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Microsoft has announced the next selection of titles headed to Xbox Game Pass over the coming weeks. Included in the lineup are sci-fi adventure Journey to the Savage Planet, Neon White, and Tchia. Originally launched as a Stadia exclusive, Journey to the Savage Planet was the debut game from Typhoon Studios - a company set up by Assassin's Creed 3 creative director Alex Hutchinson. It later arrived for other platforms,... Read more ›
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Panmnesia develops custom low-latency CXL IP for GPUs and other processors that might take advantage of memory expanders. Read more ›
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The Apple Watch Ultra 3, likely to be released in September 2024 alongside the iPhone 16, is expected to offer fewer upgrades compared to its predecessor, the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Keep reading to learn what the rumored changes are. When Apple Watch Ultra 2 debuted last year, key new features included a 50% brighter display, a faster S9 chip, a "Double Tap" gesture for interacting with the watch without... Read more ›
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Apple is said to have upped its order of next-generation chips from TSMC to between 90 million and 100 million units, following heightened demand expectations for its iPhone 16 series. Last year's initial chip order volume for the iPhone 15 series launch is believed to have been in the region of 80-90 million units, suggesting Apple is anticipating higher demand for its 2024 devices, according to Taiwanese outlet CTEE. The... Read more ›
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The Israeli firm's Venn security network uses a network of operators to seek out and freeze suspect transactions before they execute. Read more ›
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When Apple released macOS Monterey in 2021, some key features required a Mac with Apple silicon. The same scenario played out with macOS Ventura in 2022, and then again the following year with the release of macOS Sonoma. With macOS Sequoia set to arrive in the fall, which new features can Intel Mac owners expect to be unavailable to them this time around? Apple says that macOS Sequoia is compatible... Read more ›
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Consulting firm Forward sends feedback to all applicants, including info about the chosen candidate. Read more ›
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It’s undeniable: the era of Chappell Roan is upon us. At music festivals and on the lists forecasting pop’s next big thing, there she is: big red hair and big powerhouse voice, unapologetically queer lyrics and exuberant drag queen aesthetic. This is the summer Chappell Roan became impossible to ignore. Roan has been a working […] Read more ›
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Overnight, ADA and XRP led the CoinDesk 20 with half the assets trading higher. Read more ›
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The Court’s six Republicans handed down a decision on Monday that gives Donald Trump such sweeping immunity from prosecution that there are unlikely to be any legal checks on his behavior if he returns to the White House. The Court’s three Democrats dissented. Trump v. United States is an astonishing opinion. It holds that presidents […] Read more ›
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Lombard is partnering with staking startup Babylon to let users earn interest for "restaking" with Bitcoin – using the asset to secure other crypto networks. Read more ›
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Ever since Apple’s MacBooks switched to the company’s homegrown M-series chips, Windows users have wondered when a similar revolution would happen to their machines. To Microsoft’s credit, it hasn’t been for a lack of trying. Way back in 2012, the company released the Surface RT with an Arm-based processor, which is the same architecture used in Apple’s silicon. Unfortunately, a tiny app library, sluggish performance and limited software compatibility made... Read more ›
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In this piece Martin Hodgson, Director Northern Europe at Paessler AG looks into the role that IT monitoring is set to play in the upcoming summer of sport. Read more ›
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Handing out cash with no strings attached discourages people from working and reaping the rewards of individual success, Dave Ramsey said. Read more ›
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix is following through on its plan to phase out its cheapest ad-free tier for existing subscribers. As spotted in numerous posts on Reddit, Netflix is now asking some basic plan subscribers to choose a new plan to stay subscribed to Netflix. One Reddit user received a notification on their Netflix app, saying “Your last day to watch Netflix is July 13th. Choose... Read more ›
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Sony is cutting 250 jobs at its optical media manufacturing plant in northeast Japan, according to local newspaper reports. It explains that cuts are due to the reduced demand for optical media, and the continued rise of streaming services. Read more ›
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With collaboration between three research institutes, researchers found a way to utilize current fiber optic and internet infrastructure to achieve up to 402 Tb/s data rate by simply switching to new bandwidth leveraging widely used amplifiers. Read more ›
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AMD's flagship MI300X super AI GPU was tested in Geekbench 6, posting the fastest ever result in an increasingly meaningless GPU benchmark. It's 19% faster than Nvidia's RTX 4090, which in turn beats the H100 PCIe by 13%. This is clearly just for 'fun' as Geekbench 6 isn't designed to evaluate enterprise-grade AI GPUs. Read more ›
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InspireSemi's Thunderbird processor with 1,536 64-bit RISC-V cores promises CPU versatility and GPU-level parallelism. Read more ›
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A pair of AMD scientists will present their findings on neural texture block compression next week at EGSR in London. The research is very similar to Nvidia's ongoing work with neural network-based texture compression first announced last year. Read more ›
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Taiwan will remain the world's largest manufacturer of logic semiconductors for at least another eight years, according to the director of the Taiwan-based Industrial Technology Research Institute. Read more ›
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Snapdragon X Elite advertised 'flawless' Windows gaming on Arm, but the truth lands far from that lofty goal. Some games run quite well, but many have problems and older games ofter refuse to run at all. Read more ›
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Ohden will soon release its P30 SSD HDD puncher with electric-based hydraulics, providing up to 12 tons of force to impale through any physical media. Read more ›
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A skilled computer engineer has provided a tutorial that helps you root your Sleep Number bed and disable the company's backdoor into its controller hub. Read more ›
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