Computing

With so much content online these days, and a big focus on using phones to access it, there isn’t a lot of focus on good laptops when it comes to things like web browsing. That’s a shame because the bigger screens of laptops mean you get a lot more space to view content and read on; those who often have trouble with smaller letters don’t have to deal with zoomed-in pages on a phone screen. Luckily, there are quite a few options out there when it comes to laptops made for web browsing, and we’ve gone out there and…

The iPhone has so many clever and fun little features that it's easy to miss some of them. One of the most whimsical features to come along in recent years is the ability to lift the subject of a photo away from the background so you can use it elsewhere — whether that's sharing it in an email, pasting it into a photo editing app, or even turning it into an iMessage sticker in iOS 17. What's especially fascinating about this is that it seems like such a simple thing to do — and Apple does make it really easy — but…

Lenovo Slim 7i Gen 9 MSRP $1,050.00 “The Lenovo Slim 7i Gen 9 is fast, beautiful, and surprisingly affordable.” Pros Solid build quality Comfortable and attractive aesthetic Excellent productivity performance Very good OLED display Good keyboard and touchpad Cons…

Three years after Neuralink showed footage of a monkey playing Pong using signals delivered via a brain implant, the Elon Musk-backed company has shared another video, this time of a human using the same technology to play chess on a computer. Neuralink live streamed the remarkable demonstration (below) on social media on Wednesday. https://t.co/OMIeGGjYtG — Neuralink (@neuralink) March 20, 2024 It features 29-year-old quadriplegic Noland Arbaugh, who recently became the first human patient to have…

At GDC 2024, AMD has announced an update to FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution), its upscaling tech for improving frame rates in games. FSR 3.1 brings some predicted improvements to image quality and stability, but with it, also some changes to how it’s positioned as a platform. The main tweak is that FSR 3.1 frame generation is now “decoupled” from FSR upscaling for the purpose of working “with other upscaling solutions.” Presumably, this means with Intel’s XeSS or Nvidia’s DLSS. This hopefully also means that you can…

Windows 11 is more than a few years old and it is getting feature drops called “moments” every so often, as well as yearly updates. But what about the whole new Windows release that will come after Windows 11? Earlier leaks from Intel and Qualcomm made mention of Windows 12, leading some to believe that Windows 12 might be in development at Microsoft and could come in 2024. Whether or not it’s called Windows 12 or Windows 11 24H2, a big update is coming. Here’s what we know so far. Windows 12 naming and release date…

Nintendo “Development is going to be chaos.” That was the reaction of Takahiro Takayama, lead physics engineer on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, when he saw the first prototypes for two of the game’s abilities: Ultrahand and Fuse. The seasoned engineer, who led the physics system on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, as well, knew that this type of physics system was uncharted territory. “The more I thought, the more I worried,” he explained during a panel at 2024’s Game Developers Conference (GDC).…

There's a lot to love about Mac, but one of its quirkier features is how easy it is to change icons for files and folders. By default, a file is depicted by a piece of paper, while folders are -- well, depicted by a folder. You'll also find zip files with zippers, along with other standard iconography. But if you want to customize the look of your files and folders, Apple gives you a simple way to change icons without much effort. Here's a look at how to change icons for files and folders on Mac, including tips…

Of all the features that Adobe Photoshop has introduced in the last few years, the one that's making the biggest splash is Generative Fill. It's one of Photoshop's new features that is using AI for incredible effects, and this particular tool works almost like magic. It makes it easy to expand an image and fill in portions that aren't in the original data, plus easily remove unwanted elements like stripping out distracting backgrounds or unnecessary text. The Generative Fill tool is a game changer for photo editing,…

GPT-5, OpenAI’s next large language model (LLM), is in the pipeline and should be launched within months, people close to the matter told Business Insider.  Two anonymous sources told the publication that GPT-5 may be set to release during the summer and that OpenAI is currently sending demos of the technology, as well as updates to the accompanying ChatGPT chatbot, to its enterprise customers for testing.  One CEO who got to experience a GPT-5 demo that provided use cases specific to his company was highly…