From Tom's Hardware: Contemporary high-level programming languages and advanced compilers greatly simplify software development and lower its costs. However, this way of programming can hide the performance capabilities of modern hardware, partly due to inefficiencies of application programming...
From PC Mag: The global smartphone market recorded its best quarter since 2021, according to analyst firm Canalys. Smartphone shipments grew 5% year-on-year worldwide in Q3 2024, hitting 309.9 million units.
The analysts put this down to “aggressive launches” from smartphone brands such as Samsung...
From PC World: Last week, Google released its major ChromeOS M130 update to everyone on the operating system’s stable channel. This latest version of the Chromebook OS includes a variety of improvements, including Quick Insert, Focus, and Welcome Recap features, among others.
Quick Insert is a new...
When was the last time you experienced the forces of nature? I cannot say I have personally had a lot of exposure, with the only notable recent incident being a hailstorm here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada back in August. It lasted only about 15 minutes, and thankfully, all my cars were in the garage. Unfortunately, it did destroy basically the entire exterior of my house, which translated to nearly $50,000 CAD of insurable damage to the building...
It was a late Sunday afternoon when I finally decided it was time to tackle the mess that had become my digital life. Years of old project files, countless family photos, and unfinished video edits were scattered across multiple devices. Some files were saved in Dropbox, others were on old laptops, and a few were on an SSD that I had removed from my previous daily use computer. It felt like trying to piece together a jigsaw puzzle without knowing...
From The Verge: Google is adding a Google Home extension to the Gemini app, allowing you to control your smart home while chatting with the AI assistant. The update, which is available to Android users as part of Google Home’s Public Preview program, will let you use natural language prompts, like...
From PC Mag: Apple plans on spending up to $1.1 billion to expand the satellite connectivity for the company’s iPhones.
The news comes from Globalstar, a satellite communications provider that’s been powering the “Emergency SOS” feature on the latest iPhone models. On Friday, the company published...
From PC World: You might not know it, but Nvidia builds a lot of Arm processors. In addition to its self-branded and much-loved SHIELD set-top boxes, it makes the Tegra heart of every Nintendo Switch, now over 140 million of them as its generation winds down.
According to a new report, Nvidia wants...
From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR (Nasdaq: CRSR) is excited to infuse its MGX magnetic switch technology into a competitive tenkeyless form-factor with the all-new K70 PRO TKL keyboard. Replete with sought-after features such as FlashTap and Rapid Trigger, the K70 PRO TKL is ready to dominate the...
From The Verge: After bizarrely teasing a 9000-series X3D announcement last week, AMD is making it official today that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D will be available on November 7th. Priced at $479, the 9800X3D is a direct successor to the best gaming CPU on the market right now, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. There’s...
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