Meet Focus, the Windows 11 setting that makes distractions disappear
When I’m deep into a story it’s good to have zero distractions on my desktop. That way I can give my full attention to what I’m doing. To do that, I turn on Windows Focus.…
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Anthropic says its new AI model “maintained focus” for 30 hours on multistep tasks
Claude 4.5 is available everywhere today. Through the API, the model maintains the same pricing as Claude Sonnet 4, at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens. Developers can access it…
Buying a laptop for college? Focus on these 6 crucial features
It’s that time of year again, folks. Whether you’re a freshman heading off to college for the first time or a returning student, you’re going to need a reliable laptop that can carry you through…
Wi-Fi 8 is on the way with a focus on dead spots over speed
Wi-Fi 7 is barely on the market and we’re already talking about the next version, Wi-Fi 8. To be more specific, the IEEE standards body has completed its first draft of the 802.11bn standard, which…
North Korea launches new unit with a focus on AI hacking, per report
The North Korean government is reportedly establishing a new hacking group within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). Daily NK, a news outlet that focuses on North Korea, reported last week that the new…
GitHub launches $1.25M open source fund with a focus on security
The open source funding problem is very real, but a slew of initiatives have emerged of late, with startups, corporations, and venture capitalists launching various programs to support some of the most critical projects via…
AMD exec: Next-gen Radeons focus on mainstream, not monster GPUs
For months, internet rumor mills have claimed that AMD’s next-generation Radeon RX 8000 graphics cards would cede the high-end market to Nvidia’s GeForce lineup, after the GeForce RTX 4090 stomped all over the competition this…
Report: Apple kills Vision Pro 2 to focus on lower-cost headset for 2025
According to a new report from The Information, Apple has suspended work on the high-end successor to the Vision Pro (you could call it Vision Pro 2). The report says Apple has told at least…
AI, GPUs, and focus: 7 takeaways from the AMD CEO Lisu Su’s SXSW chat
AMD has bet big internally on AI in a goal to increase its chip output, chief executive Dr. Lisa Su told an audience at SXSW on Monday. And that includes her, too — as she…
Mozilla backs off its security, privacy services to focus on Firefox
Mozilla is best known for its Firefox browser, but compared to rivals, it’s not nearly as popular. As part of the company’s efforts to turn its attention back to Firefox, several of its standalone products…