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AMD just gave your old Radeon GPU a new lease on life

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. FSR 4.1 is coming to Radeon RX 6000 GPUs way ahead of schedule, along with Ryzen laptops, gaming handhelds, and Xbox consoles. AMD's FSR 4 upscaling technology was a revelation when it debuted last year, delivering the sort of crisp, clean visuals that finally let Radeon go toe-to-toe with Nvidia's vaunted DLSS. It only worked on shiny new Radeon RX 9000-series graphics cards, and those are in this RAM-crunched day and age.


Chrome 156 lets you ask Gemini about videos you're watching

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PCWorld reports that Google Chrome 156 introduces a new Media understanding feature, allowing users to ask Gemini AI to summarize or explain videos and audio content directly in the browser.


AI vibe check: Searching for human signals at a San Francisco tech conference

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. AI looms large in the big national conversation. Would I find any recognition of growing concern and cynicism at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026? I spoke 1-on-1 with startup founders, searching for signals of a new AI vibe. As I was developing my reporting plan for TechCrunch Disrupt last week, one key question loomed large in my head: Would I find any AI startups at this annual summit for fledgling tech companies? The conference is in San Francisco, after all, so finding AI tech might prove difficult. But I wanted to at least try.


I built an AI agent to protect my data. Then it found a hole in its guardrails

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. I built an AI agent to protect my data. My vibe-coded AI assistant had strict rules about what it could and couldn't do, but a loophole left it -- and my data -- wide open to attack. I thought I was so clever.


MSI Stealth 16 AI review: A powerful gaming laptop in disguise

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. The Stealth 16 AI+ is a gaming laptop that doubles as a discreet machine for creative work. Its superb OLED screen raises the bar for both entertainment and productivity. If you ask MSI, the Stealth 16 AI+ isn't just a computer for creative work and productivity.


Remember the sounds of old tech? These delightful sites are keeping them alive

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Remember the sounds of old tech? These online museums have hundreds of recordings from old gadgets and devices. You might not remember it, but the world used to be full of the sounds of technology.


For 35, you can now get Microsoft Office and Windows 11 Pro for life

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Windows 10 first came out in 2015, and Microsoft 365 Personal still costs $99.99 a year just for basic apps like Word and Excel. This bundle replaces both with a lifetime license for Windows 11 Pro and a lifetime license for Microsoft Office Professional 2021, together for $34.97 (reg. Windows 11 Pro moves your computer onto Microsoft's current operating system.


Get ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek in one window for 59.97 for life

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Get ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek in one window for $59.97 for life A lifetime subscription to the ChatPlayground AI Unlimited Plan is $59.97 (reg. Send one prompt to 20+ AI models, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek, and compare the answers. DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and Gemini each win some comparisons and lose others.


Hackers are hijacking Plex servers to mine crypto. Update ASAP

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Hackers are hijacking Plex servers to mine crypto. A chain of four Plex vulnerabilities lets attackers run malicious code on unpatched Plex servers without logging in. Security researchers have discovered that hackers are actively exploiting four vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server, the popular app that's used to stream films, TV shows, music, and other digital content from your own PC, server, or NAS device.


Anker's new 10-in-1 laptop dock drops to 80 for the first time

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Anker's 10-in-1 dock is $79.99, down from $99.99, with a live screen showing power and transfer speeds. If your laptop lacks a lot of ports, the most impactful upgrade you can make is a good docking station. Right now, this Anker 10-in-1 Docking Station is on sale for just $79.99, the first time it's been discounted since it released back in September.