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A tech enthusiast nostalgically brings Microsoft's retro GUI look and finish from the 90s to its "AI OS" — an early Windows 11 Halloween costume?

An avid tech enthusiast recently shared a nostalgic project of Windows 11 rocking a retro 90s look featuring Microsoft's classic graphical user interface (GUI) from the 90s.

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Microsoft's October 2024 'Xbox Partner Preview' event revealed: Alan Wake II expansion, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, and much more

The next Xbox Partner Preview is set to go live on October 17, 2024, giving us a look at the next wave of upcoming Xbox and Windows PC titles from Microsoft's game creator publishing partners.

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Intel Z890 LGA1851 motherboards hit pre-order at Newegg starting from $189

Intel Z890 chipset packing LGA 1851 motherboards have gone up for pre-order at Newegg.

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A new research paper suggests that Bing / Microsoft Copilot "AI" medical advice may be capable of causing you severe harm, at least 22% of the time ...

A new study coming out of Europe suggests that Microsoft Copilot is spectacularly bad at offering medical advice, and in some cases, has even recommended seriously harmful, life-threatening advice.

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OpenAI may endure massive $44 Billion losses before seeing profit in 2029 partly due to Microsoft tie-up: "The partnership with Microsoft might mean OpenAI earns less from each dollar of revenue"

A new report suggests OpenAI could make $44 billion in losses before potentially becoming profitable in 2029. It further estimates the company's revenue generation to have scaled $100 billion.

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TikTok axes 500 jobs in Malaysia, embraces AI for global content moderation

TikTok is reportedly laying off 500 employees in Malaysia and plans to automate content moderation using AI.

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ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot can't create a simple white image, while Google's flagship image generation tool frustratingly buries sophisticated creations behind a $20 monthly premium service

Google is rolling out its long-anticipated Imagen 3 image generation tool to Gemini users across mobile and desktop, including free users. However, free users can't generate images of people as the capability is buried behind Google's Advanced $20 service.

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OpenAI reportedly wants to buy its 'freedom' through a for-profit restructuring ticket to keep hostile takeovers and outside interference from the likes of Microsoft at arm's length

OpenAI is reportedly restructuring its business model into a public benefit corporation, that will keep hostile takeovers and outside interference at bay.

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Nobel Prize winner claims former OpenAI Chief Scientist fired Sam Altman because he "is much less concerned with AI safety than profits" — and suggests superintelligence might be on the horizon: "We have maybe 4 years left"' before human extinction

Nobel Prize winner and physicist gives former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever a hat tip for his contributions to developing safe AI and firing Sam Altman for his missteps, including focusing on generating focus and abandoning the firm's founding mission.

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Sea of Thieves will let you live out your Metal Gear Solid pirate fantasies with new stealth systems

Rare and Xbox Game Studios' Sea of Thieves is getting a deluge of new stealth systems, including crouching and disguises.

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NVIDIA and MediaTek might be collaborating on a 3nm AI PC CPU that could potentially blow Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite out of the water — and it reportedly tapes out later this month

MediaTek and NVIDIA are reportedly working together on developing a cutting-edge 3nm AI PC CPU. It's slated to enter the tape-out phase of production later this month and is expected to enter mass production late next year.

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Former Google CEO says AI firms should build data centers because 'we're not organized' to hit ambitious climate goals anyway: "I'd rather bet on AI solving the problem than constraining it and having the problem"

Despite the negative implications AI data centers have on the climate, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says companies should proceed to build them as we're not organized enough o hit our climate goals anyway.

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An analyst predicts OpenAI could be part of Microsoft's acquisition portfolio by 2027: "Investors' focus might shift away from AI, and the startups will just find it difficult to keep funding for the innovation they want to do"

Microsoft might acquire the ChatGPT maker within the next three years. An analyst predicts the AI hype is quickly fading, and startups like OpenAI will be forced into unceremonious acquisitions by investors with vast resources like Microsoft.

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Google ordered to open its Android app store to third-party rivals, including Epic Games — no more "Google's scare screens and Google's 30% app tax"

Judge James Donato issued his final ruling on the Epic v. Google case, deeming Google Play Store an illegal monopoly. Donato's ruling highlighted several changes that need to be made, including opening the Google Play Store to third-party app stores for three years.

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I was given a folding phone for free, and my wife still had to stop me from buying this discounted Razr on Prime Day

Right now, you can snag a Razr 2024 for $100 off. That discount brings an already-affordable folding phone to a can't-miss discount.

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The Surface Duo is dead — Microsoft pulls plug on $1,500 Surface Duo 2 after just one Android OS upgrade

The Surface Duo 2 has just received its likely final security update, marking an end to Microsoft’s brief return to the smartphone market.

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A researcher claims Microsoft and OpenAI may have cracked multi-datacenter distributed training for their AI models based on their 'actions': "Microsoft has signed deals north of $10 billion with fiber companies to connect data centers"

A researcher claims Microsoft and OpenAI have finally figured out a plausible way to train the LLMs across multiple data centers.

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Red Dead Redemption is finally coming to Windows PC after 14 years and will support DLSS, FSR, and ultrawide monitors

Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption is finally coming to Windows PC on October 29, with support for 144hz, adjustable shadows, and more.

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A new study reveals OpenAI's dated GPT-3 uses more water than previously assumed — ChatGPT needs up to four times more water to quench its thirst for cooling data centers

OpenAI's ChatGPT consumes up to four times more water for cooling than previously thought. The study is based on an earlier version of ChatGPT running OpenAI's GPT-3 model.

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OpenAI's $6.6 billion investor funding could be setting up the ChatGPT maker for failure unless a critical threshold gets a stamp of approval

OpenAI's latest funding round could set the company up for a massive failure if it is unable to become a for-profit entity for two years. Failure to meet this critical threshold would mean it would have to refund the money to the investors.

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It only took 10 years — we're finally getting a sequel to the best underrated survival-horror game

Developer Creative Assembly is in the early stages of working on a sequel to Alien: Isolation.

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This 15-year-old high school student made YouTube comments, usually a cesspool of hate, into a must-have business tool

A new AI tool scans YouTube comments to create a report of feedback for products, and it was made by a 15-year-old in high school.

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Generative AI won't render coding dead in the water, but 80% of software engineers must upskill by 2027 to keep up with the revolution: "Building AI-empowered software will demand a new breed of a software professional, the AI engineer"

A new study by Gartner indicates that 80% of software engineers will reportedly need to upskill by 2027 as a blatant attempt to keep up with the rapid advances in the AI landscape.

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Microsoft openly promotes tossing your laptop into a big pile of e-waste

A newly updated Microsoft support document effectively recommends purchasing a new PC and ditching your old device running Windows 10.

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Halo's Unreal Engine 5 shift sparked the first optimism I've felt for Xbox's flagship in ages, and pretty graphics aren't the reason

It's been announced that all future Halo games are being built on Unreal Engine 5, and I think that might be exactly what the series needs. Here's why.

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