Why Ubuntu 26.04 will thrill gamers - and it's not just the performance bump

With a new kernel and GNOME 50, this raccoon can run. This is also the first Wayland-only release. Ubuntu 26.04, aka Resolute ...
The Conversation

Almost 80% of Australian uni students now use AI. This is creating an ‘illusion of competence’

In Australia, artificial intelligence is becoming a near-universal feature of education. As of 2025, nearly 80% of university students reported using AI in their studies. Overseas, reports are even ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Should managers use AI to write employee performance reviews?

On a Friday afternoon, a manager stares at his screen and does the math. Six employees plus six overdue performance reviews. An entire weekend gone. Why not let AI draft the reviews? According to a ...
9to5google

YouTube test lets AI create a new video using someone else’s Shorts

The ability to build on short-form videos is a key part of the experience for many, but YouTube Shorts is now testing out a version of that which uses AI, with two ...
City Journal

The Solution to AI Cheating Is Simple: More In-Class Testing

According to a new Pew Research poll, nearly 60 percent of teens believe that students frequently use artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT and Copilot to cheat in school. Educators have ...
Wall Street Journal

Tech Firms Aren’t Just Encouraging Their Workers to Use AI. They’re Enforcing It.

Anthropic’s Claude AI ran a vending machine at WSJ headquarters for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, bought some crazy stuff and taught us a lot about the future of AI agents. WSJ’s Joanna ...
SlashGear

Your PC Likely Has 'Performance Mode' – But Is It Actually Worth Using?

AAA games, over the years, have made remarkable leaps in visual quality, which is why a decent gaming PC might end up costing you at least $1,000. With the price of components going haywire, now's the ...
Education Week

Do Teachers Have the Skills to Use AI? New Test Aims to Find Out

The nation’s largest purveyor of licensing exams for teachers now offers a gauge of whether teachers have the skills to use artificial intelligence—the latest sign that the technology continues to ...
Search Engine Land

Performance Max built-in A/B testing for creative assets spotted

Google is rolling out a beta feature that lets advertisers run structured A/B tests on creative assets within a single Performance Max asset group. Advertisers can split traffic between two asset sets ...
9to5Mac

How to use macOS ‘High Performance screen sharing’ for lower latency and better color [Video]

With the release of macOS Sonoma back in 2023, Apple introduced a new High Performance screen sharing feature for the Mac’s native Screen Sharing application. This mode dramatically increases the ...
Microsoft

Don’t let infrastructure be your weak link: Turn IT spikes into business wins in 2026

Every IT leader can relate to this scenario: dashboards light up, support queues stack, and employees start reporting lag. It’s the moment when normal workload assumptions show cracks under Q1 ...
Shacknews

Where to use the Dam Testing Annex Key in ARC Raiders

Using the Dam Testing Annex Key is a bit trickier than most other keys, so we'll cover where to use it here. The Dam Testing Annex Key is one of the most unique keys you can use in ARC Raiders, and ...