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OEM drivers are generally preferred because they’re customized for the system. This can reduce compatibility and stability issues while adding additional features. However, that’s only good if your OEM is actually timely, which is often not the case. Intel’s release gives a bit of a buffer. “We heard how much our users want the freedom to upgrade their systems to our regularly released generic graphics drivers and enable our latest game enhancements, feature updates, and fixes,” said Intel....

Called the Zoom Hardware as a Service, the platform is an important step for the company. Zoom is the clear in the ongoing Communication App Wars. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company saw its daily users soar from 10 million to over 300 million. Rival services like Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have also thrived, but not to the same degree as Zoom. However, unlike those rivals, there is a limit to how far Zoom can go....

What causes Files to Corrupt? There are multiple reasons cause Windows files can get corrupted such as due to power outages, viruses or malware infection, hardware problems, botched Windows updates, software crashes, etc lead to system file corruption on windows 11. 1 What causes Files to Corrupt?2 How to repair Corrupt Files on Windows 112.1 Run SFC scan now to Repair System Files2.2 Use DISM Commands to Replace Corrupt Files2.3 Run Startup Repair if windows 11 fails to boot2....

How to Improve Battery Life on Windows 11 Most of the time lower display brightness, stopping applications from constantly refreshing in the background or decreasing the time for your lock screen timeout help conserve laptop battery life. But sometimes due to OS bugs, incorrect power configurations or any other reason you may experience battery drain quickly. Let’s look and enable the features to extend the battery life then look for troubleshooting to fix the laptop battery drain issue on windows 11....

Tech giants and brands from other fields have combined to create “choice and flexibility” to consumers. To reach this goal, the companies want to create intelligent assistants that are integrated. Signatiories of the Voice Interoperability Initiative are many, including Baidu, BMW, Bose, Cerence, Ecobee, Harman, Logitech, Microsoft, Salesforce, Sonos, Sound United, Sony Audio Group, Spotify, and Tencent; telecommunications companies Free, Orange, SFR, and Verizon; hardware manufacturers like Amlogic, InnoMedia, Intel, MediaTek, NXP Semiconductors, Qualcomm, SGW Global, and Tonly; and systems integrators like CommScope, DiscVision, Libre, Linkplay, MyBox, Sagemcom, StreamUnlimited, and Sugr....

Call it paranoia or a wise move, either way, Apple is ramping up its secrecy. The company is now clamping down on overflying drones around its Apple Park campus in California. According to Apple Insider, security guards are tasked with telling drone operators that UAVs cannot be used in the airspace around the campus. It is hardly a surprise the company would do this. Not even to just protect secrets, but to also keep out the media....

However, times are changing, and Apple will reportedly kill off iTunes this year. It had been predicted the suite would be available with macOS 10.15, but that now seems unlikely. A report we made in April saying Apple will split iTunes into standalone apps seems to be moving beyond mere conjecture. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says iTunes will not be part of macOS 10.15 when it is launched at WWDC 2019 next week....

The pre-built solutions make it easier for organizations to create chatbots and other AI services. Both services are available through the Azure cloud platform. Microsoft introduced Azure Bot Service a year ago, and opened it in preview in November. Based on Microsoft’s Bot Framework, Bot Services is the first public bot service for the cloud. It allows developers to build and deploy intelligent bots to services such as Slack, Skype, Office 365, and Facebook Messenger....

The title was announced at E3 2016 and was developed by Dishonored creators Arkane Studios. Players control Morgan Yu and must explore space station Talos I where an alien called the Typhon has escaped. It’s your job to stop the collective reaching earth using alien abilities. No Early Review Copies However, the real question is whether Arkane has produced a better game, or just cashed in on nostalgia. As per their new policy, Bethesda hasn’t given the press a copy of the game in advance....

Indeed, Bill Gates he never usually recommends gifts, but these books are an exception: “I usually don’t consider whether something would make a good present when I’m putting together my end-of-year book list,” Gates points out, “but this year’s selections are highly giftable.” The former Microsoft CEO posted the video on his Gates Notes blog. Each year, he names his list of five best books. In his list of best books of 2018, Bill Gates explains why he chose the books and even mentions some things he does not like about the reads....

