With or without the “AI,” AMD’s new laptop processors are pretty good. Andrew Cunningham For all the noise about neural processing units (NPUs) and the generative AI capabilities of new and upcoming chips, NPUs don’t yet do all that much in terms of day-to-day, bread-and-butter computing. So when I’m evaluating new processors that…

Explaining color gamuts and color spaces in HDTVs and monitors

Explaining color gamuts and color spaces in HDTVs and monitors

sandergroffen/Getty Images Back in the 1950s, when color TV was invented, everything was simple. TVs were either color or black-and-white, and you could tell at a glance which was which. Today, you can find TVs and monitors that somehow promise more colors, but what does that mean? And why do manufacturers use confusing jargon like…

Cozy post-apocalyptic exploration game Caravan SandWitch isn’t as delicious as it sounds, out in September

Cozy post-apocalyptic exploration game Caravan SandWitch isn’t as delicious as it sounds, out in September

Dear Villagers and Studio Plane Toast are closer to nailing down a release date for their post-apocalyptic adventure, Caravan SandWitch. It will be out in September for PC, PS5, and Switch. The exact day hasn’t been announced. Based on the name, if you asked me what Caravan SandWitch was, I would have guessed that it…

Zoom Docs brings AI document creation to Workplace

Zoom Docs brings AI document creation to Workplace

Zoom has added a document creation tool that uses generative AI (genAI) to help create and manage information related to meetings.  First announced last year, Zoom Docs is now generally available within Workplace, Zoom’s an all-in-one collaboration app, the company said in a blog post Monday. Docs is pitched as a word processor that can be used…

How to get the TR-40 Golden Eagle armor early in Helldivers 2 – Destructoid

How to get the TR-40 Golden Eagle armor early in Helldivers 2 – Destructoid

To celebrate the release of Helldivers 2‘s first major update, Escalation of Freedom, developer Arrowhead Game Studios is giving away a new free armor set. Some players can get this armor early, though others will need to wait for it to arrive a few days after the early access giveaway. The TR-40 Golden Eagle armor…

Google’s search monopoly verdict likely to strengthen competition and regulatory efforts

Google’s search monopoly verdict likely to strengthen competition and regulatory efforts

In a major setback for Google, a US District Court has declared the search engine giant a monopoly, asserting it used its dominance in the online search market to stifle competition. This ruling is likely to increase regulatory scrutiny and changes in Google’s business practices, potentially allowing more room for competitors to gain market share….

Mac and Windows users infected by software updates delivered over hacked ISP

Mac and Windows users infected by software updates delivered over hacked ISP

Enlarge (credit: Marco Verch Professional Photographer and Speaker) Hackers delivered malware to Windows and Mac users by compromising their Internet service provider and then tampering with software updates delivered over unsecure connections, researchers said. The attack, researchers from security firm Volexity said, worked by hacking routers or similar types of device infrastructure of an unnamed…

OpenAI has the tech to watermark ChatGPT text—it just won’t release it

OpenAI has the tech to watermark ChatGPT text—it just won’t release it

Getty Images According to The Wall Street Journal, there’s internal conflict at OpenAI over whether or not to release a watermarking tool that would allow people to test text to see whether it was generated by ChatGPT or not. To deploy the tool, OpenAI would make tweaks to ChatGPT that would lead it to leave…

Google is a ‘monopolist’ that violated antitrust laws, court finds

Google is a ‘monopolist’ that violated antitrust laws, court finds

In a landmark decision, a US District Court on Monday ruled that Google is a monopoly that used its dominance in the online search market to suppress other search engines and keep them from gaining market share. The decision by the US District Court for the District of Columbia said Google’s dominance has gone unchallenged…