Over the past decade Nvidia accelerated computing… started the modern AI revolution," Huang said in a keynote address. “Now AI will revolutionize all industries.” Huang presented laid out his strategic vision for Nvidia, which involves delivering products across a four-layer AI stack: hardware, system software and libraries, software platforms like Omniverse; and AI and robotics application frameworks. “The first wave of AI learned perception and inference,” Huang said. “The next wave of AI is robotics – AI planning actions....

It is common for attackers to use widely-covered news events to get people to click on malicious emails and links, and cybersecurity firm INKY said it recently received multiple helpdesk emails about curious emails their customers were receiving. INKY customers reported receiving emails that discuss the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline and ask them to download “ransomware system updates” in order to protect their organization from a similar fate. The malicious links take users to websites with convincing names – ms-sysupdate....

Also: I looked at the top smart speakers, and these are unbeatable Figuring out which HomePod is the right one for you isn’t as complicated as it may seem. But if you’re fretting over the decision, we’re here to help. I personally own several HomePod Minis along with the original HomePod – and I have two second-generation HomePods on my desk right now for testing. They’re all fantastic but have clear uses....

We can help. The important thing to remember is that app development is a process. The creative spark inspiring you is important, and the technical know-how involved in doing market research, creating mockups, and publishing the finished product is not as hard as it seems. Read on for our guide on the steps that go into making your first mobile app. Considerations before designing an app Creating an app is a serious investment of time, money, and creative effort....

Backstory So here’s how it happened. My Gmail account has years of accumulated contacts. When I got my latest iPhone, these were downloaded to my device. They were stored on my iPhone in an All Google contacts group (not the iCloud group). My phone was apparently set up so that when I added a new contact, it went into the All Google group instead of the iCloud group. I had no contacts in iCloud....

But then the little things become bigger things, and it becomes too late. For the longest time, McDonald’s has had a little problem: its wonderful ice cream machines don’t always work. Or, more precisely, aren’t always working. Many say they break down too often. Some claim they’re too difficult to clean, so harassed employees simply don’t clean them and shut them down instead. And there’s an app that keeps ribbing McDonald’s about the whole thing....

Before we get started, let’s talk about what the industry considers normal when it comes to cost of ownership. A 2018 Microsoft study states that the “optimal age of PCs is no more than four years old.” I’m replacing machines that were in service from 7.6 years to 9.9 years. How much does a PC cost over its lifetime? Well, that’s a hard number to come up with. I found an old 2011 article on ZDNet that “shows total cost of ownership for a locked and well-managed PC of $2,845 a year....

If you’ve never had a credit card before or have a severely limited credit history, it can be difficult to find a bank that will give you a shot. And if you have bad credit or poor credit history, your chances of being approved for the credit card you want could be even worse. But with some planning and a little forethought, you can drastically improve your chances of getting approved....

I always choose a good-quality tempered glass screen protector with a rated hardness of 9 Mohs. Mohs is a scale introduced in 1812 by geologist Friedrich Mohs to compare the hardness of minerals. At position 1 is talc, a soft mineral, while at the top at 10 is diamond, the hardest. The unit is measured by scratching a material with picks of different hardness. This makes Mohs a good way to measure how scratch-resistant a material is....

Also: My 3 must-have Raspberry Pi accessories The other day I covered adding a touchscreen display to a Raspberry Pi, and one question that popped up from this project was related to cooling. Several readers were worried that cramming a Raspberry Pi and a display controller into a plastic case might cause the hard-working Raspberry Pi to warm up excessively, and that I should add some cooling in the form of a heatsink or even a fan....

But sometimes you need to edit a PDF or redo it and you don’t have the original file. Either way, knowing the options available to easily edit a PDF is good for anyone dealing with them. How to edit a PDF There’re many websites that let you edit PDFs online or through downloadable software. Some claim to offer the service for free, others with a subscription. But there are ways to edit a PDF without using potentially dangerous sources....

If your personal information was compromised by a data breach, you may be worried about identity theft. But even if you think your personal information is safe, it’s smart to take steps so thieves can’t open accounts in your name. Freezing your credit is an easy step that prevents someone from using your personal information for their financial gain. If you want to apply for new credit or a loan, you can lift the freeze with a PIN or a phone call....

One feature that I regularly use is the ability to open documents from within a Samba or Windows share across a LAN. With this feature, I’m not limited to opening and saving documents only to my local storage. Since I work with a lot of shared directories on my network, this feature has become a must-use. But how do you open files from a Samba share in LibreOffice? Let me show you how....

Scary, right? To be fair, T-Mobile anonymizes the data so, in theory, it can’t be traced back to a specific user. But who wants to take that chance? Thankfully, the carrier is allowing its customers to opt-out of the creepy tracking program. But unless you specifically go looking for the method, you’ll have a hard time figuring it out. According to AdExchanger, T-Mobile isn’t tracking any data from iPhone users because of Apple’s rules around tracking and selling users’ data....

That’s a helpful way to organize your apps and keep the menu from getting too cluttered. The initial version of Windows 11 lacked that capability. But now Microsoft has revived that feature for its latest flavor of Windows. With the Windows 11 22H2 update, you can create, move, and manage folders in the Start menu to better group specific apps. How to organize your Windows 11 Start menu with folders Here’s how this works....

And every other app is being updated first, leaving the one you want unusable. But there’s a way to prioritize an app to download next or even cancel the other downloads. Here’s how. In the screenshot below, I’ve got a whole bunch of apps updating. Almost three dozen of them. Let’s say there’s one that I really need to use in a hurry (in this case, the YouTube app). This has been grayed out for many minutes as iOS goes through the list of apps to update....

But there’s a problem with the AirPods Pro. First, the case gets really scuffed when they’re carried in pockets with other things like coins and keys. You could say that this scuffing adds a “patina” to them that makes them unique, but I think they just look rough. The second problem is even more annoying. If my AirPods Pro fall out of my pocket and hit the ground, they spill out, with the case and two earbuds all going in three different, unpredictable directions....

Out of the box, those devices are named – you guessed it – Pixel 6 Pro. So, if both of our phones are around when I go to connect an accessory, I’m not certain which device I’m connecting to. There’s a very easy way to solve that problem, one I always take care of when I first set up an Android device. That solution is to rename your Android device for the purpose of Bluetooth connections....

The prices of streaming services vary wildly depending on the type of subscription and package. Be sure to shop around. If you don’t, you can waste a lot of money. But if you shop smart, you can find some real deals, like this free trial and 50% off subscription to NFL+. That said, in just the past year, most of the full-service live TV offerings have increased their prices by $10 a month....

Also: ChatGPT’s intelligence is zero, but it’s a revolution in usefulness, says AI expert Since then, both Google and Microsoft have released their own AI chatbots with Bard and Bing Chat, respectively, even while the AI craze hasn’t been without its security, ethical, and economic concerns. More recently, Microsoft released an AI image creator within Bing, using a more advanced version of DALL-E 2, another one of OpenAI’s projects. Similar to using ChatGPT, the DALL-E 2 image generator is accessed by logging into OpenAI’s website, where users can then enter a prompt in a text area and wait while it creates an image using artificial intelligence....