The upcoming 14th generation of Intel processors, known as Meteor Lake, is expected to primarily consist of mobile processors. A leak of slides from Intel presentations and previous statements from the company allow making such a prediction. It appears that there will not be full-size desktop versions of the Meteor Lake processors, with the focus being on the laptop market and the iGPU device niche.
[fixed] Microsoft is investigating an issue with broken Outlook.com search
Microsoft has acknowledged that certain users may be encountering errors while using Outlook.com, particularly when attempting to search within emails. The issue seems to be isolated to the web version of Outlook.com and is not affecting mobile applications.
Threads hit 30 million signups, Twitter is already threatening Meta with a lawsuit
Threads hit 30 million signups in less than 20 hours of launch, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. The new text messaging service Threads, which was launched by Meta earlier Thursday, is set to take on Twitter, which is now owned by Elon Musk.
Microsoft PowerToys 0.71 is available with a variety of improvements and fixes
Microsoft has released a new PowerToys 0.71 version, which is mostly focused on stability and improvements. The new functionality includes the ability to preview archive files with Peek. Plenty of its components have also received a lot of improvements, including ColorPicker, FancyZones, File Locksmith, the Hosts editor tool, and more.
Microsoft Teams adds profanity filters for video calls and transcripts
The Microsoft Teams app's profanity filters are now available in desktop and web apps for commercial and government organizations. The feature blocks inappropriate language during video calls and in the transcripts of those calls. Microsoft first introduced it in February 2023.
Google is using everything that is on the Internet to train its AI
Google has recently updated its privacy policy, allowing the company to utilize information from indexed websites to train its Bard neural network. This new policy took effect on July 1, 2023.
The GetContact app leaks your personal data even if you never heard about it
GetContact is a popular mobile application that serves as a call manager for Android with the spam blocking feature. It allows identifying who is calling you by maintaining a large database of phone numbers. As a user of GetContact, you can see how the number is saved in other users' address book.
Firefox 115 is out with data import improvements
Mozilla has released Firefox 115, a new version of their web browser. This version falls under the extended support period (ESR) branch, ensuring ongoing updates throughout the year. Additionally, an update has been made available for the previous long-term support branch, version 102.13.0, with two more updates (102.14 and 102.15) expected in the future. Firefox 116 is now in the Beta channel and is scheduled for release on August 1st.
Microsoft’s Validation OS received an update (again quietly)
Microsoft has quietly released an update for Microsoft Validation OS, a lightweight distribution of Windows 11, without any official announcement. The updated ISOs for Validation OS are now available, but this particular operating system is not intended for end-users.
Clippy returns with the power of ChatGPT: a third-party developer has revived it
Developers behind the Fire Cube Studios company have reintroduced Clippy, the iconic virtual assistant, to Windows 10 and Windows 11. This new version of Clippy is built on top of the GPT 3.5 model developed by OpenAI, and the project's source code is openly available on GitHub.
