Month: March 2025

Microsoft's Windows updates over the last couple years have mostly been focused on adding generative AI features to the operating system, including multiple versions of the Copilot assistant. Copilot has made it into Windows 11 (and even, to a more limited extent, the aging Windows 10) as a native app, and then a wrapper around a web app, and soon as a native app again.

But this month's Windows updates are actually removing the Copilot app from some Windows 11 PCs and unpinning it from the taskbar, according to this Microsoft support document. This bug obviously won't affect systems where Copilot had already been uninstalled, but it has already led to confusion among some Windows users.

Microsoft says it is "working on a resolution to address the issue" but that users who want to get Copilot back can reinstall the app from the Microsoft Store and repin it to the taskbar, the same process you use to install Copilot on PCs where it has been removed.

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Enforcement of a first-of-its-kind United Kingdom law that Elon Musk wants Donald Trump to gut kicked in today, with potentially huge penalties possibly imminent for any Big Tech companies deemed non-compliant.

UK's Online Safety Act (OSA) forces tech companies to detect and remove dangerous online content, threatening fines of up to 10 percent of global turnover. In extreme cases, widely used platforms like Musk's X could be shut down or executives even jailed if UK online safety regulator Ofcom determines there has been a particularly egregious violation.

Critics call it a censorship bill, listing over 130 "priority" offenses across 17 categories detailing what content platforms must remove. The list includes illegal content connected to terrorism, child sexual exploitation, human trafficking, illegal drugs, animal welfare, and other crimes. But it also broadly restricts content in legally gray areas, like posts considered "extreme pornography," harassment, or controlling behavior.

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Systemadmins spielen eine zentrale Rolle im Schutz von IT-Infrastrukturen. Ein praxisnaher Workshop vermittelt aktuelle Angriffstechniken und effektive Abwehrstrategien, um Systeme sicher zu halten. (Golem Karrierewelt, Sicherheitslücke)

Kommunikation mit Vorgesetzten wird wichtig in der SAP-Bewertung für Beschäftigte. Der Betriebsrat kritisierte dies als Herausforderung für eine gute Kultur der Zusammenarbeit. (SAP, Wirtschaft)

At first glance it would be easy to mistake the ONEXSUGAR Sugar 1 for a typical handheld game console. It has a display sandwiched between a set of game controllers. But look a little closer and you’ll notice that this handheld is a little thicker than most… because there’s a second screen that hangs out behind […]

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Das Tesla-Werk in Grünheide ist wohl mangels Nachfrage derzeit nicht ausgelastet. Nun soll dort ein neues Modell hergestellt werden. (Cybercab, Elektroauto)

Google Assistant is not long for this world. Google confirmed what many suspected last week, that it will transition everyone to Gemini in 2025. Assistant holdouts may find it hard to stay on Google's old system until the end, though. Google has confirmed some popular Assistant features are being removed in the coming weeks. You may not miss all of them, but others could force a change to your daily routine.

As Google has increasingly become totally consumed by Gemini, it was a foregone conclusion that Assistant would get the axe eventually. In 2024, Google removed features like media alarms and voice messages, but that was just the start. The full list of removals is still available on its support page (spotted by 9to5Google), but there's now a new batch of features at the top. Here's a rundown of what's on the chopping block.

• Favorite, share, and ask where and when your photos were taken with your voice
• Change photo frame settings or ambient screen settings with your voice
• Translate your live conversation with someone who doesn’t speak your language with interpreter mode
• Get birthday reminder notifications as part of Routines
• Ask to schedule or hear previously scheduled Family Bell announcements
• Get daily updates from your Assistant, like “send me the weather everyday”
• Use Google Assistant on car accessories that have a Bluetooth connection or AUX plug

Some of these are no great loss—you'll probably live without the ability to get automatic birthday reminders or change smart display screensavers by voice. However, others are popular features that Google has promoted aggressively. For example, interpreter mode made a splash in 2019 and has been offering real-time translations ever since; Assistant can only translate a single phrase now. Many folks also use the scheduled updates in Assistant as part of their morning routine. Family Bell is much beloved, too, allowing Assistant to make custom announcements and interactive checklists, which can be handy for getting kids going in the morning. Attempting to trigger some of these features will offer a warning that they will go away soon.

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Last year AYANEO launched the Pocket S handheld game console with a 6 inch display, Qualcomm Snapdragon G3X Gen 2 processor, and support for up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. Now the company is back for round two: the AYANEO Pocket S2 is an upcoming handheld with a slightly bigger screen, Qualcomm’s next-gen […]

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Formula 1's four-wheeled circus got underway this past weekend in Melbourne, Australia. Held on the roads around a lake in Albert Park, the track is one of F1's trickier challenges, made more so on Sunday thanks to rain that eased off before the start of the race, only to return with a vengeance a dozen or so laps before the end. It proved to be a tough day for four of the sport's six new drivers, as well as some more well-known names, and it gave us a clearer idea of the pecking order between the teams, at least for now.

True F1 junkies were probably following the preseason test earlier this month in Bahrain, as the sport now helpfully shows those three days of running on its streaming platform. But those devoted enough to watch the cars circulate for hours with nothing on the line also know you shouldn't read too much into a preseason test, especially one held at a circuit that is unrepresentative of most of the others that F1 visits—and in unseasonably cold weather, to boot.

Little has changed in the way of the technical regulations between the end of last year and the start of this one, other than an increasing scrutiny on the front and rear wings' ability to flex when they're not supposed to. Flexing or deflecting under load at opportune times reduces the drag and allows a car to go a little faster in a straight line for the same amount of power, giving that car an unfair advantage.

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Der Chef von Samsung Electronics stellt das Überleben des Konzerns wegen des Rückstands bei KI infrage. Es müsse auf kurzfristige Profite verzichtet werden. (KI, Grafikkarten)