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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Germany Launches an Attack on Google’s Data Harvesting
German regulators are tightening the screws on Google’s data business, announcing plans to force the search giant to give users more control over how information is tracked and used across its subsidiary businesses, a threat to the tech giant’s empire in the continent’s largest economy.
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The Year Ahead in Autonomous Responsibility
It’s likely you’ve become numb to how often you interact with technology. But what if the technology is doing more harm than good? As increasing numbers of companies rely on artificial intelligence to power their tech, we see more cases of dangerous AI dysfunction, like autopilot car crashes or content moderation bots promoting harmful social…
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Microsoft’s New AI Tool Just Needs to Hear Three Seconds of Your Voice to Mimic You
VALL-E can preserve the original speaker’s emotional tone and even simulate their acoustic environment.
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Twitter Had to Tell Ex-Employees Their Severance Emails Were ‘Not a Phishing Attempt’
Elon Musk is having trouble letting go. Twitter needed to reassure its own laid off employees that an email sent in the early morning on Saturday was “not a phishing attempt” after it went directly to their spam inboxes. The email, sent from twitterseparation@cptgroup.com rather than from an @twitter.com address, contained former Twitter employees’ separation…