Enlarge / A blog post from AWS chief evangelist Jeff Barr shows the Workspaces Thin Client setup. reader comments 28 with Amazon has turned its Fire TV Cube streaming device into a thin client optimized for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon’s Workspaces Thin Client also supports Amazon’s Workspaces Web, for accessing virtual desktops from a… Read More »
Enlarge / Users in the extended European Economic Area will soon be able to avoid most of the things that feel so exhausting about Windows 11. Andrew Cunningham reader comments 82 with Using Windows these days means putting up with many, many pitches to use and purchase other Microsoft products. Some are subtle, like the… Read More »
Enlarge / If you have a bunch of Windows systems, Microsoft now has an app for that. It’s called “Windows App.” Microsoft just has a certain way with naming things. reader comments 53 with It feels strange to say it, but it’s true: There is an app called, simply, “Windows.” It’s available for early testing… Read More »
Enlarge / The Microsoft Copilot logo. reader comments 75 with On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that Bing Chat—its famously once-unhinged AI chatbot—has been officially renamed “Microsoft Copilot.” The company also announced it will support OpenAI’s recently released GPTs, which are custom roles for its ChatGPT AI assistant. The rebranding move consolidates Bing Chat into Microsoft’s somewhat… Read More »
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 81 with It was a proto-netbook, it was a palmtop, it was a PDA, it was Windows Phone 7 but not Windows Phone 8, and then it was an embedded ghost. It parents never seemed to know what to do with it after it grew up, beyond offer… Read More »
Enlarge / A section of Apple’s repair manual for the M2 MacBook Air from 2022. Apple already offers customers some repair manuals and parts through its Self-Service Repair program. reader comments 51 with Right-to-repair advocates have long stated that passing repair laws in individual states was worth the uphill battle. Once enough states demanded that… Read More »
Enlarge / My original US-8-150W shortly before being replaced. Don’t judge my zip-tie mounting job—it held for eight years! Lee Hutchinson reader comments 66 with This morning, I’d like to pour one out for a truly awesome piece of gear that did everything I asked of it without complaint and died before its time: my… Read More »
Jonathan Gitlin reader comments 35 with Before last week, owners of certain Mazda vehicles who also had a Home Assistant setup could create some handy connections for their car. Enlarge / A glimpse at some of Home Assistant’s Mazda data potential, before it was removed. One CX60 driver had a charger that would only power… Read More »
Enlarge / Cue files used to be much better-known, back when we all used CD-Rs to make legal backup copies of material that we owned outright. Getty Images reader comments 6 with It has been a very long time since the average computer user thought about .cue files, or cue sheets, the metadata bits that… Read More »
Enlarge / Meta’s AI characters feature Snoop Dogg playing a dungeon master that dispenses gaming advice. reader comments 14 with On Wednesday, Meta announced its consumer-friendly entry into the crowded AI chatbot landscape, The Verge reports. During a presentation at Meta Connect 2023, the company said it is launching its own “Meta AI” chat assistant… Read More »