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A man called me, his computer an older Dell Vostro 230, would rapidly power on and off continuously. At first, I thought overheating, but there wasn’t much dust inside. I disconnected everything, still the same. I removed the memory chips, there was beeping, a good […]
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What Is A Virtual Drive? A Virtual Drive (VD), sometimes called a Virtual Machine (VM), serves the same purpose as a hard drive on your computer. It is used for storing everything from files to complete operating systems. VDs behave like your physical drive but
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Did you know that millions of people in rural America have a DSL Internet service of between 25- 40Mbps, a quarter of a million still use dial-up and 13 million don’t have Internet access at all? There are probably similar figures for other countries,
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Upgrade NVMe 2230 To 2280 Many recently purchased PCs come with a 256 GB NVMe SSD. When you decide to upgrade to a larger capacity, you might notice that your NVMe has a 2230 form factor and larger capacity models carry a heavy price. Two
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If you’re thinking of buying a USB condenser microphone, you need to read this. I am by no means an audiophile, nor do I profess to be; what I am is a gadget freak. Some time ago I went crazy for portable Bluetooth speakers and
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In my previous articles in this series, Parts 1 and 2 dealt with Graphics, and Part 3 with writing assistance and writing generators. But the obvious question is where this leads or even where it ends. Regardless of your interests, it appears that there are
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Growing numbers of experts are warning of the risks that AI poses to society. AI (Artificial Intelligence) has certainly been in the news of late. While the abilities and sheer scope of AI are clearly amazing there have been quite a few bumps in the
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Using AI Writing Tools Part 3 Parts 1 and 2 of this series had to do with generating free completely new images using requests by the user to produce images from stunning to amusing. In Part 3, I will be covering the growth of AI-Powered
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I know there has been a lot of AI news recently that ranges from “the greatest thing since sliced bread” to “the end of civilization”. Who knows where it will eventually lead? I certainly don’t. What I do know is that it has been very
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I’ve just returned from an eight-day, 3000km motorcycle adventure to Patagonia, Argentina and while I usually lean off-topic here on DCT, it is possible to describe the trip with at least some tech involvement, I promise you. I had been planning the trip since last
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Microsoft has integrated a fantastic AI-powered image creator dubbed “DALL-E” into its Bing chatbot. DALL-E is available in Edge for Windows 10 and 11 users who are signed in via a Microsoft account. All you need to do is ask DALL-E to create an image
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Image Creation – Part 2 If you have not already read Part 1, you can check it out on this How To Use AI – Part 1 page. If you have, then you know that the AI image Creator in Bing is an amazing feature,
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ChatGPT is allegedly creating false accusations and backing those accusations up with fictitious reports. AI-driven chatbots have certainly been in the news of late. Open AI started the ball rolling when the company made its ChatGPT chatbot available for users to try out for free.
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Using AI Part 1 There is no doubt that AI is here and everyone is getting in on the act. AI has a phenomenal growth projection of 33.2% between 2020-2027 And its software is evaluated at around 184 billion dollars. Now that the power of
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