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Daniel Rubino

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Marlborough, MA, United States

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Past articles by Daniel:

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls Cortana and other voice assistants, ‘dumb as a rock.’ He’s not wrong.

Voice assistants were once thought to be the next revolution in computing until we all tried them. Amazon's Alexa seems to be the most recent casualty, but will generative AI change things? → Read More

Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro Keyboard review: So much RGB, God may complain

Razer’s first “V4” accessory is an outstanding full-sized keyboard chock full of knobs, dials, buttons, and a sh*t ton of RGB, just as it should be. → Read More

Users show Microsoft Bing’s ChatGPT AI going off the deep end

Microsoft's Bing ChatGPT AI is impressive, but some of its responses can be incredibly bizarre. → Read More

Microsoft AI Event LIVE Blog: All the announcements as they happen

Microsoft is holding a special media event TODAY where it is expected to unveil a number of announcements around AI across various Microsoft products. Join us! → Read More

The Razer Edge has finally got me back into gaming — here’s why

Sometimes it just takes the right tool to get back into an old hobby. → Read More

Microsoft just said it's ‘infusing’ OpenAI in Microsoft Teams — here's what that means

OpenAI and Microsoft are bringing their tech into Microsoft Teams Premium via 'intelligent recap,' which will auto summarize your meetings, including adding chapters. → Read More

Radical conservatives drag Xbox into lame ‘anti-woke’ culture war. Don’t fall for it.

Nothing is sacred as a few radically dumb conservatives try to make Microsoft and Xbox their latest target in the made-up "culture ware," which may drive clicks but is hurting everything else. → Read More

Sting concerts and CEO pay: Microsoft isn’t tone-deaf. They’re a business.

Going after the CEO’s pay and a Sting concert misses the point of criticizing Microsoft’s latest layoffs. → Read More

Microsoft quietly bans crypto mining on its cloud services

If you have been using Azure or related Microsoft services for mining crypto as of December 1 it’s against acceptable use. → Read More

Microsoft’s rumored ‘Super App’ is already here, and it’s not that super

Unless I’m missing something, Microsoft’s so-called ‘Super App’ came out a year ago and is full of weirdness and wonder. → Read More

Heck yeah! This super-fast 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD is just $59

If you want to add a fast SSD to your laptop or desktop, this Solidigm P41 Plus Series 1TB is at an all-time low price of just $59. → Read More

If I had to pick one Surface to get this Cyber Monday, it’s Surface Laptop Studio. Here’s why.

The Surface Laptop Studio is the best Surface PC you can get right now, especially if you go officially refurbished. → Read More

Microsoft reverses itself and decides to keep SwiftKey Keyboard on iOS after all

After unexpectedly removing SwiftKey Keyboard from the Apple App Store Microsoft has now brought it back with a strong suggesting that it has more plans for the popular keyboard alternative for iPhone → Read More

Qualcomm announces ‘Oryon’ next-gen ARM CPU, Citi adopting Snapdragon PCs

At its annual Qualcomm Summit, the leading mobile chip maker announced Adobe is optimizing more apps for Windows on ARM, Citi adopting Snapdragon PCs, and the name of its next-gen compute platform. → Read More

Qualcomm’s next-gen Nuvia-based CPU claimed to have 12-cores and “extremely promising” performance

Qualcomm's next-gen Nuvia chips are slated for 2024, and one new report claims one of them features 12-cores with a similar memory and cache configuration as Apple's M1. → Read More

Windows 11 on Surface Duo 2 is becoming a reality for those daring enough

For those who are brave enough, you can now install Windows 11 on your Surface Duo 2 – but there’s a lot of work left to do. → Read More

This ThinkPad X1 Carbon ‘30th Anniversary Edition’ is for diehard Lenovo fans

Lenovo’s going big for 30 years of ThinkPad with a limited X1 Carbon (Gen 10) edition laptop with classic RGB logos ... and we got one. → Read More

Surface revenue went up 2%, beating expectations, while Windows OEM took a huge hit

Microsoft beat expectations for overall revenue and hit the mark for More Peronal Computing. However, the PC market soften much more than anticipated. → Read More

OneNote’s new ‘Pen Focused View’ now rolling out to Insiders, gets a deep dive

If you like taking notes with your Surface Pen, today's update for OneNote is going to be a hit. But there's a trick to getting this new 'Pen Focused View,' which you can find out right here. → Read More

12 years ago, Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 and won a cult following

With its flat typography UI and unique hardware, Microsoft’s reboot of its mobile OS was both a success and a failure. → Read More