Computers

If you were to take a laptop on a plane or away for a ski weekend, how long would it last streaming Netflix before it ran out of battery? It’s a good question, and one that deserves an answer. I’ve tested Intel’s Core Ultra 200 (Lunar Lake) and Intel’s Core Ultra 300 (Panther Lake) while looking at representative laptops for work, not play. But the streaming question is one that’s nagged…

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Oh, my. With “AI” systems causing a lot of problems pretty much everywhere, it’s a bad look for one of the world’s most important tech companies to actively promote piracy. But that appears to be just what happened, with a post hosted on Microsoft’s developer blog, actively using an apparently pirated set of Harry Potter novels to train an Azure-based “AI” system. “The Harry Potter…

If your Intel processor requires a warranty return or support, the first “person” you’ll probably be dealing with at Intel will be an AI. Intel is rolling out “Ask Intel,” an addition to its Intel support site, that runs on Microsoft Copilot rather than on human intervention. Ask Intel will appear as part of support.intel.com, Intel sales executive Boji Tony announced on a LinkedIn post…