China Achieves 1Gbps Laser Link from Space

Microsoft is pushing a major shift in how people use computers: instead of opening separate apps, clicking through menus, and manually moving information from one program to another, users may soon rely on AI agents to do more of that work for them. The announcements came during Microsoft Build 2026, the company's annual developer conference, often promoted under the #MSBuild ha...

Google Chrome is facing criticism after users discovered that the browser can quietly place a multi-gigabyte local AI model on their computers. The issue has drawn attention because the file is large, the download may not be obvious to ordinary users, and deleting the file manually may not stop Chrome from downloading it again. The concern is not simply that Chrome has AI featur...

Experts are divided about whether selfie photographs could threaten fingerprint security. The most plausible explanation is that it's theoretically possible but doesn't pose a meaningful threat to the average user. The theory is simple: today's phone cameras have a high enough resolution that an image which has a close enough view of fingerprints could give enough detail for an ...

Infopackets Reader Rick B. writes: " Dear Dennis, I administer a Windows Server 2022 machine for a client and the owner reported that Server Manager's Add Roles and Features won't complete without errors. I ran sfc /scannow , but it says Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and was unable to fix some of them. I also ran DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth , and it...

Google Search is undergoing its biggest identity shift in years: instead of acting mainly as a gateway to websites, it is becoming an AI-powered answer engine that summarizes the web before users ever click. While the change may be convenient for searchers, it threatens the basic traffic model publishers, bloggers, news sites, and independent website owners have relied on for de...