Data lake and analytics platform provider Starburst is adding new capabilities to its Enterprise and Galaxy offerings to support on-premises storage and connectivity for enterprises. Starburst Galaxy — the company’s managed data lake analytics service that is available across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud — has been updated to support on-premises connectivity. The on-premises
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S23 Tactical Edition Samsung has released Tactical Edition variants of the Galaxy S23 and the Galaxy XCover 6 Pro. These phones have a programmable hardware button but are identical in specifications to their consumer variants. Software features include Stealth Mode, Covert Lock, Dual VPN chaining, and more. Rugged smartphones are hard to find
Read MoreUpgrading your iPhone can be extremely exciting, but there are a few things you should make sure you take care of before jumping ship to your shiny new device.
Read MoreAna Swanson / New York Times: The Biden administration awards $238M via the Defense Department to set up eight chip research hubs, one of the earliest releases of the nearly $53B CHIPS Act — The $238 million in grants will set up eight research hubs, as a small slice of the federal money that will
Read MoreTesla isn’t involved in the strike at Detroit’s Big Three automakers. But the EV maker and its irrepressible CEO had plenty to do with why the walkouts happened.
Read MoreTo celebrate the arrival of pumpkin spice season, treat yourself to a new coffee grinder, a stimulator, and ultra-durable tights.
Read MoreWith Apple seemingly going all-in with gaming for iPhone 15 Pro, is it still destined to be abandoned like previous efforts?
Read MoreUS-based Palantir is favored to win a $595 million NHS contract, but activists and doctors worry about its controversial ties to cofounder Peter Thiel, the military, and US border control.
Read MorePhilips Hue Bridge owners now have Matter support, but they might have a new security threat on the horizon.
Read MoreWes Davis / The Verge: Amazon’s Eero announces the Eero Max 7, its first router to support Wi-Fi 7, offering 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz and “up to 4.3 Gbps” wireless throughput, for $600+ — Eero has announced a powerful new top-of-the-line router called the Eero Max 7. It’s Eero’s first router to support …
Read MoreApple wanted the iPhone 15 to use custom-built modems, but failed. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple recently extended its deal for Qualcomm modems despite years of effort to develop its own — now we know why. According to a detailed report from the Wall Street Journal, Apple’s attempt to develop its
Read MoreA recent report showed that Apple was working on a stock feature, before shelving it last year.
Read MoreNick Huber / Financial Times: Research: the global cyber workforce reached 4.7M in 2022 while still short by 3.4M; Statista: average salary for cyber professionals was between $120K-$150K — Ever greater demand for security staff is increasing wage inflation and skills gaps — Governments and companies are still struggling …
Read MoreWired: Documents show that up to a dozen of Neuralink’s primate subjects were euthanized after suffering complications; Elon Musk says no primates died due to implants — Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics …
Read MoreSteve Nadis / Quanta Magazine: A look at Poisson flow generative models, a physics-inspired alternative to diffusion-based AI models that can create same quality images 10 to 20 times faster — Some modern image generators rely on the principles of diffusion to create images. Alternatives based on the process behind …
Read MoreCredit: OnLeaks via Smartprix A new report from Korea suggests that Samsung could launch the Galaxy S23 FE in October 2023. Leaks in the past have provided various launch timelines, but Samsung has not launched the phone yet. The Galaxy S23 FE is widely expected to be positioned below the flagship Galaxy S23 series. The
Read MoreThe Apple Pencil is a neat tool for digital creativity, but the user experience is a bit blah when it comes to charging. You either have to plug it into an iPhone or iPad directly, or an iPhone charger using a special adapter. It’s a bit below Apple’s usual seamless best. [Handy Bear] got around
Read MorePlex Pro Week is almost over, which means that you’re running out of time to score one of the best streaming platform offers that you’ll see all year. If you pounce on it before midnight tomorrow, you can save 20% on the Lifetime Plex Pass deal and have your media needs met for many years
Read MoreAndrew Deck / Rest of World: Data-labeling firms like Scale AI and Appen are hiring writers and poets with humanities backgrounds to improve the literary quality and creativity of AI tools — Training data companies are grabbing writers of fiction, drama, poetry, and also general humanities experts to improve AI creative writing.
Read MoreIn response to growing demand for generative AI applications and large language models (LLM), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has made Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs available on the OCI Compute platform. Nvidia L40S GPUs also will be coming to the platform soon. Oracle said OCI Compute now offers bare-metal instances with Nvidia H100 GPUs, powered
Read MorePush notifications are an important part of modern applications, whether you’re targeting desktop or mobile, or even the web. But as your applications grow, you need a service that can scale with them, delivering messages with minimal latency no matter how many users you have and no matter where your services are hosted. While it’s
Read MoreJVM optimization enhances the performance and efficiency of Java applications that run on the Java virtual machine. It involves techniques and strategies aimed at improving execution speed, reducing memory usage, and optimizing resource utilization. One aspect of JVM optimization involves memory management since it includes configuring the JVM’s memory allocation settings, such as heap sizes
Read MoreSecretlab is hosting its annual Black Friday Prices, Now sale, offering up to $150 off some of the best gaming chairs and desks in the business.
Read MoreA lady in Michigan attempted to retrieve her Apple Watch from a pretty grim area — the horrible bit of an outhouse.
Read MoreOn September 21, 2023, Google released Android 14 QPR1, hopefully marking the final milestone on the way to the stable Android 14 release. Pixel owners can install this beta on their handsets today using our Android 14 installation guide, although those with phones from other brands will need to wait for OEM-specific Android 14 releases.
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