Upcoming Apple OS updates across iPhone, iPad, and Macs add generative AI, control center options, RCS texting
A new Apple password manager, hidden apps, full iPhone control on Mac, an iPad calculator, and more
Apple visionOS 2 adds 3D image transformations, ultrawide Mac display, and more later this year
Also adds several developer APIs to make it easier to create spatial apps
Windows Server 2025 gets VM-based GPU partitioning for AI workloads
The result of Microsoft's team-up with Nvidia
Hobbyist revives the beloved Winamp player into a polished physical marvel
The big picture: Teenagers and young adults of the late 1990s will remember Winamp as the de facto music player on their Windows PCs. If tinkering with electronics and fabrication is your jam, give Linamp a look. It brings Winamp to the physical plane, allowing you to touch this piece of history. It is a testament to one's passion and creativity, taking something old and giving it a new lease on life.
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When asked about Windows Recall privacy concerns, Microsoft researcher gives non-answer (updated)
Microsoft has revised their stance on how it plans to implement it
A hot potato: Microsoft's Recall feature is being universally slammed for the privacy implications that come from screenshotting everything you do on a computer. However, at least one person seems to think the concerns are overblown. Unsurprisingly, it's Microsoft Research's chief scientist, who didn't really give an answer when asked about Recall's negative points.
Adobe can scan user-generated content stored in its cloud, and users aren't happy
The scanning practice has been going on for years, Adobe confirmed, so no need to freak out now
OpenRecall is a free and open source alternative to Microsoft's Recall feature
It's available for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Apple set to launch Passwords app, taking on LastPass and 1Password
Powered by iCloud Keychain
Google Chrome crowned fastest browser with record Speedometer 3.0 score
The world's most popular browser is also the world's speediest (for now)
Tokyo hopes new Tinder-like match making app will curb population decline
A government-backed app for finding love
Microsoft keeps testing new features for Windows 10 ahead of its scheduled end of life next year
Is this a nod to Windows 10's ever-growing popularity?
GOG will soon start deleting your games' cloud saves if they're too large
Make sure to back up locally
Kali Linux 2024.2 is out featuring 18 new tools and Gnome 46
Kali Linux 2024.2 also fixes the Y2038 bug for future package compatibility on 32-bit platforms and includes updates to the Xfce desktop.
Windows Copilot AI will eventually run on GeForce RTX GPUs
While other vendors push AI PCs, Nvidia presents RTX AI PCs
The new Nvidia app, featuring one-click overclocking, is now available for download
The Nvidia app unites Control Panel and GeForce Experience functionality. The latest beta features one-click overclocking, support for AV1 SDR and HDR encoding, and the ability to record gameplay at 120 FPS.
Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users
Watch them, or no more doomscrolling
Nvidia app update adds warranty-safe, 1-click GPU overclocking and improved gameplay recording
In a nutshell: Nvidia is rolling out a new beta version of its app tomorrow that should appeal to those who like to overclock their GPUs – without worrying about voiding the warranty – and record their gameplay. The company is also giving away rewards to users, including three months of free Game Pass for PC access.
Unofficial app enables Windows Recall on unsupported PCs
But why would you want to?
Latest Steam survey: Another Lovelace card breaks into top ten, Linux passes 2% share
Windows 11 keeps getting more popular, too
Apple to give Siri a major AI revamp with iOS 18
The new AI features could be detailed at WWDC 2024
.NET framework brought to life on the NES console by Microsoft programmer
The porting effort was painful, but no games were hurt in the process
Google discloses how they mistakenly erased $135 billion cloud customer account
Facepalm: One of Google Cloud's worst nightmares came true in early May, when an embarrassing snafu completely erased a customer's account and data backups. The unlucky victim was Australian pension fund UniSuper, which manages a staggering $135 billion in assets for over 600,000 members. The pension fund was essentially frozen for two weeks, unable to fully operate while it scrambled to recover from third-party backups.
Minecraft is getting an animated series on Netflix
As part of their 15th anniversary celebrations, Mojang has reached a deal with Netflix to make an animated series based on Minecraft. With so many story lines, it'll be interesting to see which way they go.
More than 3 years after release, CDPR finally ends work on Cyberpunk 2077 and moves on to other titles
A Cyberpunk sequel and a new Witcher game