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Amazon said on Monday it would invest up to $4 billion in AI firm Anthropic, as the online retail giant steps into an AI race dominated by Microsoft, Google and OpenAI.

Baldur’s Gate 3’s third patch is coming later tonight, September 22, and brings with it the ability to change your in-game character’s appearance. The update adds a Magic Mirror to the player’s camp, which can be accessed at any time to alter hair, makeup, voice, pronouns, and such. One cannot alter their race or body type, and Origin chara...

Xbox revealed a slate of new titles coming to Game Pass this year, at the Tokyo Game Show event. Major highlights include Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Persona 5 Tactica, Persona 3 Reload, Forza Motorsport, and Mineko’s Night Market, all of which are day-one releases. Meanwhile, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy lands on t...

Starfield Review: It is an imperfect but grandly immersive voyage into the vastness of the galaxy, rife with immaculate world-building that absorbs you a few hours in. It’s a Bethesda game through and through, featuring an immense array of side quests and a quality role-playing system that favours player agency above all else. Unfortunately, spac...

Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s PC system requirements are out now. Running the game on Ultra settings does not require the latest Nvidia 40 or AMD’s 7000 series cards, which is surprisingly odd for PC games of this generation. The port also comes with support for wide and multi-screen displays, an in-game benchmark, and more. Intel seems to be the...

Xbox head Phil Spencer considered acquiring Nintendo at one point, a leaked email from August 2020 revealed. In it, he claimed that the Mario maker is comfortable with its position in the industry, so any hostile buyout moves would be deemed futile. We also learned that when Microsoft was acquiring Bethesda-owner ZeniMax Media, it was also in discu...

MS Paint is gaining support for two important features that will allow users to edit images using layers and edit transparent images. The features are being tested on the Microsoft Paint app on the Windows Insider Dev and Canary channels and is expected to roll out to all users at a later date.

Microsoft is refreshing the Xbox Series X and Series S consoles in 2024. The former is taking an all-digital route, with a cylindrical design and 2TB storage. The remaining hardware stays the same and it’s planned for October 2024. Similarly, the Xbox Series S refresh comes with an upgraded 1TB storage and is slated to drop August 2024. Xbox is a...

Intel Core Ultra processors were unveiled by the company on Tuesday. Codenamed 'Meteor Lake', these processors will be launched on December 14, according to Intel. They are built using the chipmaker's 7nm "Intel 4" technology and are the firm's first processors to be equipped with a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU) for improved on-device AI p...

Some workers within Amazon’s once-storied hardware division – responsible for popular devices like the Kindle reader and Echo voice-assistant – say morale within the division has suffered amid staff cutbacks and a pipeline of devices in development that they fear are unlikely to prove hits.

Microsoft said in a statement that "no customer data was exposed, and no other internal services were put at risk because of this issue."

Alphabet's Google said on Tuesday that Bard, its generative artificial intelligence, will have the ability to fact-check its answers and analyze users' personal Google data as the tech giant scrambles to catch up to ChatGPT in popularity. The release last year of ChatGPT, a chatbot from Microsoft-backed OpenAI, sparked a race in the tech industry.

Microsoft's Pavan Davuluri will lead a team focused on Windows software, devices portfolio and semiconductor chips, the company said on Monday, while announcing the departure of longtime product chief Panos Panay. The team led by Davuluri will "build silicon, systems and devices that span Windows, client and cloud for an AI world," according to a s...

In a post on X, Mr Panay said ''he's decided to turn the page and write the next chapter.''

Artificial Intelligence is transforming Slack, the widely used workplace messaging platform, its CEO told AFP just nine months after taking on one of the most high profile jobs in Silicon Valley.

Amazon said on Monday it would invest up to $4 billion in AI firm Anthropic, as the online retail giant steps into an AI race dominated by Microsoft, Google and OpenAI.

Baldur’s Gate 3’s third patch is coming later tonight, September 22, and brings with it the ability to change your in-game character’s appearance. The update adds a Magic Mirror to the player’s camp, which can be accessed at any time to alter hair, makeup, voice, pronouns, and such. One cannot alter their race or body type, and Origin chara...

Xbox revealed a slate of new titles coming to Game Pass this year, at the Tokyo Game Show event. Major highlights include Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Persona 5 Tactica, Persona 3 Reload, Forza Motorsport, and Mineko’s Night Market, all of which are day-one releases. Meanwhile, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy lands on t...

Starfield Review: It is an imperfect but grandly immersive voyage into the vastness of the galaxy, rife with immaculate world-building that absorbs you a few hours in. It’s a Bethesda game through and through, featuring an immense array of side quests and a quality role-playing system that favours player agency above all else. Unfortunately, spac...

Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s PC system requirements are out now. Running the game on Ultra settings does not require the latest Nvidia 40 or AMD’s 7000 series cards, which is surprisingly odd for PC games of this generation. The port also comes with support for wide and multi-screen displays, an in-game benchmark, and more. Intel seems to be the...

Xbox head Phil Spencer considered acquiring Nintendo at one point, a leaked email from August 2020 revealed. In it, he claimed that the Mario maker is comfortable with its position in the industry, so any hostile buyout moves would be deemed futile. We also learned that when Microsoft was acquiring Bethesda-owner ZeniMax Media, it was also in discu...

MS Paint is gaining support for two important features that will allow users to edit images using layers and edit transparent images. The features are being tested on the Microsoft Paint app on the Windows Insider Dev and Canary channels and is expected to roll out to all users at a later date.

Microsoft is refreshing the Xbox Series X and Series S consoles in 2024. The former is taking an all-digital route, with a cylindrical design and 2TB storage. The remaining hardware stays the same and it’s planned for October 2024. Similarly, the Xbox Series S refresh comes with an upgraded 1TB storage and is slated to drop August 2024. Xbox is a...

Intel Core Ultra processors were unveiled by the company on Tuesday. Codenamed 'Meteor Lake', these processors will be launched on December 14, according to Intel. They are built using the chipmaker's 7nm "Intel 4" technology and are the firm's first processors to be equipped with a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU) for improved on-device AI p...

Some workers within Amazon’s once-storied hardware division – responsible for popular devices like the Kindle reader and Echo voice-assistant – say morale within the division has suffered amid staff cutbacks and a pipeline of devices in development that they fear are unlikely to prove hits.

Microsoft said in a statement that "no customer data was exposed, and no other internal services were put at risk because of this issue."

Alphabet's Google said on Tuesday that Bard, its generative artificial intelligence, will have the ability to fact-check its answers and analyze users' personal Google data as the tech giant scrambles to catch up to ChatGPT in popularity. The release last year of ChatGPT, a chatbot from Microsoft-backed OpenAI, sparked a race in the tech industry.

Microsoft's Pavan Davuluri will lead a team focused on Windows software, devices portfolio and semiconductor chips, the company said on Monday, while announcing the departure of longtime product chief Panos Panay. The team led by Davuluri will "build silicon, systems and devices that span Windows, client and cloud for an AI world," according to a s...

In a post on X, Mr Panay said ''he's decided to turn the page and write the next chapter.''

Artificial Intelligence is transforming Slack, the widely used workplace messaging platform, its CEO told AFP just nine months after taking on one of the most high profile jobs in Silicon Valley.