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TL;DR: President Trump announced that semiconductor tariffs on imported chips will increase to 25% or higher by 2025. The US government will allow chip companies time to relocate production to the US, where no tariffs will apply. This aims to minimize disruption in the semiconductor industry. President Trump has ensured that semiconductor tariffs on chips imported into the US would increase higher over the course of 2025, with new details on the tariffs shared during

TL;DR: Microsoft believes its new generative AI tech could one day be used to future-proof games libraries and access classic tough-to-find games. Microsoft hopes to use its new AI technology to preserve older games, potentially future-proofing backwards compatibility. VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES Microsoft is all-in on artificial intelligence, and Xbox has briefly discussed its AI plans. First, Xbox signed a multi-year deal with Inworld to use its generative AI for narrative/quest design in games.

TL;DR: Fujitsu celebrates shipping over 50 million PCs by launching a commemorative FMV Note C laptop with a kumiko wooden lid crafted by Funaki Woodworks. The intricate design features 5800 wooden pieces from four wood species, with keys made from the same wood. This model marks over 30 years of PC manufacturing by Shimane Fujitsu. Fujitsu is celebrating a massive milestone: shipping over 50 million PCs and now the company has launched a beautiful once-off

TL;DR: Microsoft announced Muse, a generative AI toolset that was trained using player inputs from the Xbox game Bleeding Edge. Microsoft’s new generative AI toolset, Muse, was trained using real-world player inputs from an Xbox game, the company today announced. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES Remember when Xbox announced its generative AI plans? These strategies had been nebulous for some time, but the mystery has been lifted with a research update that gives a better

TL;DR: Elon Musk’s xAI startup has launched Grok 3, an advanced AI chatbot integrated into X with a dedicated app for iOS and Android. Available to Premium+ subscribers, Grok 3 offers enhanced computing power, a “Big Brain” mode for complex tasks, and a DeepSearch feature. It challenges current AI models and repositions xAI in the open-source LLM race. Elon Musk has announced that his xAI startup has just launched Grok 3, the latest AI chatbot

The Gemini South telescope, commissioned over two decades ago, continues to contribute significant astronomical findings. On February 7th, it captured a new image of Asteroid 2024 YR4, which ultimately resulted in a revised projected probability of Earth impact to 1 in 48 by 2032, from the previously estimated 1 in 83. This observation was conducted from the telescope’s home base at an altitude of about 2,720 meters above sea level in Chile. Astronomers are actively

If you have recently tried to access Gemini through the Google app on your iPhone and haven’t found it, you are not alone. Google is now directing iOS users to download and use the dedicated Gemini app from the App Store, discontinuing its integration within the main Google app. iOS users initially benefited from a seamless integration of Gemini within the Google app, which allowed them to switch between Google Search and Gemini’s AI capabilities.

At last, we have a new iPhone SE, except it’s not called the SE anymore. Apple has incorporated its latest fourth gen SE phone into the iPhone 16 lineup as the iPhone 16e. The name change is a smart one—with SE sales struggling to keep up with its flagship stablemates, slapping “iPhone 16” (in this case) onto the moniker may help boost the mid-budget phone’s cachet in the eyes of potential buyers. Retailing at $600

The beauty of the PC platform is its backward compatibility. The whole reason that x86 and Windows have survived as long as they have is because they have largely preserved compatibility with old software. “Nuts to that,” says NVIDIA, who has officially ended support for GPU-accelerated PhysX and CUDA on 32-bit applications with the release of the GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs. It’s specifically the “Blackwell” architecture; 32-bit applications that use PhysX or CUDA simply

The Humane AI Pin had an impressive debut, promising to be an intuitive way to interact with AI. However, once the device actually rolled out, it became clear that it was far from actually delivering on that promise. Its poor performance led to scathing reviews, which in turn quickly sank the AI Pin in the eyes of potential buyers. Humane was never able to recover and is now selling key assets to HP. HP will