Sales of Macs Down 34% Year-over-Year, But Apple Is Optimistic

From Toms Hardware: According to Apple's FY23 earnings call, sales of Apple's desktop and laptop computers were down 34% year-over-year in Q4 FY2023. Q4 of FY2022 was the most successful quarter for Macs ever, but this represents the fourth consecutive quarter of YoY declines for Macs. Apple remains...

Dell put fast 120Hz panels in its latest UltraSharp monitors

From The Verge: Dell has announced four new UltraSharp monitors that have the potential to be good gaming displays in addition to playing to the brand’s traditional strength of offering color-accurate screens for work. The two 27 inchers have 1440p resolutions, while the other two 24-inch monitors...

SD cards prepare to double in speed with a jump to PCIe 4.0

From PC World: The SD Association is responsible for the further development of the SD memory card format. With a new SD Express standard, the transfer speeds for reading and writing to the small cards are to increase significantly. Specifically, SD Express version 9.1 stipulates that the memory...

Lexar Announces New M.2 SSD with Heatsink

From Lexar Press Release: Lexar is excited to announce the NM790 with Heatsink M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD. This product release builds upon the success of its predecessor, the NM790 (without heatsink) which claimed several awards, including Best High-Capacity SSD from PC Gamer, Best High...

XPG Invader X Mid-Tower Chassis Available Now

From XPG Press Release: XPG today launched the XPG INVADER X Mid-Tower chassis to markets around the globe. Among the many cases from XPG, this model, more than any other to date, focuses on the aesthetic side of PC building. With panoramic viewing in mind, this chassis offers numerous features that...

To protect teens, YouTube’s limiting some video recommendations

From The Verge: Starting November 2nd, YouTube will impose restrictions on how often teens receive repeated video recommendations related to sensitive topics like body image, the company announced on Thursday.

YouTube says the new safeguards are the result of its partnership with the Youth and...

Splunk cuts 7% of workforce ahead of Cisco acquisition

From Network World: Network management and visualization vendor Splunk, which is set to be acquired by Cisco in a $28 billion deal, will cut about 560 jobs in a global restructuring, the company announced Wednesday in an SEC filing.

Splunk president and CEO Gary Steele said in the filing that...

Windows’ legacy video app is on the chopping block

From PC World: Halloween apparently isn’t over. Microsoft is taking the knife to two legacy apps within Windows 11: Windows Maps and Movies & TV. But it’s syncing up with the Xbox app to give you even more flexibility on where to download games.

The changes arrive as part of Windows Insider Build...

Intel Will Unveil Meteor Lake, Emerald Rapids CPUs On December 14

From Tom's Hardware: Intel has announced the company’s “AI Everywhere” event, where it’ll unveil the company’s long-awaited Intel Core Ultra (Meteor Lake) and 5th Generation Xeon (Emeralds Rapids) processors. The chipmaker has scheduled the live keynote for December 14 at 10 a.m. EST (7 a.m. PST)...

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