The Chromebook team has been pushing Google Gemini AI powers, particularly on the more capable Chromebook Plus label, for a year and change. The new Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14, with a MediaTek processor boasting 50 TOPS, is a good example. Google used the upcoming Lenovo design to showcase Gemini's latest tricks at a press event last week. But I have to confess that I found the laptop itself, particularly its value proposition, more immediately gripping than the latest attempts to sell me a subscription that'll write my emails for me. The Chromebook Plus 14 combines a solid and lightweight build, a 14-inch OLED screen (touchscreen optional), generous memory (12GB or 16GB), and that MediaTek processor.

This Week Top Automation stories share updates about Apple's WWDC i-e Worldwide developers conference and what changes the company is introducing for the consumers. Whereas, Microsoft also added some new features and renamed their Window's Desktop to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). Big Tech publishing sites experienced outages because of a technical issue reported by U.S. cloud computing services providers. There is much more to Explore. Apple is hosting its annual Worldwide Developers Conference virtually for the second year in a row.

First of October I'll start as a Sr. Solutions Architect Professional Visualization (ProVis). It isn't a secret I always loved the technology and solutions NVIDIA provides. Professionally my first encounter was with some Quadro cards and Citrix HDX 3D Pro. The ability to deliver a virtual desktop without poor graphics or finally being able to deliver powerful virtual desktops for GPU demanding applications was amazing. The technology opened up new opportunities.

Robotic process automation, or RPA for short, is an emerging technology that allows you to automate business processes. It does this by mimicking the work of one or more users. I've seen this technology running on a thin-client machine, where the aim of the original business process was to create consulting codes. The diagram below, shows a simple example of how RPA can work. If you're used simpler tools, like Flow in Office 365 of IFTTT.com then you'll be familiar with this automation concept.

There are apps for everything from tracking your to-do's to curing you of your procrastination. But when it comes to productivity tools, look no further than your PC's operating system. Windows 10 boasts many new features and improvements on old ones that can help you work much more efficiently. Here are a few you should start taking advantage of today. It seems counter-intuitive, but focusing on a single task, rather than juggling several simultaneously, is the best path to getting more done.