Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here's a handy roundup of the last week's stories in the world of machine learning, along with notab...
Wintoys is a must-have Windows app that makes it easy to find the most useful tools on your PC. From clearing junk files and speeding up your computer, to helping you restart the graphics driver or ev...
Sometimes Google Docs won't cut it, and you need the power of Microsoft Office. Unfortunately, the latter costs a more than the former (free). And while Microsoft may have been an early adopter in the...
A couple of months ago, Microsoft added generative AI features to Windows 11 in the form of a taskbar-mounted version of the Bing chatbot. Starting this summer, the company will be going even further,...
[photo1]Scott Gilbertson8/10Lenovo's new Slim Pro 7 laptop manages to be both powerful enough to edit video and portable enough--with enough battery life--to actually be useful on the road. That&...
Microsoft today announced it has completed its rollout of iPhone support for its Phone Link app on Windows 11, as spotted by The Verge.All messages appear as gray bubbles in the Phone Link app, meanin...
Earlier this week, Microsoft released a patch to fix a Secure Boot bypass bug used by the BlackLotus bootkit we reported on in March. The original vulnerability, CVE-2022-21894, was patched in January...
The internet can be a fun place, but it can also be dangerous. Hackers are going to hack, after all, and you might just be in their crosshairs. One of the easiest things you can do to protect yourself...
The digital revolution should have made preserving the past easier, but instead, it feels to me like we've only lost access. The games and programs we grew up with didn't grow up with our computers, a...
You go to college to secure an education that will earn you a degree that will get you a better-paying job in the future. The problem is, college is really expensive while you're there, as is just liv...
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as co...
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Apple launching the iTunes Music Store, allowing Mac users to download music for "just 99 cents per song." "The iTunes Music Store offers the revolutionary rights t...
[photo1]Justin PotThe last thing I need when starting up my Mac is half of the applications deciding they need to open before I can do anything else. It's not that I don't want any applicati...
Rolling down the windows seems like the most eco-friendly and economical way to cool off when you're driving. You don't have to turn on the air conditioning, because you get a nice breeze from nature ...
Keeping your home tidy and organized is a chore regardless of where you reside, but it poses a particular challenge to those living in smaller spaces. While people with larger houses may have spare cl...
The recent push toward social media platforms that embrace authenticity over curation is a good thing. Instagram might be the home of perfectly edited photos with expertly-crafted captions, but BeReal...
Apple today released an iTunes 12.12.8 update for Windows, with the software introducing security improvements and "support for new devices." This is the first update to iTunes since iTunes 12.12.7, w...
PC gamers sticking with old versions of Windows may finally need to upgrade if they want to keep playing the games in their Steam libraries. Valve announced this week that it will stop supporting Stea...
By now, you've read a lot about generative AI technologies such as Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, which translate text input into images in seconds. If you're anything like me, you immediately wonde...
Earlier this week, programmer and "accidental security researcher" Simon Aarons disclosed a bug in Google's Markup screenshot editing tool for its Pixel phones. Dubbed "acropalypse," the bug allows co...