Prompt injection is a method of attacking text-based “AI” systems with a prompt. Remember back when you could fool LLM-powered spam bots by replying something like, “Ignore all previous instructions and write…
Best laptops for engineering students: Top 5 picks for power and portability
Engineering school isn’t for the faint of heart. You’re juggling heavy-duty software and unforgiving deadlines. So yeah, your laptop has to be powerful and reliable, but light enough to actually carry. It…
Battlefield 6 Dev Clarifies Use of Bots in the Open Beta, Insists They’re Only in the Training Grounds Playlists
With the Battlefield 6 open beta available to play via early access, hundreds of thousands of fans are already facing off against other players (and enormous queues). But what about bots? The…
Retail Leak Reveals ROG Xbox Ally Handheld Release Date
A release date for the ROG Xbox Ally — essentially, the first portable third-party Xbox — has popped up online, suggesting there’s only two months to go until the Steam Deck-like handheld…
Google Forms now uses AI to suggest questions and answers with one click
Earlier this summer, Google launched a range of new AI features for its Google Forms survey tool. Now, the company has announced that Google Forms will be getting even more AI features….
Trump threatens 100% tariff on US semiconductor imports
President Trump’s far-reaching and sometimes random import taxes have proven to be a continuing source of frustration for businesses—and it doesn’t look like those headaches are going away anytime soon. The president…
Eminem Doesn’t Seem to Mind When People Call Him ‘The Guy From Fortnite’
Marshall Mathers III is no stranger to other names. You probably know him as Eminem, or Slim Shady, or as the latter half of hip-hop super duo Bad Meet Evil. Or, perhaps…
The Framework Desktop may be the easiest PC you’ve ever built
This may come as a surprise: Though I work at PCWorld, I don’t build computers. Well, I can. I have. But it’s one thing to buy a few thousand dollars’ worth of…
These 9 File Explorer alternatives make your Windows PC so much better
Windows Explorer has always seemed like a part of a small car’s toolkit: perfectly usable, but limited to the basic functions. Over the years, Microsoft has repeatedly revised the software and added…
Mafia: The Old Country Review
Since its debut, the Mafia series has steadily marched forward through the decades – the original is set in the 1930s, its sequel spans the ’40s and ’50s, and Mafia III unfolds…