Microsoft Copilot app is Bing Chat with a new look
Microsoft has released a new Copilot app for Android and iOS. Its functionality appears to be the same as the earlier Bing Chat application, which provides free access to GPT-4 and image generator DALL-E 3.
Update January 2: This article has received an update to reflect the fact that Copilot no... Read more
“ASML scrapped shipments to China under pressure from US”
The Netherlands has further curtailed export licenses for ASML equipment toward China. In addition, the Veldhoven-based company reportedly scrapped a number of deliveries to that country after U.S. authorities requested it do so.
Speaking to Reuters, ASML confirmed that two machines will not rea... Read more
When will the HDD finally go extinct?
HDD sales have been in decline for years. Pure Storage stated earlier this year that the end of this ancient storage medium is near, after which many parties made the case for the continued survival of the hard disk drive. Can we ever say goodbye to the HDD, and if so, when?
Pure Storage's messa... Read more
“Microsoft wants to make Surface Pro and Surface Laptop its first AI PCs”
The Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 are being developed to excel at AI tasks. Both Intel and Qualcomm would provide chips to Microsoft to make this happen, although ARM is set to be the focus.
According to Windows Central, the Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 will be announced in the spring. In d... Read more
New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft: “billions of dollars in damages”
The New York Times (NYT) has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. According to the news organization, both companies have unlawfully used models trained on millions of NYT articles.
The Times has no specific payout in mind, but argues that OpenAI and Microsoft should be held res... Read more
The AI PC as envisioned by Dell: useful, proactive and enigmatic
Predictions about the "AI PC" are littered with vagaries. PC vendors need a new unique selling point to regain the once-impressive sales figures it enjoyed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dell is already showing how the AI-powered computer should make itself useful.
Dell presented mock-ups to Gizm... Read more
Data breaches aren’t setting records anymore, but there are more victims than ever
The biggest data breaches of all time almost all took place between 2018 and 2020. Since then, no leak has managed to reach the top 20. Global regulations and the growing threat from cybercriminals are making organizations take the measures required. It's very much needed, as there are more victims... Read more
Windows update to simplify reinstall without deleting files or apps
Many system problems in Windows can be solved with a reinstallation. Microsoft is currently testing a feature that allows users to do this easily without a full reset of the PC. The option would leave files and apps untouched.
The new capability can be found in the latest Insider Preview Build (... Read more
Android malware bypasses biometric scan and steals phone PIN
The so-called Chameleon malware is not new, but it has worrying new capabilities. Android users can download an otherwise normally functioning app without ever realizing that Chameleon is running in the background.
Discovered in April, Chameleon is known as a "banking trojan," an umbrella term f... Read more
Apple shows how LLMs can be run on smartphones
LLMs have significant system requirements, which means that only advanced hardware can currently handle them. That seems to be changing, if Apple's research is to be believed.
Apple researchers recently managed to run large AI models with highly limited system memory in the so-called "LLM In A F... Read more