Swedish bank fires its underperforming AI assistant
But Amelia is doing well in her many other jobs
iTunes 12.8 extends AirPlay features
Apple's latest iTunes introduces AirPlay 2 multi-room audio in macOS and HomePod stereo pairs. For Windows, iTunes 12.8 includes minor app and performance improvements.
Polar fitness app exposed location of soldiers and government agents
It was potentially worse than Strava
Mozilla Firefox 61.0.1 fixes bugs, improves Twitch video streams
Firefox 61.0.1 fixes seven bugs from faulty page loading to loss of bookmarks when upgrading Firefox, but perhaps most importantly it improves playback of Twitch 1080p video streams.
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Total Commander 9.20 improves UI customization
A new release of Total Commander (power user file explorer) introduces new UI customization options, better multiple monitor support, and other back-end enhancements. Download here.
Gmail and other services let third parties read users' emails
Do you know who has access to your Gmail inbox?
Samsung Messages glitch could be sending your photos to random contacts
And you wouldn't even know about it
Nvidia releases updated GeForce driver for The Crew 2
Nvidia has just released their GeForce Graphics Driver version 398.36 which promises the best gaming experience for The Crew 2. It's available here for 64-bit systems from Windows 7 to 10.
macOS Mojave's public beta is available for download
Take the upcoming OS out for a spin
New Firefox 61 improves custom searches and more
Mozilla celebrates summer with release of the final version for Firefox 61. This new iteration makes it easier to add custom searches in the location bar, improves tab response thanks to Tab Warming, and more.
8+ Tools for Finding and Deleting Duplicate Files on Windows
We've covered many ways that you can save space on your storage drives over the years and deleting duplicate files on your system could easily result in a sizable clean out if only a few large files are found. Although Windows doesn't provide a direct solution, there are many apps that can help, so here's a quick look at them.
Papa is the 'grandkids on-demand' app for senior citizens
Technology fostering personal connections
Facebook developing tool that shows how long you spend on the platform
For those who can't stay away from social media
VirusTotal launches 'Monitor' to help developers mitigate malware false flags
Coding is hard enough without having to worry whether your app will pass everyone's AV checks
Facebook researchers are working on a way to fix blinking selfies
The system uses a variant of 'deepfake' GAN technology
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New Adobe Camera Raw adds support for Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+
Adobe has just released a new version (10.4) of Camera Raw which adds support for several cameras and lenses including the ones found on the Samsung Galaxy S9+ and Galaxy S9 in addition to a couple of improvements.
Scientists have developed a machine that can solve Rubik's Cube without assistance
This is just one step on a path to machines that can reason complex problems out for themselves
Nvidia creates super slow-motion video that is even smoother than a 300K fps camera
Deep fake slow-mo that is even better than real slow-mo
AMD releases new driver for Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Radeon Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 Hotfix aims to improve performance for Vermintide 2 on RX Vega 56 and Radeon RX 580 cards. The driver also fixes issues in World of Warcraft and World of Tanks.
Microsoft is redesigning Office to simplify the user experience
A new ribbon, zero query search and more
Where is the Windows 10 Recycle Bin? (Get rid of it)
Have you ever been to a presentation, or worse, a high-profile company keynote, it gets started on an empty Windows desktop showing nothing but the Recycle Bin icon? Hideous. Preferring to keep our desktop clean, we remove the Recycle Bin icon from Windows 10 as one of the first tweaks to a fresh installation of the operating system.
