The company didn’t follow through on its announcements, leading to criticism that its AI plans were just hype. They’ve only released minor features like writing and image tools. As a result, they’re facing a lawsuit claiming their iPhone 16 advertising for ‘Apple Intelligence’ was misleading.
Microsoft Lens is a mobile app for iOS and Android that turns your phone into a pocket-sized PDF scanner. You can use it to easily scan documents and whiteboards by simply taking a photo. It used to be called Office Lens, but was renamed in 2021.
It’s always been unclear what the original creators of Fallout think about where the series is going. However, a designer who worked on both the classic Fallout 2 and the acclaimed Fallout: New Vegas has now shared his opinion on the direction Bethesda, the makers of The Elder Scrolls, has taken with the franchise.
The world’s top PC maker was particularly eager to demonstrate a new platform called “Personal Ambient Intelligence,” which is designed to function seamlessly across all your devices.
As a researcher tracking player counts, I’ve been observing Battlefield 6. While it had a strong launch, peaking at over 747,000 players on Steam according to SteamDB, things have slowed down considerably. Right now, I’m seeing around 55,000 players active. Even taking into account it’s Monday morning when I’m writing this, the game has consistently struggled to reach 100,000 concurrent players, usually averaging between 85,000 and 100,000 during peak hours.
The ASUS Zenbook A14 is a standout thin and light Windows laptop, and it was one of the first to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. I gave it a great review (4.5 out of 5 stars), and now, at CES 2026, ASUS is releasing an updated version with even more power.
We’re currently testing a new feature with Windows Insiders that lets you automatically hide the toolbar in Paint. You can also choose to keep the toolbar visible all the time, which is how Paint normally looks.
As anticipated, AMD’s newest FSR Redstone update is currently only compatible with its latest Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards, which use the RDNA 4 architecture. Gamers with older AMD RDNA 3 GPUs haven’t been included in this initial release, meaning they can’t yet try out the new features like improved upscaling, frame generation, ray reconstruction, and radiance caching.
While Intel did briefly acknowledge AMD with a playful jab at their handheld gaming chips, desktop PC gamers didn’t receive any major new announcements. However, it seems new hardware *was* planned – firmware for a rumored Intel Arc Battlemage B770 graphics card was discovered within driver software for an HP laptop (according to VideoCardz).
As a big follower of AI, it’s fascinating to hear the different views from the heads of these leading companies. Demis Hassabis at Google DeepMind thinks we’re really close to creating true AI – what they call AGI – but worries we’re not prepared for the changes it will bring. Meanwhile, Sam Altman over at OpenAI seems to think AGI will arrive quickly and, surprisingly, won’t cause as much disruption as some people fear. It’s a pretty big difference in opinion!