PCs & Laptops: The Latest Computing News
PCs, laptops, Microsoft, Apple and everything in between. Here you’ll find all the latest computing news – from the gaming, to benchmarks to raytracing. You’ll also find stories about security, privacy, hacking and the dark web.
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France Bans All Fun Apps From Government Phones
In 2020, former President Donald Trump kicked off a worldwide frenzy about TikTok over the app’s potential security concerns. TikTok is now banned on government devices in the US, Canada, the UK, the EU, and elsewhere, and American lawmakers have their eyes on a national ban for consumers. The French, apparently, are the only adults…
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Stop Hackers From Taking Over Your Android With Just Your Phone Number
Keeping up with the latest security news isn’t easy. It seems every week there’s a fresh threat on at least one of our devices to watch out for. This time around, though, it’s a doozy: If you have a Samsung Galaxy or recent Google Pixel, hackers might be able to break into your phone with…
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Khan Academy Head Wants AI to Assist Kids Rather Than Do the Work for Them
Sal Khan, the founder of the nonprofit education organisation Khan Academy, said that in the early days of popular language model GPT-4’s development, the system was spitting out inaccurate maths. Khan and his team had an early look at the next-gen AI system as it was being developed and were trying to find workarounds, but…
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5 Google-Built Chrome Extensions That’ll Make Life a Little Easier
From translating websites to watching vids while you work, here are five Google-built Chrome extensions we reckon will make life a little easier.