microsoft Archives - LIEFFIE https://lieffie.com/tag/microsoft/ Digital News and Development Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:00:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://lieffie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-to-help-ais-understand-the-world-researchers-put-them-in-a-robot-32x32.jpg microsoft Archives - LIEFFIE https://lieffie.com/tag/microsoft/ 32 32 Same CPU, slower GPU and NPU: Meet the rest of Intel’s Core Ultra 200 laptop chips https://lieffie.com/digital-news/same-cpu-slower-gpu-and-npu-meet-the-rest-of-intels-core-ultra-200-laptop-chips/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:00:27 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/same-cpu-slower-gpu-and-npu-meet-the-rest-of-intels-core-ultra-200-laptop-chips/ Intel’s Core Ultra 200 series is currently bifurcated between two architectures: Lunar Lake, which powers the Core Ultra 200V series of laptop chips;...

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]]> Tech worker movements grow as threats of RTO, AI loom https://lieffie.com/digital-news/tech-worker-movements-grow-as-threats-of-rto-ai-loom/ Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/tech-worker-movements-grow-as-threats-of-rto-ai-loom/ It feels like tech workers have caught very few breaks over the past several years, between ongoing mass layoffs, stagnating wages amid inflation,...

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]]> FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling https://lieffie.com/digital-news/ftc-launches-probe-of-microsoft-over-bundling/ Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:06:21 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/ftc-launches-probe-of-microsoft-over-bundling/ John Lopatka, a former consultant to the FTC who now teaches antitrust law at Penn State, told ProPublica that the Microsoft actions detailed...

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]]> The Backbone One would be an ideal game controller—if the iPhone had more games https://lieffie.com/digital-news/the-backbone-one-would-be-an-ideal-game-controller-if-the-iphone-had-more-games/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:26:39 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/the-backbone-one-would-be-an-ideal-game-controller-if-the-iphone-had-more-games/ In theory, it ought to be as good a time as ever to be a gamer on the iPhone. Classic console emulators have...

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]]> Is “AI welfare” the new frontier in ethics? https://lieffie.com/digital-news/is-ai-welfare-the-new-frontier-in-ethics/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:51:54 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/is-ai-welfare-the-new-frontier-in-ethics/ The researchers propose that companies could adapt the “marker method” that some researchers use to assess consciousness in animals—looking for specific indicators that...

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]]> Apple is acquiring image editing firm Pixelmator https://lieffie.com/digital-news/apple-is-acquiring-image-editing-firm-pixelmator/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:39:45 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/apple-is-acquiring-image-editing-firm-pixelmator/ Pixelmator, the Lithuania-based firm that makes popular Mac-based photo editing tools, has agreed to be acquired by Apple. The company says that, pending...

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