Alphabet’s Google and US antitrust enforcers will make their final arguments on whether the tech giant should be forced to sell its Chrome browser or adopt other measures to restore competition in online search, as the blockbuster antitrust trial concludes on Friday.The US Department of Justice and a coalition of states are pressing to make Google not only sell Chrome, but also share search data and cease multibillion-dollar payments to Apple and other smartphone makers and wireless carriers that set Google as the default search engine on new devices.The proposals aim to restore competition after a judge found last year…
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WordPress.com parent company Automattic is changing direction… again. In a blog post titled “Returning to Core” published Thursday evening, Automattic announced it will unpause its contributions to the WordPress project. This is despite having said only last month that the 6.8 WordPress release would be the final major release for all of 2025. “After pausing our contributions to regroup, rethink, and plan strategically, we’re ready to press play again and return fully to the WordPress project,” the new blog post states. “Expect to find our contributions across all of the greatest hits — WordPress Core, Gutenberg, Playground, Openverse, and WordPress.org.…
Microsoft has launched the beta version of its new AI assistant, Copilot for Gaming, through the Xbox mobile app on Android. This tool aims to support Xbox players during gameplay by providing help and insight on a separate screen, without interrupting the game. The feature offers text and voice chat capabilities, which allow users to ask questions, get suggestions, and check account details without pausing their play.Currently, Copilot for Gaming is available in over 50 countries, including the U.S., India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore. It supports only English and is restricted to players aged 18 and older. The assistant does…
Realme is preparing to launch its Neo 7 Turbo smartphone in China on May 29. Ahead of the launch, the company has shared key information about the device’s display, battery, and other features. This model will build on the base Neo 7, which debuted in December 2024, with several enhancements.Realme Neo 7: Display and Battery Details (Revealed)According to an official post on Weibo, the Realme Neo 7 Turbo will come with a large 7,200mAh battery and 100W wired fast charging support.. This marks an improvement over the base Neo 7’s 7,000mAh battery and 80W charging. Realme also confirmed that the…
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it is opening Windows Update to third-party apps. The Redmond-based tech giant has introduced a new Windows Update orchestration platform, which allows third-party app developers to deliver updates in unison with Windows updates. The company says the new platform offers several benefits for developers, including app update notifications via native Windows notifications, updating apps based on user activity to avoid CPU and bandwidth spikes, and saving on costs that were spent on independent installer mechanisms.Developers Can Now Deliver App Updates Alongside Windows UpdatesIn a blog postMicrosoft says that most third-party apps handle updates independently using…
Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 have been hit by a bug that can leave a PC unable to bootMicrosoft is investigating this recovery error glitch in the May updateWindows 11 Home users are unlikely to be affected, we’re told, but that doesn’t mean they can’t run into this showstopping affairThose who haven’t yet installed the latest cumulative update for Windows 11 in May – by which I mean the upgrade released the week before last, not the most recent optional update – should be aware of a nasty bug that some users are encountering.Microsoft has said that it’s investigating whether…
The hypothetical scenarios the researchers presented Opus 4 with that elicited the whistleblowing behavior involved many human lives at stake and absolutely unambiguous wrongdoing, Bowman says. A typical example would be Claude finding out that a chemical plant knowingly allowed a toxic leak to continue, causing severe illness for thousands of people—just to avoid a minor financial loss that quarter.It’s strange, but it’s also exactly the kind of thought experiment that AI safety researchers love to dissect. If a model detects behavior that could harm hundreds, if not thousands, of people—should it blow the whistle?“I don’t trust Claude to have…
Especially in its early years, OLED’s standout concern has been its increased risk of burn-in, or image retention, over traditional backlit displays. Due in part to the use of organic compounds, OLED panels can more easily degrade at different rates over time, which could potentially lead to variations in brightness and colors.Thankfully, OLED burn-in is increasingly less common in modern TVs for several reasons, including features like screen savers, static image detection, and other hardware methods to reduce and rectify image retention. While burn-in remains a mild concern, it’s worth considering only for extremely high-volume users like gamers who keep…
Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine gunning for Google, on Thursday released Perplexity Labsa tool for subscribers to Perplexity’s $20-per-month Pro plan that can craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more. Perplexity Labs is available on the web, iOS, and Android, and coming soon to Perplexity’s apps for Mac and Windows. “Perplexity Labs can help you complete a variety of work and personal projects,” Perplexity explains in a blog post. “Labs is designed to invest more time — 10 minutes or longer — and leverage additional tools [to accomplish tasks]such as advanced file generation and mini-app creation.” Labs, which arrives the same day…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the turn-based RPG from French developer Sandfall Interactive, has sold 3.3 million copies in just over a month since it launched in April. The sales milestone comes as a remarkable success for the studio that was formed in 2020 by former Ubisoft employees. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had reached one million units sold in just three days of launch. The debut game from Sandfall is also the highest rated game of 2025. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Reaches Fitting Sales MilestoneThe sales figure is also fitting, considering Expedition 33 sold 3.3 million copies in 33 days. The…