… Separately, both the NVIDIA and official Windows accounts posted the coordinates of Computex, a trade show in Taiwan that starts the same day as Build, with the phrase "a new era of PC." That's not quite a smoking gun, but clearly something is up. …
… It makes sense, then, for Windows manufacturers to do the same — and Qualcomm is giving them that possibility with its new system-on-chip. Laptops using the Snapdragon C are expected to hit shelves "later this year," Qualcomm said, from manufacturers including Acer, HP and Lenovo. …
… As it turns out though, Windows isn't the only place where you'll see less Copilot: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced that the AI assistant will also be removed from the gaming brand's mobile app and Xbox consoles. …
… As the president sows chaos and distrust around the globe while taking aim at EU tech regulations, Europe is looking for ways to adopt its own alternatives. The latest example is France, which said it's dropping Microsoft Windows in favor of Linux. …
… That's intriguing, given that Apple's long-delayed, generative AI revamp of Siri may finally debut at WWDC in June . Apple's retooled chatbot, which is slated to have deep integration with macOS apps, is powered by Gemini models .
… Building on its existing AI assistant , the company is billing the release as its most significant update since the platform first launched in 2013, and the culmination of years of investment to build its own foundational design models. …
… "Select any image and grade it live while seeing the results update across the whole collection in real time. Filter by graded, ungraded, star rating, flag and clip color," Blackmagic Design explains in a press release . Albums, meanwhile, let you build collections like you do in Lightroom. …
… And after that, using it just felt like any other basic Windows system. Installing apps from the Microsoft Store, browsing the web, watching YouTube videos, writing articles and checking email didn't feel much different from other PCs I've seen recently. …
… What is cool, however, is the more punky gray and black aesthetic on the keyboard that splits the difference between a ThinkPad and a cyberdeck. "A big part of this goes back to the idea to build the ultimate developer laptop," said Patel. …
… Google says this builds on the design language of Material 3 Expressive, which debuted last year . Google is promising that you'll have granular control over Gemini Intelligence, including the ability to disable certain features and what data is shared with Gemini and certain apps. …