Building With Cooler Master’s Qube 500 Modular Case: Great Concept, Room for Improvement By Avram Piltch published 21 September 23 Cooler Master’s Qube 500 is a unique case that comes in pieces you snap together with accessories and colorful panels you can attach.
Windows Paint Gets Layers, Transparency, and Auto Background Removal By Avram Piltch published 18 September 23 Windows 11 users in the Dev or Canary channels can get a new version of Windows Paint with some powerful added features.
AI Lie: Machines Don’t Learn Like Humans (And Don’t Have the Right To) By Avram Piltch published 13 September 23 Some argue that bots should be entitled to ingest any content they see, because people can.
I’m Sticking With Windows 10, but Microsoft Won’t Stop Nagging Me to Upgrade By Avram Piltch published 29 August 23 I want to keep my desktop PC on Windows 10, but Microsoft’s attempts to convince me to upgrade to Windows 11 keep getting more aggressive.
Google's AI Bots Tout 'Benefits' of Genocide, Slavery, Fascism, Other Evils By Avram Piltch last updated 22 August 23 Google’s SGE and Bard give positive takes on historic evils like slavery, while offering controversial opinions on gun laws and other hot topics.
Google Wants AI Scraping to Be 'Fair Use.' Will That Fly in Court? By Avram Piltch published 11 August 23 The company is training its bots on millions of copyrighted works without permission.
Superconductor LK-99 Breakthrough Disproven? New Studies Refute Claims By Avram Piltch published 8 August 23 Researchers in China and India claim the substance is not a superconductor at all. However, there are still plenty of other studies ongoing.
Watch Nvidia's SIGGRAPH Keynote Live: AI, 3D and More By Avram Piltch published 8 August 23 CEO Jensen Huang talks about the company's latest in AI and 3D graphics.
Security Hole in Minecraft Mods Lets Hackers Execute Code Remotely By Avram Piltch published 30 July 23 Bleeding Pipe vulnerability allows remote code to run. Here's what you can do to protect yourself.
Google and Bing AI Bots Hallucinate AMD 9950X3D, Nvidia RTX 5090 Ti, Other Future Tech By Avram Piltch published 21 July 23 The AIs even offer specs, benchmarks and pricing for these imaginary products.
Bot Mess: AI-Generated Clickbait Will Hasten the Demise of Search and Web Publishing By Avram Piltch last updated 20 July 23 Publishers have been using AIs to write articles in hopes of ranking in Google, but these attempts are going to backfire.
Google Docs AI Open to Prompt Injection Attacks, Exposing Users to Phishing or Misinformation By Avram Piltch last updated 14 July 23 Adding a prompt in your document will cause the 'refine text' to follow it, changing the output and leaving readers open to phishing.
Ryzen 7 7800X3D, Fastest Gaming CPU, Hits All-Time Low of $419 By Avram Piltch published 11 July 23 The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is at all-time low pricing for Amazon Prime Day.
Survey Shows Consumers Still Plan to Buy Gadgets, Despite Inflation By Avram Piltch published 6 July 23 Only 18 to 24 percent of respondents planned to delay or cancel tech purchases.
Novelists Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Over Books Used as Training Data By Avram Piltch published 30 June 23 The authors say that ChatGPT's use of their text is infringement.
Glaze 1.0 Modifies Art to Block AI-Generated Imitations By Avram Piltch published 27 June 23 The tool shifts pixels around to prevent artwork from being used as training data.
Project Cottonwood SBC Promises Double Raspberry Pi 4's Performance By Avram Piltch published 25 June 23 Libre Computer teases a new board designed to beat the highest-end Raspberry Pi.
SSD Prices Have Dropped 25% Since March, Now Average $0.06 per GB By Avram Piltch published 24 June 23 With falling demand for drives and NAND, high-capacity SSDs are becoming more affordable. Should you buy one now?
Why Building Your Own PC Is Still a Smart Move in 2023 By Avram Piltch published 20 June 23 Putting together your own desktop should save you money and help you take control of your tech life.
Micro Center to Launch New Stores in Miami and Charlotte Next Year By Avram Piltch published 20 June 23 The brick-and-mortar hardware vendor is expanding to two new cities in 2024.
Plagiarism Engine: Google’s Content-Swiping AI Could Break the Internet By Avram Piltch published 11 June 23 The AI service is stealing content from publishers, then using it to discourage people from visiting their sites. It’s a bad user experience that could kill the open web.
Runway's Powerful Gen-2 Text-to-Video Tool Now Available to Everyone for Free By Avram Piltch published 8 June 23 The tool creates 4-second MP4 videos based on your commands.
Best of Computex 2023: It’s Good to Be Back By Matt Safford published 1 June 23 These are the 15 most promising products we saw at Computex Taipei.
Logitech MX Anywhere 3S Mouse Review: Plenty of Portable Productivity By Avram Piltch published 31 May 23 Logitech’s MX Anywhere 3S mouse can connect to up to three devices, fit into a tiny bag and deliver tons of customization options.
Patriot Teases DRAMless Gen 5 SSD, Debuts Blazing Fast Drive with Thin Fan By Avram Piltch published 31 May 23 Patriot showed a new Gen 5 SSD with 2,400 MT/S NAND and a future one with no DRAM.
