Credit: Apple Smartphone releases have become increasingly iterative, with major changes only landing every other generation or so. However, many expected the iPhone 15 series to fall in the latter category as it packs a USB-C port in lieu of the long-standing Lightning connector. USB-C has now become the go-to charging port on all Android
Read MoreTom Ivan / Video Games Chronicle: Sony releases a PS5 software update, including adding Dolby Atmos support, using a second controller as an “assist controller”, and support for up to 8TB SSDs — Sony has rolled out a major PlayStation 5 system software update globally. — It introduces a number of new features …
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Mozilla releases an emergency security update to fix a critical zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild, impacting Firefox and its Thunderbird email client — Mozilla released emergency security updates today to fix a critical zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild …
Read MoreApple’s iPhone 15 Pro will be powered by a new A17 Pro chip, and it promises to be very fast indeed.
Read MoreRyan Browne / CNBC: Paris-based Swan, which lets companies integrate banking and other financial services, raised a €37M Series B led by Lakestar, bringing its total raised to €58M — – French embedded finance startup Swan raised 37 million euros ($39.6 million) in a series B investment led by European venture capital giant Lakestar.
Read MoreApple has upgraded iCloud Plus to include 6TB and 12TB storage plans.
Read MoreJustine Calma / The Verge: Apple’s environmental announcements, including its first carbon-neutral products, are progress but may act as a red herring to distract from its overall impact — Apple announced its first-ever carbon-neutral products today, but don’t get too excited about what that means for the planet.
Read MoreBloomberg: Since releasing Final Fantasy XVI in June 2023 to mixed reviews, Tokyo-based Square Enix shed ~$2B in market value and its new CEO faces skepticism about growth — – Square Enix is heavily reliant on hit series to drive sales — New CEO faces skepticism about company’s growth prospects
Read MoreApple announced Roadside Assistance via Satellite, a new iPhone 15 and iPhone 14 feature for when you have no cell service.
Read MoreSAS is adding new components to its Viya analytics suite to enable faster development of AI-based applications and models. The new software-as-a-service (SaaS) modules, dubbed SAS Viya Workbench and SAS App Factory, are lightweight development environments that support multiple programming languages, the company said. SAS Viya Workbench is intended for building AI models by using
Read MoreRevealed at the Apple Event, the iPhone 15 Pro Max can run Death Stranding natively. Here’s why that’s a big deal
Read MoreApple is rolling its Emergency SOS via Satellite feature out to two new European countries this month.
Read MoreArjun Kharpal / CNBC: Apple hikes the prices of the iPhone 15 range in China, Japan, India, and other markets, keeps prices flat in the US, and cuts prices in the UK by £50 to £100 — – Apple hiked the prices of its latest iPhones in some of its key markets including China, Japan
Read MoreA new report lays out a modern way to search for E.T., calling for better use of big data and machine learning techniques.
Read MoreThere’s a quirk of broadcasting in Europe left over from the earliest days of the medium, which our American readers may not have encountered. As well as the familiar AM band, Europeans and Africans also have a so-called long wave band, on which you’ll find AM broadcast stations between about 150 and 280 kHz. Long
Read MoreAirPods Pro is finally getting USB-C support. Here’s everything we know about it
Read MorePhilip Glamann / Bloomberg: China claims to have noticed “some security incidents concerning Apple phones”, without elaborating, after the government reportedly curtails staff iPhone use — – Beijing makes its first comments since reports of iPhone ban — The government attaches ‘great importance’ to security
Read MoreIf you’re on the iPhone Upgrade Program in the UK, you can’t afford not to upgrade.
Read MoreTensorFlow is the most popular machine learning platform and the Node version, TensorFlow.js, makes it easy to use in a JavaScript application. In this article, we’ll combine two of the most interesting technologies of the day: cryptocurrency and AI. We’ll train a neural network to make a price prediction based on a set of historical Bitcoin prices,
Read MorePython is long on convenience and programmer-friendly, but it isn’t the fastest programming language around. Some of Python’s speed limitations are due to its default implementation, CPython, being single-threaded. That is, CPython doesn’t use more than one hardware thread at a time. And while you can use Python’s built-in threading module to speed things up, threading
Read MoreReuters: Huawei signs a global patent cross-licensing deal with Xiaomi, covering 5G and other communication tech; Chinese media reported in March that Huawei sued Xiaomi — China’s Huawei Technologies inked on Wednesday a global patent cross-licensing deal with Xiaomi Inc (1810.HK), according to a statement from Huawei.
Read MoreYogita Khatri / The Block: Telegram plans to add the Open Network-based crypto wallet TON Space in November 2023 for all users outside the US, after rolling out to Wallet users now — – Telegram has integrated The Open Network-based crypto wallet “TON Space.” — The wallet will be rolled out globally beginning in November.
Read MoreThe new Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 wearables are a big step towards carbon neutrality for Apple.
Read MoreApple’s iPhone 15 Pro is getting a spatial video feature that will let users record 3D videos you can watch in the Apple Vision Pro headset.
Read MoreIn a surprise twist, Apple has announced two Resident Evil games are being ported to iPhone 15.
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