Microsoft Copilot could take away this Windows 11 feature as the tech giant desperately pushes AI

What you need to know Microsoft began testing a new way to open Copilot on Windows 11 late last year. Swiping from the right on a screen now summons Copilot rather than opening the notifications tray. The behavior entered testing with Insiders in December 2023 and is rolling out to Windows 11 version 23H2. Microsoft […]

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Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma 2 User Survey is live, and oh boy, it’s asking if you want some DLC to go with that giant ARPG

What you need to know Capcom has released an official Dragon’s Dogma 2 User Survey and has invited players to fill it out and submit their feedback. The survey is available until April 21, and if you complete it, the developer will allow you to download a sweet Dragon’s Dogma 2 wallpaper with various different […]

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Throwboy Launches Giant Pillow Modeled After Mac Finder Icon

Throwboy, known for its line of pillows designed to look like classic Macs, this week launched a new jumbo version of the Apple fan favorite Icon Pillow. Designed to look like the Finder icon from early Macs, the jumbo Icon Pillow measures in at 37 inches by 37 inches by 15 inches, and it is […]

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Reliance and Disney join forces on $8.5 billion media giant

Reliance, India’s top conglomerate, and The Walt Disney Company, one of the world’s leading entertainment companies, announced a major partnership in India. The deal will merge the Reliance and Disney streaming and media assets, creating an $8.5 billion entertainment behemoth in the world’s most populous nation. Reliance HQ in Mumbai, India Reliance will invest $1.4 […]

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AI helped NVIDIA break Wall Street record, and now the tech giant is the fourth most valuable company in the world

What you need to know NVIDIA reported its earnings for the 2024 fiscal year earlier this week. The company saw massive revenue growth, including a 126% increase in GAAP revenue and a 409% year-over-year growth in its data center segment. Following the positive report, NVIDIA stock surged, adding $227 billion in market cap. NVIDIA is […]

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Countries Are Building Giant ‘Sand Motors’ to Protect Their Coasts From Erosion

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When governments find themselves fighting the threat of coastal erosion, their default response tends to be pretty simple: If sand is disappearing from a beach, they pump in more sand to replace it. This strategy, known as “beach nourishment,” has become […]

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AI-generated sexual images of Taylor Swift are ‘alarming and terrible,’ says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, but what can the tech giant do about it?

What you need to know Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke with NBC Nightly News about the emergence of AI-generated fake images of Taylor Swift that present Swift in a sexual manner. Nadella called the situation “alarming and terrible” and said Microsoft and others need to act. A report claims that Microsoft Designer was used to […]

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[Video] We went hands-on with Samsung’s giant 140-inch Micro LED TV

CES 2024, which happened a few days ago, was filled with giant TVs. And some of the biggest and most impressive TVs were showcased by Samsung. Apart from its new QLED and Neo QLED TV lineups that feature up to 98-inch sizes, Samsung also had some impressively giant 140-inch TVs at its booth, and we […]

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It’s a small step for SmartThings, a giant leap for Galaxy ecosystem

Samsung has made its SmartThings platform of smart home devices incredibly powerful over the past few years. Ever since Samsung acquired SmartThings, it has continued to release new devices and software functionality that have only made the platform better. It’s now on par, if not better, with some of the best smart home platforms on […]

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Samsung’s giant 34″ OLED monitor has WEIRD port choices but at $600 off, we’ll forgive them

In the market for a new gaming monitor this Cyber Monday? We’ve spotted this incredible deal on Samsung’s Odyssey G9, which features a 34-inch ultrawide display that also happens to use OLED technology for inky deep blacks and fast response times. It’s a gorgeous monitor, and right now can be found for just $899, that’s […]

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California’s Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble

According to Blom, whose group favors thinning dense stands of young trees and reducing accumulations of vegetation and woody debris from the forest floor through prescribed burns or mechanical methods, there are about 26,000 acres of land to be cleared in all 80 sequoia groves on federal land, with some 8,000 acres already treated. On […]

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The JWST Has Spotted Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe

Like any object, black holes take time to grow and form. And like a 6-foot-tall toddler, Fan’s supersize black holes were too big for their age—the universe wasn’t old enough for them to have accrued billions of suns of heft. To explain those overgrown toddlers, physicists were forced to consider two distasteful options. Decades ago, […]

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Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer leaves tech giant after 32 years

What you need to know After 32 years with the company, Chris Capossela will leave Microsoft. Capossela was the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft until the announcement of his departure, which takes effect today. Takeshi Numoto will take over as Chief Marketing Officer. Yusuf Mehdi will be promoted to Executive Vice […]

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Heroes of the Storm gets a giant list of patch notes, reigniting hopes of a revival among fans

What you need to know Heroes of the Storm has been in maintenance mode for some time, but Blizzard has announced a massive new update for the game. The patch brought UI updates along with balance changes for the Public Test Realm. Players are hoping that the patch could be part of a push toward […]

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Samsung installs giant displays and Harman audio at the Vatican

Samsung and the Vatican City have renewed their collaboration through a new project that seeks to bring a touch of modern tech to St. Peter’s Square. The company announced today that it has finished the installation of new Samsung LED outdoor panels and Harman Kardon audio technologies at the location. Samsung has installed four outdoor […]

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Samsung may be taking giant steps toward solid-state battery manufacturing

Samsung’s been toying with the idea of manufacturing solid-state batteries for at least a decade now. Progress in this area appears to have been slower than the development of foldable display technologies. But new reports say that Samsung is making advancements in solid-state battery development, and two of its divisions will be responsible for manufacturing […]

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Samsung shares Galaxy S23 Ultra’s camera prowess on a giant billboard in London

Smartphones these days aren’t just about calling and messaging but also the quality of the cameras they feature. In fact, it is the photo and video-taking capabilities that differentiate modern-day smartphones. Samsung has arguably the best and most flexible camera smartphone right now in the form of the Galaxy S23 Ultra. The Galaxy S23 Ultra […]

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Motorola Razr 40 Ultra images reveal its giant cover screen, EU pricing leaks

We’ve seen plenty of rumors on Motorola’s upcoming Razr foldable phone with some calling it the Razr 2023 while other refered to it as the Razr+ and we now have another name to throw in – Motorola Razr 40 Ultra. The new info comes from Evan Blass who shared a bunch of new images on […]

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Apple Tester Claims to Be ‘Blown Away’ by AR/VR Headset, Says There Was Giant Development Leap

Ahead of the unveiling of Apple’s AR/VR product, there has been skepticism that the device will be well-received, both because of its rumored $3,000 price tag and the lackluster performance of competing products from companies like Sony and Meta. At least one person testing the device is enthused about it, however. Leaker Evan Blass, who […]

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Russia Is Powering Up a Giant Laser to Test Its Nuclear Weapons

So far Russia’s lack of such a laser hasn’t been a great disadvantage in ensuring its weapons function. That’s because Russia is committed to continuously remaking plutonium “pits,” the explosive cores found in many nukes, named after the hard centers of fruits like peaches. If you can readily replace old explosive pits with new ones, there’s less […]

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