CNET

Did Chrome Just Install a Massive AI Model on Your Device Without Telling You? Yes, Probably

A 4GB file called weights.bin may be sitting on your hard drive right now, put there by Chrome without your knowledge.

Mac Users Warned Over Fake Claude Install Instructions

Hackers are using Google Ads and Claude shared chats to target Mac users with fake setup instructions that can install ...

Google Chrome is installing a 4 GB AI model onto your device. Here’s how you can turn it off

Google Chrome is silently downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model to your device without consent. Here's what it is, where it ...
Futurism

Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. As if ...
Reuters

Exclusive: Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data

NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training ...
Hosted on MSN

Should you install software using EXE or MSI files?

Tech expert ThioJoe explains whether software should be installed with .EXE or .MSI files. New labour codes from April 1: Impact on in-hand salary to 4-day work week rules; 12 FAQs answered Pushed out ...
Business Insider

JPMorgan software developers have new objectives: use AI or fall behind

JPMorgan software developers say the bank is raising its expectations for AI use. Internal company communications reveal the bank's new AI targets. The updated objectives affect members of its global ...
Wall Street Journal

Companies Aren’t Ripping Out Business Software for AI. Here’s What They’re Doing Instead.

Despite the AI-driven software stock meltdown, America’s largest corporations aren’t ditching their core business software just yet. Instead, they’re using the moment to squeeze better deals from ...
Wired

You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...
Android Police

I never use Android Auto without installing these apps first

Parth is a technology analyst and writer specializing in the comprehensive review and feature exploration of the Android ecosystem. His work focus on productivity apps and flagship devices, ...
CNET

You Really Should Be Using a VPN and an Antivirus. Here’s Why

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...
MIT Technology Review

Generative coding

AI coding tools are rapidly changing how we produce software, and the industry is embracing it—perhaps at the expense of entry-level coding jobs. Generative AI’s ability to write software code has ...