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The Verge

Sean Hollister

This Microsoft-approved website tracks how Windows games play on Arm

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With Microsoft’s new Surfaces leading a wave of Copilot Plus PCs powered by Arm chips that could reshape our expectations of Windows laptops, you might be wondering: do they game?

We’d already seen a few examples, like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Control — but at Build, Microsoft and Qualcomm just revealed a new website with far more examples. WorksOnWoA.com has apparently already tested 1,481 games on the Surface Laptop and other devices with Arm-based Snapdragon X...

SBNation.com

Joseph Acosta

Remaining NBA players as anime characters

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The Conference Finals of the NBA Tournament of Power are here, so let’s compare the players to anime characters!

The conference finals are about to get underway in the NBA playoffs, with the Indiana Pacers taking on the Boston Celtics, and the Dallas Mavericks going up against the Minnesota Timberwolves. And the best part of having the conference finals is that now we get to have a little fun: by comparing NBA players to anime characters.

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ESPN.com

Pete Thamel

Sources: Big 12 first to settle House v. NCAA case

The Big 12 conference became the first named party in the House v NCAA case to vote to settle that case and related anti-trust cases, sources told ESPN.

ESPN.com

ESPN staff

A $13M+ NIL deal gone wrong and an unprecedented lawsuit: What you need to know

Former ESPN 300 QB Jaden Rashada sued Florida over a $13.85 million NIL deal. What's next in this saga? Our reporters break it down.

Mashable

Jenna Fischer shares the hilarious challenge in 'Pam's Replacement'

Many of us who are superfans of The Office have often wondered why Dunder Mifflin needed to bring in a replacement for Pam's second maternity leave.

In the Office Ladies podcast with Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, the best friends and co-stars broke down "Pam's Replacement," episode 7 from Season 8. (Fischer had been on a brief podcast hiatus after breaking her shoulder.)

Fischer pointed out that during Pam's first maternity leave, she was just doing the receptionist job. But by the eighth...

Fast Company

Associated Press

More companies are offering child care at work. Is it a good idea?

Experts caution against an overreliance on businesses filling the void.

They operate in places like an airport, a resort, and a distribution center, tucked away from the public eye but close enough for easy access. They often emit laughter — and the sound of tumbling blocks, bouncing balls, and meandering tricycles.

Fast Company

Chris Morris

High salaries, poor performance: These were the most overpaid CEOs last year

Most CEOs of S&P 500 companies got a raise of at least 9%, according to a new ‘Wall Street Journal’ report. And some CEOs made millions despite their bad performance.

When it comes to CEO salaries, no one topped Broadcom’s Hock Tan last year. A new study by the Wall Street Journal ranks Tan (and his $161.74 million pay package) as the highest among S&P 500 companies last year.

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Are These Actors Aging In Reverse Or Do They Just Look Their Age?

Let's be for real, Connie Nielsen looks like she just turned 40.

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The Verge

Umar Shakir

Windows now has AI-powered copy and paste

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Microsoft is adding a new Advanced Paste feature to PowerToys for Windows 11 that can convert your clipboard content on the fly with the power of AI. The new feature can help people speed up their workflows by doing things like copying code in one language and pasting it in another, although its best tricks require OpenAI API credits.

Advanced Paste is included in PowerToys version 0.81 and, once enabled, can be activated with a special key command: Windows Key...

The Verge

Wes Davis

Microsoft Build 2024: everything announced

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at Build 2024. | Screenshot: YouTube

Microsoft had a lot to say about Windows and AI — and a little to say about custom emoji — during the Build 2024 keynote. The company, like just about everyone else in the industry, is charging hard at cramming AI into every nook and cranny it can find. That means Copilot watching your screen to help you play Minecraft or giving you AI agent co-workers.

The whole event was over two hours long, but you can catch the...

