AMD launches new Ryzen Threadripper CPUs to challenge Intel’s workstation dominance

AMD launches new Ryzen Threadripper CPUs to challenge Intel’s workstation dominance

Marking an aggressive push into the professional workstation and high-end desktop (HEDT) segments, AMD has launched its latest high-performance computing processors at Computex 2025. The processors are purpose-built to handle tough workloads such as VFX rendering, scientific simulation, CAD, and AI development for enterprise-grade workstations in industries such as engineering, healthcare, defense, and AI development. With the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-Series and…

How Microsoft wants AI agents to use your PC for you

How Microsoft wants AI agents to use your PC for you

Imagine a chatbot using your PC for you. That’s one of many visions Microsoft showed off at its developer-focused Build 2025 conference on Monday. And the vision, it would seem, is already almost here. Microsoft’s concept revolves around the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which was created by Anthropic (the company behind the Claude chatbot) last…

Microsoft-backed no-code AI startup files for bankruptcy

Microsoft-backed no-code AI startup files for bankruptcy

Artificial intelligence startup Builder.ai, which has financial backing from Microsoft and the Qatar Investment Authority, has filed for insolvency in the UK, the equivalent of seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. A LinkedIn message posted Tuesday by the company, which has raised an estimated $450 million over the past seven years, stated, “today,…

AMD’s $299 Radeon RX 9060 XT brings 8GB or 16GB of RAM to fight the RTX 5060

AMD’s $299 Radeon RX 9060 XT brings 8GB or 16GB of RAM to fight the RTX 5060

AMD didn’t provide much by way of performance comparisons, but it’s promising that the cards have the same number of compute units as AMD’s last-generation RX 7600 series. AMD says that RDNA 4 compute units are much faster than those used for RDNA 3, particularly in games with ray-tracing effects enabled. This helped make the…

Gemini 2.5 is leaving preview just in time for Google’s new $250 AI subscription

Gemini 2.5 is leaving preview just in time for Google’s new $250 AI subscription

So what does your $250 get you every month? You’ll get all the models included with the basic plan with much higher usage limits. If you’re using video and image generation, for instance, you won’t bump against any limits. Plus, Ultra comes with the newest and most expensive models. For example, Ultra subs will get…

Windows 11’s most important new feature is post-quantum cryptography. Here’s why.

Windows 11’s most important new feature is post-quantum cryptography. Here’s why.

Microsoft is updating Windows 11 with a set of new encryption algorithms that can withstand future attacks from quantum computers in an attempt to jump-start what’s likely to be the most formidable and important technology transition in modern history. Computers that are based on the physics of quantum mechanics don’t yet exist outside of sophisticated…