Microsoft has confirmed that a recent bug that has been affecting several Windows OS versions will be addressed with a fix; however, users can tackle the issue with a manual stopgap. The bug is affecting the audio systems of Windows 11 and Windows 10 versions that have installed the January 2025 security update, rendering sounds on PCs non-functional. The malfunction is especially likely to happen if you have an audio DAC (digital-to-analog converter) connected to your computer via USB. Windows Latest observed the bug earlier this month, affecting versions 24H2, 23H2, and 22H2 of Windows 11, as well as Windows…
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Chinese startup DeepSeek is making waves in the AI market with its R1 model, which is said to compete with OpenAI and Meta. Chinese company DeepSeek has managed to shake up the AI space with its innovative R1 model. The company, which was founded only in 2023, has already managed to surpass ChatGPT on Apple’s App Store in several regions, including the United States. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman praised DeepSeek’s R1 model, calling it “impressive” and praising the company’s cost-effective approach. Altman also expressed confidence in OpenAI’s ability to develop even better models and seemed to welcome competition. DeepSeek’s rise…
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has caused a global sensation by revealing the technical recipe behind its advanced R1 model. DeepSeek, a small Chinese AI lab, has caused a global sensation by revealing the technical specifications of its advanced R1 model. The company, founded by hedge fund manager Liang Wenfeng, detailed its methodology for building an LLM on a shoestring budget. R1 has the ability to learn and improve automatically without human supervision. Using just 2,048 Nvidia H800 processors and an investment of $5.6 million, DeepSeek built a 671 billion-parameter model, at a fraction of the cost required by OpenAI and…
Ever wondered how to fly a spacecraft? Well, you’re in luck then, as NASA has just shared a video with lots of juicy details on how to fly the Orion spacecraft. Orion has already traveled around the moon once, in the Artemis I mission in 2022. But that flight was crewless. Next, the spacecraft will carry four astronauts around the moon in the Artemis II mission currently scheduled for 2026. While Orion is built to fly with a high level of autonomy, it also allows for human control and intervention, and in NASA’s video, Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman and…
The Japanese version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows will be released with significant changes due to censorship restrictions from the country’s rating system. According to an official announcement from Ubisoft, the Japanese version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows will undergo significant modifications in order to comply with the regulations of the certification organization CERO (Computer Entertainment Rating Organization) of Japan. As Ubisoft reveals through an announcement on its Japanese social networks, the main difference lies in the removal of the ability to decapitate and mutilate enemies during the game. Specifically, the option to enable/disable mutilations has been completely removed from the game’s…
Video games are still a young medium in the grand scheme of things, but have been around for well over 50 years now. After the arcade boom in the 70s, home consoles slowly took over the gaming landscape with Nintendo’s NES leading the charge. The NES is one of the best video game consoles of all time, but it was far from the first console and certainly not the last with the likes of the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Switch 2 currently fighting for market dominance. Currently, we’re in the ninth generation of consoles but how exactly did we…
It’s been almost three years since Sony announced the WH-1000XM5 — its current flagship wireless headphones. And if a recently uncovered Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing is any indication, the wait for the XM5’s successor may soon be over. The Walkman Blog found an FCC Label and Location document filed by Sony on January 22, 2025 for a set of headphones bearing the model number YY2984. There’s no reference to “WH-1000XM6” and Sony’s internal headphone codes (YY1234) are sequential in order of release date, and not connected to type or kind of product. So while the timing and the diagram…
It was praised for its stylish hyperviolence and its extreme challenge, earning Team Ninja the kind of loyal following from action aficionados that FromSoftware would begin to amass as the 2010s rolled around. Its star quickly faded in 2012 after the divisive Ninja Gaiden 3, but I still remember the series as a pillar of the early Xbox age. It was those decades of memories that buzzed around me as I downloaded Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, a surprise remake revealed and released during this week’s Xbox Developer Direct. After admiring the series from afar for such a long time, I’d…
It looks like I may have played myself again. I was genuinely excited about AMD’s RX 9070 XT, but now, I’m starting to worry about its future. I always knew that the new AMD flagship wouldn’t be able to compete against some of Nvidia’s best graphics cards, but I had a lot of hope that it’d still be a great competitor for a number of other reasons. I’m not doubting the performance of the RX 9070 XT. I have no reason to, as we don’t know a thing about it — and that’s exactly why I’m worried. Not only are…
In Reid Hoffman’s new book Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right With Our AI Future, the LinkedIn co-founder makes the case that AI can extend human agency — giving us more knowledge, better jobs, and improved lives — rather than reducing it. That doesn’t mean he’s ignoring the technology’s potential downsides. In fact, Hoffman (who wrote the book with Greg Beato) describes his outlook on AI, and on technology more generally, as one focused on “smart risk taking” rather than blind optimism. “Everyone, generally speaking, focuses way too much on what could go wrong, and insufficiently on what could go…
