Image: Mark Hachman / IDG Google Chrome is adding three new generative AI features, ranging from the creative to the practical. For now, however, they’re an experiment — though it’s likely they’ll arrive in the stable version of the browser before long. The three new features include AI-powered tab organization, a way to use AI
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Get a massive 45-inch LG ultrawide monitor for just $550
Image: LG The last few years have seen the rise of a new and slightly weird segment in the monitor world: ultrawides that are even wider. Most of these behemoths are far outside the range of anything approaching a budget or even mid-range desktop setup, but today Amazon is selling one of the (relatively) smaller
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PeachieTech tells us how to plan an aesthetic desktop PC
Image: Willis Lai/Foundry CES isn’t just for tech journalists to hobnob with PR reps from tech companies. Sometimes we hang out with…each other! Yes, professional nerds like to talk about nerd stuff, just like the garden variety. One such pro is PeachieTech, whom you might have spotted on the PCWorld YouTube channel before for our
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PC building advice for 2024 from Paul’s Hardware
Image: Willis Lai/Foundry If you’re planning on building a new PC, you want all the information you can get. And one of the best people to get it from is YouTuber Paul’s Hardware, who was kind enough to join us on the CES floor for a chat about building a new PC in 2024. To
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AMD talks AM5 APUs and AM4 longevity
Image: Willis Lai/Foundry CES is where the biggest players in tech strut their stuff and AMD is no exception. But the company had a surprise for us this year: new CPUs for the AM4 socket, still seemingly going strong after an incredible seven years of active support. AMD’s Donny Woligroski, Technical Processing Marketing Manager for
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Asus says Intel’s NUC Extreme isn’t coming back
Image: Willis Lai/Foundry Asus is the new, non-exclusive steward of Intel’s teeny-tiny NUC (Next Unit of Computing) designs, following the former owner’s exit from the market last year. And, while Asus still wants to sell tiny, high-powered desktops to gamers with more money than space, the celebrated NUC Extreme has been permanently KO’d. That means
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Microsoft Copilot adds a premium subscription, Copilot Pro
Image: Mark Hachman / IDG Funding AI chatbots is expensive, and Microsoft will ask those users who want the latest features of its Copilot AI chatbot to subscribe to a new plan: Copilot Pro, available for $20 per user per month. Microsoft’s Copilot isn’t going away as a free service. And the new Copilot Pro
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In graphic detail: Digging into the numbers around Twitch’s 35%
By Alexander Lee • January 12, 2024 • 4 min read • Ivy Liu 2024 is not off to an auspicious start for Twitch, the internet’s top livestreaming platform. Although Twitch remains the most popular destination for online livestreaming, the past year has been fraught with difficulties for the Amazon-owned platform. Following its acquisition nearly a decade
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Framework Laptop hacked, customer names and emails stolen
Image: Framework Framework has become a rising star in the consumer tech world, designing some of the only laptops on the market that are completely serviceable and upgradable by the end user. But even the best companies are vulnerable to hacking and Framework is no exception. The manufacturer alerted some of its customers yesterday that
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AI reality check: New NPUs don’t matter as much as
Skip to content Image: Intel You probably already own an AI PC. In the past few months, Intel and PC makers have beat the drum of the AI PC loudly and in concert with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm. It’s no secret that “AI” is the new “metaverse” — you know, that thing that everyone was