Asus Vivobook S 15 Copilot+ review: beautiful laptop, half-baked AI

TechRadar Verdict Asus’s Vivobook S 15 is an absolutely phenomenal piece of kit. With an aesthetic that’d make even the Milano fashion houses jealous, it combines the latest and greatest Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a beautiful OLED display, plus some serious hardware under the hood to deliver a phenomenal laptop experience with outstanding battery life for day-to-day usage. It’s not perfect, however: AI is the word, certainly when it comes to the marketing on this thing, and sadly although Copilot remains a suitable LLM assistant, many of the other features still feel heavily in beta, sometimes sluggish at best....

July 4, 2024 · 14 min · 2898 words · Timothy Wang

ASUS's new routers will come with a top VPN built-in

ASUS’s new routers will come with a top VPN built-in NordVPN comes built-in to two new ASUS routers When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. NordVPNhas partnered with ASUS to integrate its popular VPN service into the hardware giant’s networking devices. The collaboration will see ASUS routers be among the first to market with built-in NordVPN functionality designed to enhance users’ cybersecurity and privacy....

July 4, 2024 · 3 min · 432 words · Jason Pratt

Australia is moving top secret intelligence data to the cloud with a new billion-dollar AWS deal

Australia is moving top secret intelligence data to the cloud with a new billion-dollar AWS deal Australia is setting up a top-secret cloud with AWS When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Australia’s government wants help fromAmazonWeb Services (AWS) to build a super top-secret cloud for its law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The country’s leaders say the new AWS platform will be “purpose-built for Australia’s Defence and National Intelligence Community agencies to securely host our country’s most sensitive information....

July 4, 2024 · 3 min · 468 words · Aaron Green

Blackview MP100 mini PC review

TechRadar Verdict As nicely made and quiet as the SER8 is, getting inside is excessively complicated, and cheaper alternatives use the same platform. The lack of VESA mounting might also put some people off, as might the impending arrival of the Ryzen 9000 series CPUs. Dual M.2 slots SATA drive support Eight core CPU Mostly made of plastic Single channel memory mistake Windows partition silliness Why you can trust TechRadarWe spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best....

July 4, 2024 · 11 min · 2210 words · Russell Baker

ChatGPT just (accidentally) shared all of its secret rules – here's what we learned

ChatGPT just (accidentally) shared all of its secret rules – here’s what we learned Saying ‘hi’ revealed OpenAI’s instructions until the company shut it down, but you can still find them When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. ChatGPThas inadvertently revealed a set of internal instructions embedded byOpenAIto a user whosharedwhat they discovered on Reddit. OpenAI has since shut down the unlikely access to its chatbot’s orders, but the revelation has sparked more discussion about the intricacies and safety measures embedded in the AI’s design....

July 4, 2024 · 4 min · 850 words · Katrina Wilson

Dragon Age: The Veilguard will let players choose between several 'playstyles' as difficulty options

Dragon Age: The Veilguard will let players choose between several ‘playstyles’ as difficulty options The game will feature four difficulty options When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. BioWare has confirmedDragon Age: The Veilguardwill feature several difficulty options, including one that will let you customize your gameplay experience. Speaking in a new interview withGame Informer, game director Corinne Busche was able to share even more details about the upcomingDragon Agegame by revealing the multiple difficulty options - or “playstyles” as BioWare calls them - the game will feature....

July 4, 2024 · 3 min · 438 words · Karen Williams

EA is delisting Battlefield 3, 4, and Hardline on older platforms at the end of the month

EA is delisting Battlefield 3, 4, and Hardline on older platforms at the end of the month Online services are scheduled to end later this year When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. EA has announced that it will be delisting threeBattlefieldgames from select digital storefronts later this month. In a recentpostshared to X / Twitter and spotted byEurogamer, the publisher confirmed that as of Wednesday, July 31 it will be removingBattlefield 3,Battlefield 4, andBattlefield: Hardlinefrom sale on theXbox 360andPlayStation 3....

July 4, 2024 · 2 min · 384 words · Bryan Davis
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