The Verge

Tom Warren

Microsoft’s big bet on building a new type of AI computer

Recall, one of Windows’ new AI features, on a Surface Laptop. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Microsoft’s new Windows on Arm push is a milestone moment. It’s taken nearly five years to get to the point where the software maker is confident it has the upper hand over the MacBook Air on performance, battery life, and app compatibility.

But behind the scenes, Microsoft has been working on something even bigger. While Microsoft has spent years working toward an Arm transition...

The Verge

Ash Parrish

Square Enix will let Kingdom Hearts cook on Steam

Image: Square Enix

I’ve been having these weird thoughts lately... like, should I go back and replay the Kingdom Hearts series or not? Fortunately, Square Enix has made this decision trivial with the announcement that it’s releasing the series on Steam on June 13th. To celebrate, and perhaps destabilize an entire generation of adults for whom the first Kingdom Hearts trailer was a transformative experience (aka, me), a trailer was released with a brand-new recording of Hikaru...

The Verge

Wes Davis

There’s an electric salt spoon that adds umami flavor

A chunky electric spoon for your chunky low-sodium foods. | Image: Kirin

If you’re cutting salt out of your diet, either for medical reasons or just trying to be healthy, low-sodium foods can be a letdown. But don’t despair — Japanese company Kirin claims to have a solution in its Electric Salt Spoon, which uses electrodes to electrify your tongue to give you a little salty shock.

The idea, as Reuters puts it, is that it passes a small electric current to “concentrate sodium...

The Verge

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

The August smart lock finally gets a fingerprint option

The wireless Yale Keypad Touch provides fingerprint and key code access for the new Yale Approach lock and several August smart locks. | Image: Yale

August makes excellent smart locks, but careful observers may have noticed that the company hasn’t released any new hardware in four years. Owners of August locks may be relieved to know that a new wireless keypad finally brings them the option of fingerprint unlocking.

The Yale Keypad Touch is a fingerprint-enabled wireless keypad for...

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

LIV Golf’s Sergio Garcia misses out on U.S. Open spot, but still has chance to play

Sergio Garcia during LIV Golf’s Singapore event. | Photo by Lionel Ng/Getty Images

Sergio Garcia came up just short in U.S. Open qualifying, but he still has a chance to compete at Pinehurst No. 2 this year.

Sergio Garcia failed to qualify for the U.S. Open, losing a playoff that featured seven players competing for six spots at the Dallas Athletic Club on Monday.

The Spaniard bogeyed the first playoff hole, while every other competitor made a birdie or par, thus sending everyone...

SBNation.com

Mark Schofield

Driver confidence a key theme ahead of 2024 Monaco Grand Prix

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Ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix, drivers and teams are talking about confidence

Ahead of the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix, Formula 1’s marquee event, two themes are emerging. The first is a common thread everytime the grid ventures to Monaco: Saturday is the big day. With overtaking coming at an absolute premium on the Monte Carlo streets, if you want to win the Monaco Grand Prix you better start up front, which means you best...

ESPN.com

Mark Schlabach

Police to probe protocols during Scheffler arrest

The Louisville Metro Police Department will investigate whether its officers followed proper protocols when world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday outside Valhalla Golf Club.

ESPN.com

ESPN

Pochettino out as Chelsea boss after 1 season

Mauricio Pochettino has left his role as Chelsea manager by mutual consent after less than 11 months in charge despite qualifying for European football next season, the club confirmed Tuesday.

Mashable

Microsoft Build 2024: What GPT-4o can do on Azure AI

OpenAI's multimodal model GPT-4o is now available to developers on Microsoft's Azure AI.

At Microsoft Build 2024, the company's developer conference, Microsoft shared that those itching to get their hands on GPT-4o can now access it through the Azure AI Studio and as an API.

Microsoft's Azure AI Studio is a playground for developers to try out the latest tools supported by Azure, which includes OpenAI models like GPT-4 Turbo — and now GPT-4o.

GPT-4o's image and vision capabilities are...

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