2025-12-05
Microsoft's Copilot+ AI PC plan fizzled, but it still served a purpose
Microsoft's Copilot+ initiative launched last year with a clear goal: To produce capable laptops for people eagerly anticipating AI-powered features. Read that sentence again, and it's glaringly obvious that Microsoft's plan was flawed from the start. Most consumer [...]
2025-12-05
Physicist Steve Hsu publishes research built around a core idea generated by GPT-5
Physicist Steve Hsu says he recently published a paper built around an idea generated by GPT-5. But he also warns that working with AI is like collaborating with a "brilliant but unreliable genius"—one whose mistakes even experts can miss.<br /> The article Phys [...]
2025-12-05
Chinese hackers reportedly targeting government entities using 'Brickstorm' malware
Hackers with links to China reportedly successfully infiltrated a number of unnamed government and tech entities using advanced malware. As reported by Reuters, cybersecurity agencies from the US and Canada confirmed the attack, which used a backdoor known as “Brickstorm” to [...]
2025-12-05
Engadget Podcast: WTF is up with RAM? (With Will Smith from The Tech Pod)
RAM prices have gone wild, mostly thanks to AI. In this episode, Devindra chats with Will Smith (Brad and Will Made a Tech Pod) about the state of the RAM industry, as well as other hardware we expect to get more expensive. (SSD prices are definitely creeping up too!). Also, we d [...]