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Ads are coming for the Bing AI chatbot, as they come for all Microsoft products

Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft has spent a lot of time and energy over the last few months adding generative AI features to all its products, particularly i…

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510K CPUs, HDDs & more seized as smugglers keep trying to sneak tech into China

Enlarge / Hong Kong customs said it seized about $3.8 million in tech, including these HP laptops, on Monday. (credit: Hong Kong Customs ) The recent chip shortag…

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Google Assistant might be doomed: Division “reorganizes” to focus on Bard

Enlarge / The lettering "Hey Google" on the Google pavilion at the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas in 2018. These words activate Google Assistan…

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Lenovo gives up on its dream of Android gaming phones

The Lenovo Legion Phone Duel 2, with its wild center-bump design. [credit: Lenovo ] Android manufacturers occasionally try to push this idea of a "gaming …

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After two years, Autodesk Maya and AutoCAD become Apple Silicon-native

Enlarge / A woman uses AutoCAD on a MacBook Pro in this promotional image from Autodesk. (credit: Autodesk ) It has been two years and four months since the first…

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Apple will host WWDC 2023 in person and online June 5 through June 9

Enlarge / Apple's first promotional image for WWDC 2023. (credit: Apple) Apple will host its 34th annual Worldwide Developers Conference at its Cupertino, Ca…

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Google and ADT have a new security system with lots of subscription fees

Enlarge / Google and ADT's security package: Google screens and cameras and ADT's software, sensors, and hub. (credit: ADT) Google's plans for a secur…

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Game over: Steam won’t run on Windows 7 or 8 after January 1, 2024

Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) PC gamers sticking with old versions of Windows may finally need to upgrade if they want to keep playing the games in their Steam libra…

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With Amazon Alexa’s future in peril, Fire TVs offer a glimmer of hope

Enlarge / Fire TVs give Alexa hope, but the future still feels grim. (credit: Amazon ) Alexa, how can you continue to be relevant and stop sucking money from Amaz…

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Apple Pay Later turns Apple into a full-on money lender

This is the main view for the Pay Later feature in Apple's Wallet app for the iPhone. [credit: Apple ] With the limited launch today of a new service call…

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Huawei’s foldable is thinner, lighter, and has more battery than Samsung

Enlarge (credit: Huawei ) Huawei is still making phones, even if the US-China trade war puts most of the stalwart Android component vendors in a complicated relat…

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Great espresso isn’t hard enough, so here’s a DIY open source machine for it

Enlarge / How far is too far to go for the perfect shot of espresso? Here's at least one trail marker for you. (credit: Norm Sohl) Making espresso at home inv…

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Apple rolls out iOS 16.4 and macOS Ventura 13.3 with new emoji and features

Enlarge / The 2021, 24-inch iMac with Apple's M1. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple released new updates for most of its software platforms today, including macOS V…

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Google is killing most of Fitbit’s social features today

Enlarge / Fitbit's now-dead Challenges feature. (credit: Sherwin Fong ) Today's the day for Google's biggest change yet to Fitbit: It's shutting d…

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Garmin’s Forerunner 955 review: Still king for runners and cyclists

Enlarge (credit: Corey Gaskin) Garmin Forerunner 955 From $499 at Garmin From $486 at Amazon (Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from li…

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Dealmaster: Savings on Galaxy and Pixel phones, desktop PCs, and more

The Pixel 7 in a lovely "hazel" color. (credit: Google) We have a smorgasbord of discounts ranging from some of the latest Android smartphones to HP'…

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RISC-Y Business: Arm wants to charge dramatically more for chip licenses

Enlarge (credit: Arm) What's in store for the future of Arm? The company's owner, Softbank, has been in financial trouble lately, and that has caused Arm …

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Nvidia quietly boosts the video encoding capabilities of GeForce GPUs

Enlarge / Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4080. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) The video encoding hardware built into GeForce GPUs is getting a small boost, according to a …

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Egad! 7 key British PCs of the 1980s Americans might have missed

Enlarge If you grew up in America, the early history of home computers in the UK might not be familiar to you. But Great Britain produced innovative personal comput…

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Tech makers must provide repairs for up to 10 years under proposed EU law

Enlarge / Smartphone repairs could be required for up to five years, while other products, like washing machines, may require up to a decade of vendor repairs. (cred…

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