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New key coming to Windows keyboard for first time in 30 years | Microsoft is going all-in on AI with the addition of a Copilot key to new PCs and laptops | PC and laptop keyboards have been standardized for decades, with a familiar layout that has rarely been deviated from since the introduction of the Windows key in 1994. But now, Microsoft is adding something new to the format, with the addition of a Copilot key on PC keyboards. The key will launch Windows 10 and 11's Copilot assistant, which uses generative AI to help users search for things they want, find settings in Windows, or locate information. According to a video produced by Microsoft, the key will be located between the direction arrows and the Alt key, replacing the menu key. The company hasn't yet announced when the key will come to OEM machines, but it'll be seen on new Windows 11 PCs in the next few days before CES 2024. | |
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Google begins turning off cookies in its Chrome browser | Around 1% of users, or 30 million people, now have cookies disabled in the Chrome browser | Google has a plan to kill off the cookie — the small tracking files that are used by virtually every website to save user settings and keep tabs on visitors' browsing activities. According to Gizmodo, today Google began the first phase of that plan by turning off cookies for around 1% Chrome browser users. That means around 30 million people will find their cookies are disabled. This isn't a purely altruistic gesture on Google's part, though, as it plans to replace the cookie with its own code, giving it more control over users' data. Affected Chrome users will see a popup in their browser with a description of Google's new tracking system. Google says that this is better for user privacy, but those who want to keep a tighter hold on their data might consider switching to a browser with more privacy features like Firefox. | |
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Stunning, colorful image of a supernova remnant | Four separate telescopes worked together to capture the remnant in different wavelengths | NASA has released a stunning image of a supernova remnant called 30 Doradus B, showing the after-effects of the explosion of a massive star that happened 5,000 years ago. The image was created with data from four different telescopes: the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, which looked in the X-ray wavelength; the Blanco 4-meter telescope in Chile, which looked in the optical; the Spitzer Space Telescope, which looked in the infrared; and the Hubble Space Telescope, which also looks in the optical wavelength. The combined data shows the shells of X-rays in purple over the warm gas seen in red and the star in the background seen in orange and cyan. The new X-ray data suggests that this structure wasn't formed by just one supernova explosion, but by at least two that occurred many years apart in the same region of space. | |
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