Broadcom, a leader in wired and wireless chips, says it has now tabled a final offer for Qualcomm, following a December escalation of its pursuit. The company had previously offered Qualcomm stockholders per share. $60.00 in cash and $10.00 in Broadcom shares. Qualcomm’s Board of Directors quickly and unanimously rejected those terms, saying its business had been undervalued. Today, Broadcom is back with improved terms that it insists represent a final offer....

The re-released version of Windows 10 October 2018 Update is making file extractions fail. Redditors report the problem happens when extracting files from a zip archive. Specifically, when extracting a file that may already have an example on the system, Windows 10 is not providing the duplicate warning. Normally the platform would tell the user what they want to do with the existing file, delete it or keep it and rename the new extraction....

Thankfully, you won’t have to wait for much longer. The MyBuild website now contains a note telling users to check back on the week of April 23. We should see more exact timings, as well as more sessions. What We Know So Far That said, we have a rough idea of major events thanks to the agenda released already. There will be discussions, demos, and sessions from Microsoft experts, and likely a look at Windows 10’s upcoming features....

CERT is the Computer Emergency Response Team, based at Carnegie Mellon University. The team is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Cybersecurity and Communications. CERT says the only way to properly bypass the flaw is a processor switch. “The underlying vulnerability is primarily caused by CPU architecture design choices,” CERT researchers say in a blog post. “Fully removing the vulnerability requires replacing vulnerable CPU hardware.” The Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaw is embedded in the kernel operations within a system....

Version 78.0.276.8 is now available and is based on Chromium 78. As you may know, the Canary channel issues daily updates and the Dev channel issues weekly updates. In other words while waiting for this first Beta update, there have been several upgrades sent out on the Dev channel. Some of the improvements from those Dev updates are now coming to the Beta channel. Chromium Edge now has a better dark theme, with a toggle in settings to turn it on or off....

It seems Microsoft is planning to integrate its Outlook email client with Cortana on iOS. Elsewhere, the upcoming update will also add more voice options, including a male voice for the first time. Let’s start with Outlook, with an integration that is called “Play My Emails”. As that name suggests, this will allow Cortana to offer users a brief voice overview of their unread emails. During this readback, users will be able to flag conversations and sort mails through voice commands....

Even if you do not know anything about them, drivers are fundamental to the functionality of Windows. Whether you’re on Windows 11, Windows 10, or even older versions, drivers give the OS the ability to connect with hardware and control settings. In other words, drivers provide the core of your day-to-day Windows experience. So, driver updates are hugely important because they improve stability, security, and performance. And that is why tools like IObit Driver Booster are helpful....

Now, the organization has confirmed Firefox Preview will support Web Extensions. At first it was unclear if this would be the case. One of the best things about Firefox is its customizability through add-ons, so many users were hoping the preview would get the ability. Mozilla says it will firstly bring recommended extensions from the “Recommend Extensions Program” before adding more. In a blog post, the company says the GeckoView engine that the Preview is supported by is working on the integration....

What is System File Checker Utility? I hope you know very well about the System File Checker Utility, For Them Who Don’t Aware Of this Feature. System File Checker is a Troubleshooting Utility Which Helps To Scan And Restores Missing, Corrupted System files. In Windows 10 operating system, System File Check (sfc.exe) is integrated with Windows Resource Protection, which protects registry keys and folders as well as critical system files. When you run The Sfc / Scannow Command The Utility scan all protected system files, if it finds a problem, it will attempt to replace the problematic files with a cached copy that is located in a compressed folder at %WinDir%\System32\dllcache....

In an impromptu press conference, Foxconn chairman Terry Gou both denied Microsoft’s claim and laid into the company. In a court filing Friday, Microsoft claimed Foxconn did not give its agreed twice-annual royalty reports. The manufacturer was supposed to file the reports detailing unnamed products. Microsoft adds the company also failed to make royalty payments on time. In response, Gou says Foxconn has indeed never “paid any patent fees to Microsoft” because there was no agreement to do so....