Perplexity’s new shopping tool offers ‘unbiased recommendations’

Perplexity’s new shopping tool offers ‘unbiased recommendations’

AI startup Perplexity has launched a new shopping feature that it describes as a “one-stop solution where you can research and purchase products.” Available initially for U.S.-based users of its paid Pro subscription tier before expanding soon internationally, Perplexity Shopping is a shot across the bows of rival services like Google and Amazon as the … Read more

This fps-doubling app is now even better than DLSS 3

This fps-doubling app is now even better than DLSS 3

Lossless Scaling is a $7 Steam app that’s flipped the idea of frame generation on its head this year. Similar to tools like Nvidia’s DLSS 3 and AMD’s FSR 3, Lossless Scaling offers frame generation. However, it works with any game, and with any graphics card, and it can triple or quadruple your frame rate … Read more

AMD Ryzen AI offers up to 75% faster gaming than Intel

AMD Ryzen AI offers up to 75% faster gaming than Intel

AMD has just unveiled some internal benchmarks of its Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor. Although it’s been a few months since the release of the Ryzen AI 300 series, AMD now compares its CPU to Intel’s Lunar Lake, and the benchmarks are highly favorable for AMD’s best processor for thin-and-light laptops. Let’s check them … Read more

5 laptops to buy instead of the M4 MacBook Pro

5 laptops to buy instead of the M4 MacBook Pro

The M4 MacBook Pro is pretty stellar. Apple made it far better than the previous generation — without increasing the cost. That includes bumping up the memory of the base configuration to 16GB, improving the webcam, and unlocking the max brightness of the screen. But maybe you don’t love macOS. Or maybe you’re just an … Read more

Early Black Friday Logitech deals 2024: mice, webcams, and more

Early Black Friday Logitech deals 2024: mice, webcams, and more

It’s November, which means we’re solidly into Black Friday deals season. Sure, the actual day isn’t here yet, but pretty much all major retailers have launched early Black Friday sales so you can save big now rather than waiting. That means you can enjoy huge savings today and relax with your Thanksgiving leftovers on Black … Read more

Anthropic Claude: How to use the impressive ChatGPT rival

Anthropic Claude: How to use the impressive ChatGPT rival

Anthropic Though it may not capture as many headlines as its rivals from Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI do, Anthropic’s Claude is no less powerful than its frontier model peers. In fact, the latest version, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, has proven more than a match for Gemini and ChatGPT across a number of industry benchmarks. In this … Read more

If you use one of these passwords, hackers will love you

If you use one of these passwords, hackers will love you

NordPass You would think that at this point, people would be using stronger passwords. Sorry to disappoint you, but according to NordPass’ annual list of the world’s most popular passwords, the unoriginal choices are a letdown. 123456 is the back-to-back champ for the most common and easiest password. But on the bright side, at least … Read more

More proof that AI images are becoming modern-day clip art

More proof that AI images are becoming modern-day clip art

Google Google has announced that Gemini-based AI image generation will soon be built right into Google Docs. This is a follow-up announcement to the introduction of stock cover photos in Google Docs in September. Except now, they’d be your own custom, AI-based images. According to Google’s blog post: “The ability to generate unique images with … Read more

Early Black Friday Lenovo Laptop deals 2024: Up to 20% off

Early Black Friday Lenovo Laptop deals 2024: Up to 20% off

Mark Coppock / Digital Trends Black Friday falls on November 29 this year, and while it’s still quite early, there are a lot of great Lenovo deals you can take advantage of already. Along with Dell and Asus, Lenovo is one of the best laptop brands on the market right now and offers a pretty … Read more