With updates to Phone Link, users of Windows 11 can now sync their iOS interactions through their PC. Microsoft’s Phone Link has been around for a while and lets you connect your Android phone to your PC so you can check calls and texts without picking up your phone. With the release of an update … Read more

It runs on OpenAI‘s GPT, which is the same technology that is going into Microsoft’s Bing search engine. The feature, called “My AI,” is at the top of users’ chat feeds and can only be removed by paying members. This has led to online criticism, and people aren’t sure how the app uses location info. … Read more

Britain will stop Microsoft from buying “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard for $69 billion because it might hurt competition in cloud gaming. This is a big surprise for the biggest deal in gaming history. On Wednesday, the country’s antitrust regulator said that Microsoft’s promise to give top cloud gaming platforms access to Activision’s multi-billion … Read more

Tinder is updating its Photo Verification feature with AI today. Until now, users have been able to use this feature to show that they are not a bot or a catfisher. In the past, users had to take pictures of themselves acting the way they were told to in order to get a blue check … Read more

Microsoft Corp.’s quarterly revenue and profit beat Wall Street’s estimates on Tuesday. This was due to growth in its cloud computing and Office productivity software businesses, and the company said that sales were being boosted by products that use artificial intelligence. The company said that its main business segments would meet or beat Wall Street’s … Read more

Alphabet Inc. said on Tuesday that it would buy back $70 billion worth of its own stock. It also said that its profits and sales for the first quarter were higher than expected, thanks to higher demand for cloud services and better-than-expected ad sales. Investors liked the plan to buy back shares, which sent shares … Read more

The account, @DisneyJuniorUK, was sending out hateful tweets, but it was able to get a gold check mark before it was shut down. The owner told his fans, “This isn’t really right. Someone pinch me or something,” and the tweet went viral. It comes at a time when people are still confused about how Twitter’s … Read more

Turning on two-factor authentication is one of the best ways to keep hackers from getting into your online accounts. The security measure, which is often called two-factor authentication (2FA) or multifactor authentication, needs you to enter a number code along with your username and password. So even if someone gets your password, they can’t get … Read more