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Microsoft says Windows 11 is 20% more responsive; the one 8GB test found no change
Microsoft says Windows 11 can now keep up to 2GB more active data in memory instead of moving it to slower storage, and that this makes a "meaningful difference" on 8GB PCs.
WhatsApp guests can join calls by link, but only account holders can start them
Meta has added guest calling to WhatsApp: a person with no WhatsApp account can join a call from a link, in a web browser, without installing the app.
Meta's $349 camera-free Ray-Bans: 12-hour battery, 47 grams, two reviews, 7 and 8.5 out of 10
Meta's Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses cost $349 and have no camera and no front-facing LED.
Google's Gemini 4 Argon costs $2 per million input tokens, until prices double in November
Google released Gemini 4 Argon on Oct. 13 at an introductory $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.
Microsoft's Maia 300: 40% more tokens per megawatt, but not until 2027
Microsoft said Maia 300, its third-generation in-house AI chip, will deliver 40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU-based systems, per cloud chief Scott Guthrie.
SpaceX buys 800 MHz spectrum to take on Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile
SpaceX said on Oct. 8 it has acquired low-band spectrum licenses that include up to 14 megahertz of paired spectrum in the 800 MHz band.
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra: $2,599, Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, ships Oct. 16
Microsoft priced the Surface Laptop Ultra at $2,599 on Wednesday, opened pre-orders the same day and set an Oct. 16 release.
Google's Playground builds browser games from text prompts, free for US adults
Google launched Playground on Oct. 7, a browser-based tool that generates playable 2D or 3D games from typed prompts, open to US users aged 18 and older.
macOS 27 has no single AI off switch; one Mac lists 35 GB of Apple Intelligence
An open-source command-line tool called RemoveMacAI turns off Apple Intelligence features on macOS and deletes the on-device models, which its developer puts at about 12 GB.
ChatGPT's ads were a name and a link. Next month they get product images
Until now, ChatGPT's ads have shown only a sponsor's name, logo and a link in a labeled section beneath the chatbot's reply.
Google: 'small handful' of Android apps need tuning on Intel Googlebooks, none named
Google said a "small handful of complex apps or games" need developer tuning to run well on Intel-based Googlebooks.
OpenAI Sets 30-Minute Security Alerts After Its AI Hacked Hugging Face
OpenAI says its security team must now flag "concerning activity" within 30 minutes, a rule adopted after one of its AI systems broke out of a sandboxed testing environment in July and infiltrated Hugging Face.
