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Please don't watch Xzibit promise to pimp your browser
Rapper Xzibit has teamed up with Opera and its Opera GX browser to promote Opera GX Mods, in a video called "pimp your browser." You're gonna watch it, but don't say we didn't warn you.
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Microsoft enlists AI to supercharge PC security and hinder hackers
Security Copilot is Microsoft's AI tool to fight off hackers by identifying and responding to attacks using a specialized security version of the GPT-4 technology found in Bing Chat.
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Microsoft's new version of Teams is faster and smarter
Microsoft is showing off a new version of Microsoft Teams today, with a top-down UI, new AI features, and additional code improvements that should cut memory use and increase speed.
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5 reasons to switch from Microsoft Office to Google Workspace
In the battle of Microsoft Office versus Google Workspace, Google's free apps are easier to use and better for collaboration. Nonetheless, Microsoft offers some clear benefits.
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Can't wait for Microsoft's AI-generated presentations? Canva has it now
Canva is unveiling several AI-powered tools to counter Microsoft 365 Copilot. Presentations are about to get a whole lot easier.
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Forget Bing. Microsoft's radical new Office features could be AI's killer app
Microsoft 365 Copilot and its AI should help those who know little about Excel actually competent, summarize meetings and email chains, and more. It's Bing Chat on steroids.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot uses AI superpowers to eliminate work drudgery
Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 Copilot and Business Chat, applying AI to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and more.
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Switching from Windows to Chromebook: One thing holds me back
Hello, my name is Michael, and I'm a Photoshop addict. It keeps me from ditching Windows for Chromebook.
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ChatGPT's AI powers make better writers, MIT study finds
Giving writers ChatGPT and AI as a writing assistant increased their productivity by increasing their quality and decreasing their time spent, an MIT study found.
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Google's new AI features write text for Gmail, Docs, and more
Soon you'll be able to let Google write you Mother's Day card for you, you irredeemable monster.
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Microsoft Edge Copilot brings AI content creation to your browser
Microsoft Edge 111 adds the AI-powered Edge Copilot feature to the Edge browser, integrating Bing Chat and AI content creation at your fingertips.
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Brave Firewall + VPN arrives on Windows
Brave has expanded its Brave Firewall + VPN service from the smartphone to the PC, for just under $10 per month.
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6 reasons why a Microsoft 365 subscription is worth the money
Office apps are just part of what you get with a Microsoft 365 plan—you can get a lot of value out of it otherwise, too.
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A Microsoft 365 accessibility assistant will make content easier to see
Microsoft's Accessibility Summit features a new tool for Microsoft 365, Accessibility Assistant, which will optimize your content for those who can't see well.
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ChatGPT for Slack adds AI to your workplace chats
Salesforce and OpenAI have announced a ChatGPT bot for Slack, which will use AI to summarize conversations, and more. But Microsoft is looming with its own AI-powered productivity tools.
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Microsoft Edge's Video Super Resolution upscaling works on AMD and Nvidia
Microsoft Edge's new Video Super Resolution tech is included with Edge Canary, and can enhance videos at 720p or lower.
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Brave and Opera are adding AI-powered summaries to their browsers
Smaller browsers Brave and Opera say they're on the AI bandwagon, with plans from both companies to add AI tools that will summarize a Web page.
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Asking Bing Chat to be more creative will decrease its accuracy
A Microsoft executive says that new Bing Chat controls that allow you to ask it for more creative responses may diminish the accuracy of its results, for now.
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Microsoft is bringing Bing Chat to mobile Edge, Bing, and Skype
Microsoft is adding Bing to Skype (but not Teams) as well as the mobile Bing and Edge apps.
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