From The Verge: DuckDuckGo has added a new “Sync & Backup” feature to its privacy-first browser that will keep passwords, bookmarks, and favorites constant across all of your devices — without setting up an account. Falling right in line with its usual claims that it won’t track you or collect your...

From PC World: Slack will soon begin rolling out what it calls “Slack AI” to its customers, featuring smart search, channel recaps, and summaries — and a number of caveats, too.

Slack has been trying to integrate AI into its conversational interface for about a year now, and some of this sounds...

From CNET: OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, is testing a version of ChatGPT that remembers what users told it before. The chatbot can now use that information in subsequent conversations, the company said Tuesday.

Not all users will get the new memory feature...

From The Verge: Apple’s iMessage is not being designated as a “core platform service” under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission announced today. The decision means the service won’t be hit with tough new obligations, including a requirement to offer...

From PC Mag: AI regulation is moving forward in Europe.

The European Union's Internal Market and Civil Liberties Committees voted overwhelmingly in favor of supporting the Artificial Intelligence Act Tuesday, allowing the AI Act to move forward toward becoming law in the region.

While the AI Act...

From PC World: The early days of Windows 11 and its hardware requirements were simply a mess. According to a new potential discovery, the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 might be a little simpler — older PCs simply won’t boot.

And by old PCs, we mean old PCs. A Twitter user claims that he has discovered a...

From The Verge: Microsoft appears to be readying its own DLSS-like AI upscaling feature for PC games. X user PhantomOcean3 discovered the feature inside the latest test versions of Windows 11 over the weekend, with Microsoft describing its automatic super resolution as a way to “use AI to make...

From PC Mag: Google has pledged 25 million euros, or approximately $26.9 million, toward furthering AI education and training in Europe, the tech giant said Monday.

"Europe can lead the way in harnessing AI to create a strong and equitable economy—with more productive industries, more meaningful...

From CNET: The Galaxy Watch's sleep apnea feature has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration, the tech giant announced on Friday, in the latest sign that sleep is a big part of Samsung's health-tracking ambitions.

The feature, available through Samsung's Health Monitor app, can...