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Microsoft is working on a fix to downgraded GPU drivers in Windows Update — new system uses multiple IDs Microsoft finally confirms that Windows 11 downgrades GPU drivers on OEM devices, and is planning to launch a partial fix by Q4 2026. Microsoft is finally looking into fixing

When Oregon resident Isabelle Reksopuro heard Google was gobbling up public land to fuel its data centers in her home state, she didn’t initially know what to believe. “There’s a lot of misinformation about data centers,” she said. “Google has denied taking that land.” Use this m

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Artificial Intelligence Improve bot accuracy with Amazon Lex Assisted NLU Improving bot accuracy in Amazon Lex starts with handling how customers communicate naturally. Your customers express the same request in dozens of different ways, combine multiple pieces of information in

In recent years, many overworked doctors have turned to so-called AI medical scribes to help automatically summarize patient conversations, diagnoses, and care decisions into structured notes for health record logging. But a recent audit by the auditor general of Ontario found th

Artificial Intelligence Real-time voice agents with Stream Vision Agents and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic This post was co-authored with Neevash Ramdial, Technical Marketing leader at Stream Building production-grade voice agents that feel natural and responsive is a complex engineering c

Artificial Intelligence From siloed data to unified insights: Cross-account Athena Access for Amazon Quick Amazon Quick is an AI-powered unified intelligence service that brings together an organization’s data, structured data and unstructured enterprise content like documents, e

Artificial Intelligence Control where your AI agents can browse with Chrome enterprise policies on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore AI agents with unrestricted web access pose significant security risks. Without Chrome enterprise policies to control browser behavior, an agent might navig

Among the many advantages the Chinese auto industry appears to have over foreign competitors is its ability to quickly turn a new idea into a car that customers can buy. At the other end of the spectrum, we have Aptera, which has been trying to bring a three-wheeled, ultra-effici

AMD makes FSR 4 upscaling official for Radeon RX 7000- and 6000-series cards — RDNA 3 and RDNA 2 chips will soon enjoy improved visuals Welcome news for owners of older hardware, especially in the current GPU landscape Owners of Radeon RX 9000-series cards have been enjoying the

Unlock a 50% saving on Hoto's 25-bit electric screwdriver set for PC building and DIY — $29 Amazon deal is on a timer, so act fast Use it a couple of times, and you'll never know how you coped without one This ultra-limited time deal at Amazon is letting you grab 50% off the 25-b

Outage Report: AI Boom Threatens Years of Data Center Resiliency Gains New research from Uptime Institute shows data center outages continuing to decline, but AI facilities could buck the trend. An industry rooted in resiliency continues to uphold its core tenets, as data center

Following a quarter in which his company delivered record revenue, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins announced that the company’s latest round of layoffs begins today. In a blog post yesterday, Robbins was quick to boast that Cisco’s fiscal Q3 2026 earnings saw revenue increase 12 percent

Cerebras Systems raised $5.5 billion in its IPO on Thursday, pricing shares at $185 Wednesday evening, way higher than its range ($115 to $125, later raised to $150 to $160), even as it increased the size of the offering to 30 million shares. It then opened to public trading at $

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Earlier this week, hackers hijacked several open source projects used by dozens of companies and pushed updates designed to spread malware. This is the latest in a string of recent supply-chain attacks targeting software developers and their projects. On Wednesday, OpenAI confirm

Tom's Hardware Verdict The Stealth Pro II is an excellent gaming headset that lets you connect to multiple devices wirelessly without having to plug them all into a base station. If you have your PC in one room and your console in another, this is the multi-device headset you nee

Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google + Wiz changes multicloud strategy for CISOs Vinod D’Souza Head of Manufacturing and Industry, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Anthony Belfiore Chief Strategy Officer, Wiz Get original CISO insights in your inbox The latest on security from Goo

What’s new with Google Data Cloud The Google Cloud Data Analytics, BI, and Database teams Recent product news and updates from our data analytics, database and business intelligence teams. May 11 - May 15 - Managed Service for Apache Airflow has launched a wave of new features, i

Spotify announced on Thursday that it plans to embrace Apple’s HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) video technology, which Apple recently introduced on Apple Podcasts to enhance the video experience. The adoption means that Spotify-hosted shows will soon be able to distribute and monetize

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Over 70 percent of Americans oppose AI data center construction in their area, according to a new Gallup survey. Just 7 percent said they were “strongly” in favor of new data centers. According to Gallup, data centers are so strongly disliked that Americans would prefer to live n

Ian Crosby, whose previous startup Bench Accounting famously shut down in 2024 before being bought for scraps, is taking another shot at building a business out of automating the arduous work of bookkeeping. His new startup, Synthetic, aims to build a fully autonomous AI bookkeep

Chinese President Xi Jinping told American CEOs travelling with President Donald Trump that the door to business in China will "open wider." "Xi said that U.S. companies are deeply involved in China's reform and opening up, and both sides have benefited from this," according to a

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Yesterday, Instagram globally released a new feature called “Instants” that’s designed for sharing authentic, disappearing photos. While the Meta-owned social network billed Instants as a new format to share real-life moments as they’re happening, many users are looking for a way

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. There's more news out of the budget airline industry: Allegiant's acquisition of Sun Country closed yesterday. Here's what the combined company's CEO, Greg Anderson,

Intel announces McLaren F1 partnership, will battle AMD-powered Mercedes — deal includes chips for aerodynamic analysis, vehicle-dynamics simulation, race strategy analytics, and more Compute performance arms race now driving F1's fiercest rivals. Intel has announced a multi-year

Kioxia and Dell cram 10 PB into slim 2RU server Kioxia’s LC9 high-capacity QLC SSD has been used by Dell to populate a 10 TB, all-flash, storage server just 2 RU in height. Dell is already using Kioxia’s LC9 in its PowerEdge servers. It’s now putting 40 LC9 E3.L form factor 245.7

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Earlier this year, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, a security researcher who investigates spyware attacks, found himself in an unusual position. For once, he became the target of hackers. “Dear User, this is Signal Security Support ChatBot. We have noticed suspicious activity on your devic

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