It’s called TikTok AI Alive. TikTok is making it a lot easier for its creators to use AI. TikTok AI Alive, a feature the app launched on Tuesday, helps users turn static photos into “captivating, short-form videos enhanced with movement, atmospheric and creative effects” when they use the TikTok Story Camera. “WeContinue Reading
The monthly security update for May addressed numerous “critical” and “high risk” security vulnerabilities across Microsoft products and services. Yesterday was Patch Tuesday, and Microsoft provided security updates that addressed 77 new vulnerabilities, with five security vulnerabilities in Windows already being exploited in the wild, and several others in WindowsContinue Reading
SSDs don’t live forever. Just like a hard drive, an SSD has a limited lifespan, denoted (most commonly) by the number of terabytes of data that can be written to it (TBW). Most SSDs have TBW ratings that will take you 5 to 6 years to reach, even with unrealistic amountsContinue Reading
Windows 10 users have a little more room to breathe, following a rare end-of-support U-turn by Microsoft. Just not the one they’ve been hoping for. The death of Windows 10 has been signaled for years. Come October 14, 2025, the current, most-popular version of Windows will be no more — at leastContinue Reading
After 22 years of service the video calling app Skype is being switched off by Microsoft. Leaked code already pointed toward the Microsoft-acquired app being shifted to the company’s own Teams video calling platform. There are plenty of good Skype alternatives and we’ve compiled a list of seven that should helpContinue Reading
The Windows 11 Start menu is getting a more customizable layout with a collapsible Phone Link panel Microsoft has officially announced its new Start menu experience for Windows 11, which features a new, more customizable layout and deeper integration with Windows Phone Link. The new Start menu first leaked last month, revealingContinue Reading
Make sure you recognize the devices with active access to your email, photos, and other files. If you live in a more populated area, you likely check your doors before bed to make sure they’re locked. The same idea is worthwhile to apply to your vital online accounts, too—verifying thatContinue Reading
OpenAI’s much-awaited improved AI image-generation capability is here. Instead of using a separate image generation model like Dall-E, the new advanced image generator is now part of GPT-4o. There are several AI image-generation models on the market that can create surreal, breathtaking scenes. However, they all struggle to create images involving text,Continue Reading
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has launched a new AI model that it claims to have the ability to read human emotions. The model is called “R1-Omni,” and it is developed by Alibaba’s Tongyi Lab. By reading emotions, Alibaba’s R1-Omni aims to stay ahead of its rivals, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT.Continue Reading
This month’s Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 includes security fixes and a new feature that lets multiple apps use the same camera at once. Windows 11 users have a new update to install. As is usually the case, Microsoft released a Patch Tuesday update on the second Tuesday ofContinue Reading