Google supercharges YouTube with a custom video chip

From CNET: To keep YouTube humming, Google has developed a custom chip to keep YouTube called Argos that's designed to deliver the best video quality and keep you from blowing through your broadband or mobile monthly data caps.

Thousands of the chips are running in Google data centers right now...

Apple announces thinner iMac with M1 chip and bright colors

From The Verge: Apple introduced a redesigned iMac today with a slimmer display, an Apple Silicon chip, and a case with bright, bold colors that throws back to the classic colorful all-in-one iMacs. Apple said the new iMac was designed from the ground up for the M1 chip.

The new iMac has a 24-inch...

Apple Boosts iPad Pro With M1 Chip, 5G

From PC Mag: Apple today updated its iPad Pro with the M1 chip and 5G connectivity.

The 8-core CPU in the company's business-focused tablet is 50% faster than its predecessor, the A12Z Bionic, while the 8-core GPU gets a 40% bump, Apple says. As PCMag's Sascha Segan notes, "Putting an M1 chip into...

Fitness-focused HTC Vive Air VR headset revealed in new leaks

From The Verge: Images of an upcoming fitness-focused virtual reality headset from HTC, dubbed the Vive Air, have leaked online. Details about the product were published by the World Design Guide (which we spotted via Engadget) as part of its annual awards. It seems likely the product will be...

Facebook Goes After Clubhouse With Live Audio Rooms, Soundbites

From PC Mag: Social media is so 2010s. We're entering the age of social audio, and Facebook won't be left out. The company this week introduced a handful of tools and formats "that connect people with the things they care about"—in stereo.

"Just like we did for photos and videos, we want everyone...

Venmo now lets you buy and sell cryptocurrencies

From CNET: Venmo on Tuesday is rolling out the ability for people to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies within the social payments app. The app will support four types of digital coin: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash.

"Our goal is to provide our customers with an easy-to-use platform...

Microsoft Is Adding a Performance Mode to the Edge Browser

From PC Mag: The most popular browsers continue to try and get us to switch with impressive new features, and Microsoft is the latest to entice us with a new "Performance mode" for Edge.

As The Verge reports, currently Performance mode is still in development, but in a post on the Microsoft Tech...

Facebook will let you transfer posts and notes to other platforms

From CNET: Facebook said Monday it's rolling out a way for users to transfer their posts and notes to Google Documents, Blogger and WordPress.com, a move that could help ease concerns that the social network uses its monopoly power to squash rivals.

The world's largest social media company, along...

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