Wednesday, October 9, 2024

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AI companies have all kinds of arguments against paying for copyrighted content

A range of jurisdictions including Singapore, Japan, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Israel have reformed their copyright laws to create safe harbors for Al training that achieve similar effects o fair use.” In...

Microsoft is now giving many Surface PCs at least six years of firmware updates

The change means that, as of right now, the Surface Pro 7 Plus, Surface Laptop 4, Surface Pro 8, Surface Laptop Studio, Surface Go 3, Surface Pro X Wi-Fi, Surface Laptop SE, Surface Laptop Go 2, Surface Laptop...

Microsoft’s fullscreen Xbox pop-up ads don’t have to be annoying

When I turned my Xbox on yesterday, I was greeted with a fullscreen pop-up ad for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. I posted on X (Twitter) about it and thought nothing more of it because annoying as...

Microsoft is overhauling its software security after major Azure cloud attacks

Microsoft has had a rough few years of cybersecurity incidents. It found itself at the center of the SolarWinds attack nearly three years ago, one of the most sophisticated cybersecurity attacks we’ve ever seen. Then, 30,000 organizations’ email...

Microsoft’s new AI-powered Office assistant is here — if you’ve got $9,000 and 300 friends

Microsoft’s 365 Copilot AI assistant is now available for certain enterprise customers. Microsoft is quietly launching its Microsoft 365 Copilot system for a $30-per-month premium per user, but enterprise customers will need to commit to at least 300 users and...

Xbox is about to get better apps and web games

If you’ve ever used an Xbox media app and wondered why it was a little slow, clunky, or didn’t have the latest features you find on the equivalent web-based version, then hopefully that will be a thing of...

OneNote on Windows now has improved pen and ink gestures for drawing and writing

Microsoft is adding new gestures to the OneNote Windows app to improve the text and inking experience. If you have a device with a stylus, like Microsoft’s Surface tablets, you can now use more gestures to manipulate your...

Apple M3 Pro chip offer 25 percent less memory bandwidth than M1, M2 Pro

On October 30th, Apple held a ‘Scary Fast’ event to focus on new Mac products, including an M3 chip-powered MacBook Pro line. As noted by MacRumors and Windows Central, though, Apple was opaque about comparisons between its latest chip and the...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 2023 Update arrives with Microsoft Teams changes

Microsoft is releasing its Windows 11 2023 Update today, which was originally supposed to be one of the biggest updates to Windows 11. But Microsoft went ahead and released a lot of the features in the Windows 11...
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Garmin Venu 2 Plus

Verdict The Garmin Venu 2 Plus is a Venu 2 with a slightly trimmer frame and some new smartwatch-style...
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