The early hours of Black Ops 7 Beta have landed some players (myself included) in a pickle, where the game crashes at launch, resulting in the error code 0x3. This error code isn’t new if you have played older Call of Duty titles. It’s a standard error code that appears if you’re trying to play from the Xbox app on PC and the game crashes. Thankfully, there are a few solutions to try if you encounter the problem. How to solve the ‘game has crashed’ error in Black Ops 7 Beta There can be multiple reasons why Black Ops 7…
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You may have seen those privacy screen protectors that limit the viewing angles of the phone’s (or laptop’s) screen so that you can see it head on, but people off to the side can’t peek over your shoulder. Samsung seems to have figured out how to achieve the same functionality without a special screen protector – and, more importantly, the feature can be toggled on or off as desired. Initially spotted inside One UI 8.5 code, the Privacy Display feature is described as such: “Limits screen visibility from side angles to protect your privacy in public.” Now, X user Ach…
Rumors of Samsung’s long-awaited XR headset launch are picking up steam again, as there are reports that folks will be able to preregister for the headset on October 15 – ahead of an October 22 launch.Now, all rumors should be taken with a pinch of salt. That’s especially true here, as we had recently heard that Samsung’s tech would see its debut at the end of September, but we do know that Project Moohan will launch this year based on Samsung’s previous promises – so eventually a prediction of its release date will come true.Either way, this report comes via…
Comet, an AI-powered web browser built to take on Google Chrome, is now available free, the AI search company Perplexity said in a statement Thursday.The browser was previously limited to subscribers to Perplexity Max and Pro. Comet no longer requires a subscription. Unlike a traditional web browser, Comet has an AI assistant built in. It can be called at any point to answer questions about the page being looked at and can use its agent to click on the page and accomplish tasks for the user. Perplexity said Comet users were asking more questions than they had asked the company’s…
Francesco Carta Photographer/Moment via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeaways Most Americans aren’t using AI as a news source.Those who do don’t fully trust the information. AI still struggles to accurately summarize or represent news.AI is changing — and in some cases, eliminating — a lot of jobs, but it isn’t taking over journalism just yet, according to the latest findings from Pew Research. While the technology has infiltrated industries like accounting, banking, software engineering, and customer service, it’s having a harder time delivering news than it has fixing code. Also: Chatbots are…
Microsoft has announced big changes coming to Xbox Game PassAn Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription now costs $29.99 / £22.99It comes alongside a new Premium tier and additional benefitsMicrosoft has revealed sweeping changes coming to Xbox Game Pass, with three upgraded plans and a massive price hike for Ultimate subscribers.Xbox Game Pass Core is now known as Xbox Game Pass Essential and offers subscribers the chance to jump into unlimited cloud gaming in addition to the existing ability to play multiplayer titles.The modest game library included with the tier is now available to those on PC, too. Subscribers will also…
Supposedly official renders of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra have leakedThey show a couple of significant changes and a lot that’s stayed the sameLeaked camera specs suggest not much will be changing thereWe may have just had our best look yet at the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, as a new leak has revealed supposedly official renders of the phone from a variety of angles.Shared by Android Headlinesthese renders – one of which you can see below – show the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra in black, and it has two obvious differences to the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.First off, there are…
Character.AI received a cease-and-desist letter from Disney, urging the chatbot company to remove Disney characters from among the millions of AI companions on its plaftorm, Variety reports. Character.AI allows users to generate AI chatbots that can range from real people like Elon Musk to fictional characters like Hermione Granger, plus users’ own original creations. These chatbots can be quite unfiltered — in one particularly horrific case, a family sued Character.AI after a chatbot inspired by a Game of Thrones character allegedly encouraged their teenage son to commit suicide. “Character.ai is freeriding off the goodwill of Disney’s famous marks and brands,…
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Thinking Machines Lab, a heavily funded startup cofounded by prominent researchers from OpenAI, has revealed its first product—a tool called Tinker that automates the creation of custom frontier AI models.“We believe [Tinker] will help empower researchers and developers to experiment with models, and will make frontier capabilities much more accessible to all people,” says Mira Murati, cofounder and CEO of Thinking Machines, in an interview with WIRED ahead of the announcement.Big companies and academic labs already fine-tune open source AI models to create new variants that are optimized for specific tasks, like solving math problems, drafting legal agreements, or answering…