Lenovo woos PC gamers on tight budgets with new LOQ brand

From PC World: Video games are big money — big enough that it’s worth trying to sell hardware to gamers, even if they don’t have very much money. That’s the idea behind budget gaming brands, like Dell’s G-series underneath Alienware and the Asus TUF series under ROG. Lenovo is ready to dive into the...

TikTok CEO to Face Congress, Say It Has Solutions to Data Concerns

From CNET: TikTok CEO Shou Chew is in Washington, DC, today to try and convince Congress that TikTok can protect US users' data and maintain safety for the millions of Americans who use the popular video app.

Chew is scheduled to testify before the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce about...

WhatsApp’s latest updates make groups easier to find and manage

From The Verge: WhatsApp has announced two new features coming to the Meta-owned messaging app that are designed to improve the privacy of community group chats while also making it easier to find groups users have in common. Both new features will roll out globally “over the coming weeks.”

The...

Ubisoft Is Using AI to Write Dialogue for Video Game Characters

From PC Mag: Ubisoft this week unveiled its Ghostwriter AI, which the video game publisher/developer describers as a tool that "effectively generates first drafts of barks."

By barks, Ubisoft is referring to phrases and sounds a non-player character (NPC) utters during triggered events in a game...

ChatGPT Bug Reportedly Exposed People's Conversation History

From CNET: A bug appears to have exposed the titles of some users' past conversations with OpenAI's ChatGPT to other people using the AI chatbot, according to a report from Bloomberg. OpenAI temporarily disabled ChatGPT on Monday while it fixed the issue.

When someone is using ChatGPT, a chat...

Needy Windows 11 apps will beg you to pin them to your taskbar

From PC World: If you don’t like insecure people who demand attention, you’re going to hate the changes Microsoft has planned for Windows 11.

During the coming months, Microsoft plans to add two changes to Windows. First, it will give developers new API access to the default apps settings. Second...

Amazon to Cut Thousands More Jobs Due to 'Uncertain' Economy

From CNET: Amazon will cut 9,000 additional jobs in the next few weeks as part of an effort to streamline costs, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to employees on Monday.

This comes on top of more than 18,000 jobs Amazon said it would cut as part of a workforce reduction that began in November...

Cooler Master and D-BOX Team up for an Innovative Haptic Gaming Chair

From Cooler Master Press Release: Cooler Master today announced it worked with D-BOX to produce its latest entry into the gaming chair market, The Motion-1 Haptic Gaming Chair. Cooler Master and D-BOX are currently present at the 2023 Game Developers Conference — GDC, taking place in San Francisco...

ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 Noctua Edition graphics card

From Noctua Press Release: Following the resounding success of the ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 Noctua Edition, the Noctua Edition of ASUS’ GeForce RTX 4080 is the third graphics card to feature Noctua fans and a heatsink that has been co-engineered by Noctua. By switching from the stock three...

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