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Microsoft’s 'Olympia UI' for Edge — a dive into the experiment that prioritized AI features

Microsoft recently built a prototype UI for its Edge web browser codenamed Olympia that placed emphasis on Copilot. Here's what it looked like, and what it might have been for.

2025-08-13 12:59

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Nomad’s Glow 2.0 Apple Watch bands is back – limited time

My absolute favorite limited-edition Nomad Apple Watch band is back in stock for a limited time. Last year, Nomad’s limited-edition Glow in the Dark Sport Band for Apple Watch sold out in just one day. The company followed it up with the improved Glo...

2025-08-13 12:46

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Should we get the option of a round Apple Watch and more? [Poll]

No, I get it: round watches are a very inefficient use of space, and there is likely a reason that the Apple Watch continues to dominate the market. But what a new piece argues for is not to replace the existing Apple Watch design, but instead to offer...

2025-08-13 12:42

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Perplexity, Worth $18 Billion, Just Offered $34.5 Billion for Chrome (Which Isn’t for Sale)

Perplexity made a $34.5 billion offer for Chrome, far above its own value, but Google has no plans to sell the world’s most-used browser.

2025-08-13 12:40

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Perplexity’s $34.5 billion offer for Chrome raises eyebrows amid antitrust legal battles

Perplexity made a $34.5 billion offer for Chrome, far above its own value, but Google has no plans to sell the world’s most-used browser.

2025-08-13 12:40

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CarPlay in iOS 26 enables ‘video in the car’, but support may take a while

Apple is making a major U-turn with CarPlay after a decade of not allowing video playback. Starting with iOS 26, Apple will allow apps to display video through the CarPlay screen while parked. Support, however, is a big question mark for now. more…

2025-08-13 12:00

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Microsoft lures “most-wanted” AI talent from Meta with multimillion-dollar offers amid industry turbulence — giving Zuckerberg a taste of his own medicine

According to a leaked internal document, Microsoft has compiled a "most-wanted" list, comprising Meta engineers and researchers. The company has reportedly made multi-million-dollar compensation package offers to get them to switch sides.

2025-08-13 11:33

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Microsoft Lures "Most-Wanted" AI Talent from Meta With Multimillion-Dollar Offers Amid Industry Turbulence — Giving Zuckerberg a Taste of His Own Medicine

According to a leaked internal document, Microsoft has compiled a "most-wanted" list, comprising Meta engineers and researchers. The company has reportedly made multi-million-dollar compensation package offers to get them to switch sides.

2025-08-13 11:33

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Apple takes Apple Cinemas to the courtroom box office

Apple has taken aim at Apple Cinemas in a new trademark lawsuit, and the dispute is starting to feel like it belongs on the big screen. more…

2025-08-13 11:30

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8 Registry Tweaks that will Make File Explorer Faster and Easier to Use on Windows 11

On Windows 11, you can customize File Explorer with many different Registry tweaks to declutter menus, speed up browsing, and restore classic features.

2025-08-13 11:22

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You Think You Need a Monster PC to Run Local AI, Don’t You? — My Seven-Year-Old Mid-range Laptop Says Otherwise

While most of my local AI work takes place on a fairly well-equipped desktop PC, I was curious to see what mileage I could get from an old laptop I have lying around, and it surprised me.

2025-08-13 11:09

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman: GPT-5 fails to meet AGI standards amid Microsoft’s fading partnership — “it’s still missing something”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed that GPT-5 didn't meet the coveted AGI threshold because of its inability to continuously learn "as it's deployed from the new things it finds."

2025-08-13 11:03

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OpenAI's Sam Altman: GPT-5 Fails to Meet AGI Standards Amid Microsoft's Fading Partnership — "It's Still Missing Something"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed that GPT-5 didn't meet the coveted AGI threshold because of its inability to continuously learn "as it's deployed from the new things it finds."

2025-08-13 11:03

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iPhone 17 Pro to get higher price and fewer storage options

Expectations are now firmly set: iPhone 17 Pro will come with a higher starting price and one less storage option. more…

2025-08-13 10:28

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Intel IDXD Accelerator Driver Cleaned Up For Some "Not So Happy Code Paths"

The IDXD Linux kernel driver used for the Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA) support on recent Xeon processors is being cleaned up for some "not so happy code paths" after an Intel engineer uncovered memory leaks and other troubles with the open-source d...

2025-08-13 08:31

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Autodesk makes Hollywood VFX "more affordable to all creators" with freemium AI tool

Autodesk has updated its pricing tiers for Autodesk Flow Studio so that you can even try out the core tools for free. Read more...

2025-08-13 08:24

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Clearing The Last ReiserFS Remnants: Documentation Cleanse Of The Defunct File-System

It was nearly one year ago in the Linux 6.13 kernel that the ReiserFS file-system was dropped from the mainline kernel after having been deprecated in 2022. That dropped 32.8k lines of code from the Linux kernel but some documentation remnants of Reise...

2025-08-13 08:18

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Microsoft is changing how you send Outlook emails very soon

Microsoft is changing how users send Outlook emails. This is meant to be a productivity improvement and the rollout is happening very soon. Read more...

2025-08-13 08:02

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FFmpeg 8.0 Merges OpenAI Whisper Filter For Automatic Speech Recognition

The upcoming FFmpeg 8.0 multimedia library release continues to get more exciting almost by the day. The newest feature being squeezed into this next release is a Whisper audio filter for making use of OpenAI's Whisper model for providing automatic spe...

2025-08-13 06:52

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WSL2 Vulnerability Could Lead To Elevating Local Privileges

Last week Microsoft released new versions of WSL2 for a yet-to-be-public security vulnerability affecting their Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 implementation. Those details around CVE-2025-53788 are now public for this vulnerability that could lead to e...

2025-08-13 06:41

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