Overview In a recent podcast with the Lex Fridman, Roman Yampolskiy, a computer science lecturer at the University of Louisville and a respected figure in artificial intelligence (AI) research, estimated that there is a 99.9% percent probability that AI could lead to human extinction within […]
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Get ready for a new computer term, Copilot+, which refers to the latest PCs that come with fully integrated AI. I received an email from Asus last week informing me of the release of the company’s first Copilot+ PC, a Vivobook laptop. It certainly is
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Reimage and Restoro are notorious tech support scams that, after years of scamming victims, have finally been brought to justice, sort of. Reimage and Restoro are not separate entities but are one and the same. The Reimage scareware scam first came into being in 2014
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Windows 10 Users Get Good News Windows has just released good news for those who want to keep Windows 10 a while longer and also for some users who could not upgrade because of a “Compatibility Hold”. Keeping Windows 10 If you are one of
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A collection of four short items. Overview Here are four short items, none of which is long enough for a separate article. The first is an update to the Sports Illustrated article I wrote last month. The second is a preview of a new AI-generated
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After months of speculation about an impending Windows 12, the rumor mill has done a complete backflip and is now suggesting that a Windows 12 is unlikely. The main factor behind the theory involves Microsoft’s desire to limit the fragmentation of the Windows user base.
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Windows latest news – what’s in store. Microsoft has confirmed that WordPad will be removed via a future Windows 11 update. WordPad, the free native word processor, has been a built-in feature since Windows 95 but a future update will remove WordPad from existing builds
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AI-generated content is becoming more common. What’s more, it is often passed off as having been written by a human. A prime example is the shocking case of Sports Illustrated. Sports Illustrated Scandal In 1954, the first issue of Sports Illustrated was published. Sports Illustrated
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2023 will almost certainly go down in tech history as the year of AI. 2023 has seen the emergence of AI as the next big thing, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and its offspring DALL-E image creator, plus Google’s Bard AI creating much interest and discussion. However,
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There is a growing demand for Microsoft to extend support for Windows 10, largely initiated by the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). Support for Windows 10 is currently set to expire in October 2025, meaning that the operating system will not receive any security updates
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Recently, I received a letter from the fine folks at Gallup and Google offering me the chance to participate in their Online Insight Study. By doing so, I can earn up to $130 in gift cards each year. Where do I sign up?! But it
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Today, I looked at Windows Update on my computer and saw a new update available, specifically 2023-10 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5031455), and I decided to install it. I was pleasantly surprised, there were a bunch of new
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Microsoft has announced that it will soon be removing WordPad from Windows 11. WordPad is a basic word processor that has been included for free with every operating system since Windows 95. One can only assume that this decision by Microsoft is purely to entice
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In a move said to be bowing to the cancel culture, woke mob, Queen has removed Fat Bottomed Girls from an edition of its 1981 Greatest Hits Vol 1 album for Yoto, a children’s music streaming and audio platform. One of the reasons given by
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