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Ford CEO Jim Farley said in a recent interview that he believes “half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.” could lose their jobs to artificial intelligence (AI) in the coming years. Although other executives, likeNvidia’s Jensen Huang, claim otherwise, Farley is not alone in his predictions. A number of other business leaders have been quoted this year saying that the workplace as we know it will change dramatically due to AI, and that’s going to mean redundanciesas per WSJ....

Geekbench is moving its artificial intelligence benchmark to prime time. Developer Primate Labs is pushing the newly renamed Geekbench AI (previously called ‘Geekbench ML’ while in preview) to version 1.0. The benchmark is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, as well as for Android in theGooglePlay Store and for iPhones and iPads in Apple’s App Store.Like regular Geekbench, which provides two scores for the CPU, Geekbench AI will use multiple scores....

German police confiscated over $2 billion worth ofBitcoins(BTC) during investigations into the movie2k.to pirate movie streaming site, according to a report fromDer Speigel. This is the largest-ever currency seizure by German law enforcement according to Germany’s State Criminal Police Office (LKA). According to the Der Speigel report, 50,000 Bitcoins were secured by police in Saxony during the investigation of two men (aged 40 and 37) suspected of running a German portal for movie2k....

Asus is among the best laptop manufacturers out there, producing both professional and gaming models every year. One of their standout releases from last year was the Asus TUF A14 gaming laptop, a great midranger punching above its weight, and now you can have it for an all-time low price. Amazon is currently listing theAsusTUF Gaming A14 for just $899, which is down $300 from its original ask of $1,199. This Prime Day deal delivers a serious bang for your buck....

Corning is primarily known for its ruggedized smartphone glass and is barely known in the semiconductor industry. Yet its contribution to the production of chips using leading-edge technologies is rather huge. To that end, the company is eligible to get money fromthe CHIPS and Science Actfund. This week, Corning and the U.S. Department of Commerceinked a preliminary agreementunder which Corning is set to get $32 million. Corning makes various glass materials to build photomasks, such as high-purity fused silica, ultra-low expansion (ULE), andextreme ULE glass....

Shipping graphics cards with just 8GB of VRAM is tantamount to “bringing a butter knife to a gunfight,“opinesthe Grok AI, built-into Twitter/X. The AI agent was commenting on a thread about the recent RTX 5060 Ti 8GB performance analysis – one which showed this model may beup to 10% slower than the 16GB variantin popular games. Elon Musk’shumorous AIispowered by hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs, so there is a little irony in it disparaging the same brand of silicon that gave it life....

Changing the system drive letter (generally C:) is not advised as applications may encounter errors during execution due to the change of path. But aside from this, users are free to change drive letters that they don’t like, or assign letters to drives that don’t have one yet. Changing a drive letter in Windows has traditionally been done via theDisk Management utility, but in Windows 11, you may do this more easily viaSettings....

Any message you send/receive on the iPhone also shows up on the Apple Watch. But, surprisingly these devices don’t sync while deleting the messages. This means, even if you delete messages from the Apple Watch, they still remain on the iPhone and the same is true, the other way around. Therefore, you need to delete the message on both devices manually. Or, you could just delete messages on your Apple Watch and still keep a saved copy on your iPhone....

If your magic mouse isn’t responding well, or if it’s having issues connecting to a new computer, you can try resetting your mouse. This should fix some basic issues with your mouse. The magic mouse is also notorious for having connection issues with a new computer if still connected to the old computer. A reset can fix this issue as well. Hang on to this article to find out how to reset your mouse....

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is ubiquitous today, and as the name suggests, it can be used to connect a wide variety of devices and peripherals. As such, a USB port is used much more frequently than any other connector or interface. After a long and sustained use, this can invite problems to your USB port due to wear and tear. Sometimes, your USB port itself might be broken. Losing the use of even a single USB port can be problematic, especially considering that many modern thin and light laptops come with very few USB ports....

Static or buzzing sound on TV is one of the most common problems faced by many people. Buzzing does not have a significant effect on the operation of your TV. However, you should be concerned if there is a massive and prolonged buzzing sound from the TV. If you own a CRT TV, it is normal for them to produce some sound because of the mechanism they use to generate images on the screen....

Files are usually archived to squeeze within a single stack. Such stacks of highly compressed files are called archives. They become handy when it comes totransferring and storing files. After files are parsed as archives, they must be unparsed to reuse. But, while unparsing the archive, you may receive an error: “cannot open file as archive.” In such a case, you may wonder if the files can be unzipped without any data loss or not....

Although modern printers come integrated with Wi-Fi, older printer models lack such capabilities. A wireless connection offers great convenience over a wired connection, so it would be a no-brainer if you want to make your old printer wireless. But before that, your need to connect your old printer to a router via USB or Ethernet cable. Printer manufacturers also provide a dedicated wireless adapter for their printers to make them wireless....