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ChatGPT’s ‘Intelligent UI’ update fills its responses with pictures, charts, and buttonsChatGPT’s ‘Intelligent UI’ update fills its responses with pictures, charts, and buttons
The first Nvidia RTX Spark laptops cost up to $7,000The first Nvidia RTX Spark laptops cost up to $7,000
It appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domainsIt appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domains
Everything announced at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra eventEverything announced at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra event
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
North Carolina man who used AI for music streaming fraud sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Michael Smith, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, was also ordered to pay over $8 million. According to the DOJ, that’s the amount he earned in royalties from using bots to stream hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs from 2017 to 2024.

North Carolina Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Super Intelligence-Assisted Music Streaming Fraud 

[U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York]

Microsoft is giving Copilot more control over Windows and your filesMicrosoft is giving Copilot more control over Windows and your files
The Meta Quest 3S gets a rare discount during October Prime DayThe Meta Quest 3S gets a rare discount during October Prime Day
How Microsoft built its MacBook Pro competitor

Inside the secret lab where Microsoft tortures laptops.

Tom Warren
What The Social Reckoning gets right — and wrong

Spoiler alert: The Facebook Files are still more interesting than Aaron Sorkin’s new thriller.

Lauren Feiner
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Over 300 top Android apps reportedly don’t work on Intel Googlebooks.

Google warned some apps might have performance issues on the Intel Googlebooks, but now Android Authority reports that Google says only “96.6% of the top 10k+ most-used applications” work “flawlessly” on them. There are also new app compatibility ratings for the Googlebooks, but we haven’t found many with the “Made for desktop” tag yet.

Google reveals how many popular Android apps run (or not) on Intel-based Googlebooks

[Android Authority]

The Surface Laptop Ultra finally has a release date — and a starting price of $2,599The Surface Laptop Ultra finally has a release date — and a starting price of $2,599
Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is available for preorder for $5,999Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is available for preorder for $5,999
It’s your last chance to save on our favorite October Prime Day dealsIt’s your last chance to save on our favorite October Prime Day deals
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra has built-in magnetic USB-C chargingMicrosoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra has built-in magnetic USB-C charging
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Muse is coming to Windows.

Meta’s new AI agent will be getting a native app on Windows, Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri announced at today’s event. No timeline on when, though. Meta launched a Mac Muse app in September.

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