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Category: Computing


Computing, Hardware

AMD Zen 5 processor rumor sets stage for epic end-of-year battle with Intel

February 20, 2024

Via: Techradar

AMD’s hotly-anticipated Zen 5 CPUs could launch at the end of this year, lining up closely with Intel’s Arrow Lake release – which could spell trouble for Team Blue and edge AMD further towards hard-earned desktop supremacy in the best […]


Computing, Data Management

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing Data Security

February 19, 2024

Via: SmartData Collective

The power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been proven unmatched in recent years. It is no longer a subject of our imagination. AI has become a reality, and it is becoming clearer by the day that it can change the […]


Computing, Software & Applications

OpenAI’s new Sora text-to-video model can make shockingly realistic content

February 16, 2024

Via: TechRadar

OpenAI breaks new ground as the AI giant has revealed its first text-to-video model called Sora, capable of creating shockingly realistic content. We’ve been wondering when the company was finally going to release its own video engine as so many […]


Computing, Operating Systems

Windows 11’s Moment 5 update is imminent, but only a lucky few will get the best features

February 16, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Windows 11’s next feature update, known as Moment 5, does indeed appear to be coming imminently – as was recently rumored – as a test build of the upgrade has just arrived in the Release Preview channel. As you may […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Gemini 1.5 is Google’s next-gen AI model — and it’s already almost ready

February 15, 2024

Via: The Verge

Barely two months after launching Gemini, the large language model Google hopes will bring it to the top of the AI industry, the company is already announcing its successor. Google is launching Gemini 1.5 today and making it available to […]


Computing, Data Management

Perforce will absorb data virtualization firm Delphix

February 15, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Enterprise developer software firm Perforce will buy data management provider Delphix for an undisclosed sum, the companies said on Wednesday. The type of data management tools that Delphix offers — most notably virtualization and masking technology that allows for devops […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Visual Studio adds AI-generated Git commits, previews AI chat

February 15, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Microsoft has made Visual Studio 2022 17.9 generally available, and introduced a preview of Visual Studio 2022 17.10. Visual Studio 17.9 adds AI-generated Git commits and enhances extensibility, while Visual Studio 17.10 brings AI-powered chat into the IDE. Announced February […]


Computing, Data Management

Oracle Autonomous Database adds AI conversation support

February 15, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Oracle has updated its Autonomous Database offering in an effort to maintain its lead over competing cloud-based database services from rivals such as AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, and Snowflake. Oracle Autonomous Database is an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) service. Oracle […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Intel discloses 34 security holes in firmware and software — Thunderbolt, XTU, chipset drivers, and more

February 14, 2024

Via: Tom's Hardware

Intel has disclosed a whopping 34 security vulnerabilities, contained within 32 pieces of software and two kinds of firmware. The 32 software security bugs broadly impact drivers for chipsets, Wi-Fi, and other components, and also include applications such as XTU, […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Chromium developers are working on a browser API for micropayments

February 14, 2024

Via: TechSpot

Software engineer Alexander Surkov recently proposed a new addition to the Chromium source code, the layout engine on which many modern browsers are based. The programmer aims to implement the Web Monetization specifications, providing Chrome and many other free browsers […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Nvidia launches a chatbot that can run on your PC’s GeForce RTX GPU

February 13, 2024

Via: TechSpot

You can also feed it videos from the web, including clips from YouTube. Simply plug in the URL of the source video, then ask the chatbot any question related to the content in the video. As the name suggests, retrieval-augmented […]


Computing, Software & Applications

10 ways generative AI will transform software development

February 12, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Coding in the ’90s usually meant selecting an editor, checking code into CVS or SVN code repositories, and then compiling code into executables. Integrated development environments (IDEs) like Eclipse and Visual Studio improved productivity by including coding, development, documentation, building, […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Choosing between public and private LLMs

February 12, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Large language models (LLMs) continue to command a blazing bright spotlight, as the debut of ChatGPT captured the world’s imagination and made generative AI the most widely discussed technology in recent memory (apologies, metaverse). ChatGPT catapulted public LLMs onto the […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Go language hits top 10 in the Tiobe index

February 12, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Google’s Go language, or golang, has reached its highest position ever in the Tiobe language popularity index. The language, now in the eighth ranked position for language popularity, has been on the rise for several years. Go, which is probably […]


Computing, Data Management

What is Microsoft Fabric? A big tech stack for big data

February 9, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Microsoft Fabric is an end-to-end, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for data analytics. It is built around a data lake called OneLake, and brings together new and existing components from Microsoft Power BI, Azure Synapse, and Azure Data Factory into a single […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Google Bard is now Google Gemini

February 8, 2024

Via: Mashable

Say goodbye to Google Bard, and say hello to Google Gemini. On Thursday, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company will be rebranding its AI model Bard as Gemini. The company launched Gemini late last year, calling it […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Microsoft is bringing Linux’s sudo command to Windows 11

February 8, 2024

Via: The Verge

Windows 11 will soon have a built-in sudo command designed for developers. Sudo, short for “superuser do,” is widely used on Unix-based operating systems like Linux and macOS to run programs with higher security privileges or as another user. It’s […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Microsoft Store now lets you instantly try games without downloading them – and it might mean I finally use it

February 8, 2024

Via: Techradar

The Microsoft Store in Windows 11 is about to get a handy new feature that lets you try games without having to download and install them – but will this innovative feature make the unloved app store more popular? The […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Apple working on a new AI-powered editing tool and you can try out the demo now

February 8, 2024

Via: Techradar

Apple says it plans on introducing generative AI features to iPhones later this year. It’s unknown what they are, however, a recently published research paper indicates one of them may be a new type of editing software that can alter […]


Computing, Software & Applications

New service from Mozilla wants to protect you from data brokers

February 7, 2024

Via: Mashable

Have you ever googled yourself and found a slew of results from “people finder” websites with your personal data? These data brokers often profit from selling your information, which can include everything from your social media profiles to your real-world […]