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Lenovo's Secure by Design Thinking Puts Cybersecurity at the Core of Business Strategy

Lenovo ThinkShield defends business without compromising on productivity.

YouTube Expands Ad-Blocker Crackdown, But Chrome Store Still Promotes Them

YouTube puts more measures in place to stop users from skipping ads, but Google's Chrome store still offers tons of third-party YouTube ad blockers.

By Kate Irwin

AMD's Ryzen 8000 Pro Chips Bring AI to Business Laptops, Desktops

AMD says its new business-class chips promise to beat rival processors from Intel, including its 'Meteor Lake' Core Ultra chips.

By Michael Kan

Motorola Debuts AI-Enhanced Edge 50 Phones and Bose-Tuned Buds

The Moto Edge 50 Ultra, Edge 50 Pro, and Edge 50 Fusion will join the Moto Buds+ and Moto Buds in launching across Europe, Asia, and Latin America in the coming weeks, but is the US on deck?

By Sarah Lord

Meta Faces Oversight Board Investigation Over AI Deepfakes

Meta's Oversight Board examines two incidents where sexually explicit AI deepfakes of real-life women were posted on Instagram and Facebook.

By Kate Irwin

Sweepstakes: Rate Your Broadband ISP to WIN

You could potentially snag $250 when you rate your high-speed internet provider at home (and if you control the ISP at work, there as well).

$1 for Your Thoughts: Elon Musk Still Plans to Charge New X Users to Tweet

Musk says the fee is necessary to curb bots. However, some users doubt it'll make any difference and suspect it's more of a revenue play.

By Michael Kan

SpaceX Selling $399 Refurbished Starlink Dishes to US Users

The company finally expands sales of refurbished Starlink kits to select US states after opening them in other markets. Interestingly, these involve its newest V4 standard dishes.

By Michael Kan

Is That EV Charger a Dud? Rivian Reliability Scores Give You a Heads Up

The dash screens on Rivian vehicles will now display an A-to-F grade for public fast chargers to help drivers avoid non-working hook-ups.

By Emily Dreibelbis

Tesla Cybertruck Buyers Report Last-Minute Delivery Cancellations

Future Cybertruck owners receive a notification about indefinite delays. Tesla has not confirmed why, but it comes amid reports of trouble with the steering column and accelerator.

By Emily Dreibelbis

Got an S22? Galaxy S24 Upgrade Offers Worthwhile Speed Boost, Ookla Finds

The Samsung Galaxy S24 lineup offers faster 5G download speeds than the Apple iPhone 15 and older Galaxy phones in several countries.

By Iyaz Akhtar

More PCs Can Upgrade to Windows 11 After Microsoft Drops 'Compatibility Hold'

Certain Windows 10 PCs have been unable to upgrade to Windows 11 since late 2021, when Microsoft identified problems with drivers for Intel's Smart Sound Technology.

By Michael Kan

Samsung Regains Top Spot in Smartphone Market as iPhone Shipments Fall

Apple saw a 9.6% dip in its smartphone shipments between January and March, according to research firm IDC. Meanwhile, Chinese brands saw huge growth.

By Michael Kan

Business Choice 2024: The VoIP Services Preferred by Employees and IT Managers

The office phone is still the centerpiece of business communications after decades. Find out which VoIP provider is best for powering your calls.

By Eric Griffith

Tesla Lays Off Over 10% of Staff as Elon Musk Claims 'It Must Be Done'

An estimated 14,000 Tesla workers are losing their jobs, with an internal email from Musk citing duplicate roles and a desire to be 'lean' going forward.

By Kate Irwin

Adobe Acrobat Gets Generative AI in Time for Tax Day

Not only can you look up tax rules using the new AI chatbot, but you can summarize PDFs and find answers in various disciplines from publicly available PDFs online.

By Michael Muchmore

Adobe Generative AI Tools to Help Editors Add, Remove Objects in Premiere Pro

The idea is to quickly 'solve real-world video-editing tasks,' Adobe says.

By Michael Muchmore

OpenAI Expands to Asia, Launches Japanese GPT-4 Model

OpenAI opens an office in Japan, a country with rules that generally allow AI firms to use copyrighted data to train their models.

By Kate Irwin

Biden Is Giving Samsung $6.4 Billion to Build US Chip Factories

After awarding billions to Intel and TSMC, the White House is also subsidizing Samsung's Texas chip manufacturing plans.

By Kate Irwin

Sweepstakes: Rate Your Routers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) at Work and Home to WIN

Want a chance to take home $250? Tell us all about the router and NAS device you use at your home network or major work installation (IT managers, we need you).