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T3 · Aug 9, 2024

Microsoft Clipchamp will soon improve images and audio with AI

Microsoft is rolling out noise suppression and image background removal to its video editor Clipchamp. The tools use AI to enhance images and audio and are free additions to anyone using a personal or work account.

Windows Central · Aug 9, 2024

A former Google engineer says the company has bigger fish to fry with OpenAI's "temporary prototype" search tool than its antitrust monopolist ruling and pending regulation

Experts say Google's blind-sightedness to the rapid growth in AI could give OpenAI's SearchGPT the upper hand in search.

Windows Central · Aug 9, 2024

OpenAI's GPT-4o model emulates the user’s voice in a noisy background because it gets confused, but the issue has been mitigated at a "system level"

OpenAI recently highlighted safety challenges facing its Advanced Voice Mode and the measures it's taking to mitigate the issues.

Windows Central · Aug 9, 2024

Microsoft plans new mixed-reality VR headset to rival Apple Vision Pro — may run Windows apps via the cloud

A new report claims Microsoft has placed an order for thousands of micro-OLED displays that will be used in a new VR headset by the company as soon as 2026.

Windows Central · Aug 9, 2024

Microsoft Teams will now let your whole team get involved on improving a document — whether you want them to or not

Get your whole workforce collaborating on a Microsoft Teams doc, if you want.

TechRadar · Aug 9, 2024

AMD keeps chipping away at Intel as latest figures show increased market share in PCs, laptops and servers

Overall, Intel is up, but only because AMD's console chip sales are cratering.

PC Gamer · Aug 9, 2024

Iran ramping up cyber attacks ahead of US presidential vote, Microsoft says

A Microsoft report released Friday said Iran was laying the groundwork to sway voters ahead of the US presidential election, including by creating fake news sites and impersonating activists online. The report also reveals how Russia and China are exploiting US political polarization to advance their own interests.

France 24 · Aug 9, 2024

Iranian Operatives Escalate Efforts To Influence US Presidential Election

Iranian operatives intensify efforts to influence US election through fake news and hacking. US officials on high alert. Recent plot to assassinate former ...

Top News · Aug 9, 2024

Crowdstrike caused a global computer meltdown — at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference people can't get enough of its swag

The long lines of people seeking company-branded merch and taking selfies by its booth at the Las Vegas conference underscored Crowdstrike's curious new moment of cultural cachet.

Fortune · Aug 8, 2024