Qualcomm promises $300 Windows laptops with new Snapdragon C
…And while “even the slowest tier” will now have an NPU for local AI compute, they won’t meet Microsoft’s Copilot Plus PC requirements for its full suite of AI tools…
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Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri
…Apple previewed a series of AI-powered features coming to its iPhones during its June 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference, including a more personalized Siri. But when the iPhone 16 launched in September…
Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’
…These distros have some similarities to Ubuntu, but may not necessarily adopt the new AI features Canonical is rolling out. Artyom Zorin, CEO and lead developer of Zorin OS, said in…
AI video is moving beyond clip slop
…Jain compares this transition to the way software development with AI has evolved, with companies like Anthropic moving from simple vibe coding to agentic workflows. “It’s not sufficient to just generate…
Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes
…directly with me on our most complex product and engineering problems, with a focus on developer tooling, taste, and infrastructure.” Tim Allen, former Microsoft CoreAI VP of design and GitHub’s senior…
Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage
…The weights.bin file in question is connected to Google’s Gemini Nano AI model, which powers Chrome AI tools like scam detection, writing assistance, autofill, and suggestion features. As the Gemini…
GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft
…Copilot AI coding tool. Every Copilot plan will include a monthly allotment of GitHub AI credits next month, with an option for subscribers to purchase additional usage. Developers can currently experiment and…
Apple, Google add support for Thread 1.4
…As first spotted by Matter Alpha and 9to5 Google, the latest spec has arrived on compatible Apple TVs in the tvOS 27 developer beta and the Google TV Streamer through a software…
AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?
…Others got in on the action too, exploring the outer limits of tools like Google’s Magenta and even training their own models. But things quickly changed with the launch of Suno…
The most exciting laptop I’ve seen in forever
…One, it’s made by the developer of NotePlan, which means it is thoughtfully designed and really clever. Two, it’s fast. So far, speed has been the difference between AI tools…