This prompt trick forces AI to stop flattering you and think harder
I wish I had nickel for every time ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini told me I’d hit the nail on the head, stumbled onto a genius idea, or otherwise patted me on the back for a…
forces
Europe forces Microsoft into free extended support for Windows 10
Windows 10 is officially unsupported starting next month… sort of. Perhaps seeing the writing on the wall (which it wrote itself), Microsoft has given Windows 10 holdouts an extra year of security updates, but you’ll…
RTX graphics on CPUs: Nvidia and Intel are officially joining forces
Nvidia is on top of the world right now, riding waves of investment in “AI” and becoming one of the most powerful and most profitable companies on the planet. Intel? Not so much. The company…
The Full Nerd: AMD and Sony join forces to improve gaming for everyone
Welcome to this week’s issue of The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardcore hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. In it, we dive into the hottest topics from our YouTube show, plus hot…
Vocal backlash forces Wikipedia to pause AI-generated summaries
AI-generated summaries are low-hanging fruit for apps and services that want to jump on the AI bandwagon, as we’ve seen with Copilot, Google Drive, Amazon, and Adobe Acrobat. Recently, even the Wikimedia Foundation gave it…
Creative and TGIF join forces to make a next-level gaming chair
There’s a joke that goes a little something like this: “How do you make a bandstand?” “You take away their chairs!” Standing may be the only option for that unfortunate band, but there’ll be no…
Intel, AMD, and other PC titans join forces to fortify x86 CPUs
For years, both AMD and Intel have energetically competed against one another in the PC processor market. But there’s a new force to be reckoned with — Arm — and both AMD and Intel are…
Tails OS joins forces with Tor Project in merger
The Tor Project The Tor Project, the nonprofit that maintains software for the Tor anonymity network, is joining forces with Tails, the maker of a portable operating system that uses Tor. Both organizations seek to…
Apple Intelligence forces Apple to finally give us what we want: More RAM
When it comes to the amount of RAM (which Apple refers to as “unified memory” in its A- and M-series chips) in Apple iPhones, iPads, and Macs, there has been a disconnect over what users…