Credit: Composite/Evan Blass Long-time leaker Evan Blass has posted a variety of Google Pixel 8a images. The renders show the phone in four colors and with some slightly thick bezels. We’ve already seen plenty of Pixel 8a leaks in the last few months, including renders. That isn’t stopping a veteran leaker from posting more apparent
Read MoreBoth companies attributed their recent gains to their AI focus, while their dominance of the cloud market continues to grow. Read more: AI bets pay off as Microsoft and Alphabet profits surge
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google says its experiment with “pause ads” on YouTube has yielded some very positive results. The company calls it “a new non-interruptive ad format.” At present, YouTube is testing pause ads on smart TVs. YouTube users are increasingly dissatisfied with the current state of ads on the platform. However,
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy S24 FE with model number SM-7210U has been spotted in UK carrier EE’s database. This indicates that the phone could launch in the UK in the future. However, the phone’s launch window and specifications still remain unclear. Samsung has launched an “FE” version of its flagship
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom’s Hardware: TSMC announced its leading-edge 1.6nm-class process technology today, a new A16 manufacturing process that will be the company’s first Angstrom-class production node and promises to outperform its predecessor, N2P, by a significant margin. The technology’s most important innovation will be its backside power delivery network (BSPDN).
Read MoreThe synthesis of single-atom layer versions of a range of atoms is currently all the hype, with graphene probably the most well-known example of this. These monolayers are found to have a range of mechanical (e.g. hardness), electrical (conduction) and thermal properties that are very different from the other forms of these materials. The major
Read MoreCanonical has released Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, aka “Noble Numbat,” a new Long Term Support release of the popular Linux distribution that brings performance enhancements and toolchain updates for developers. Announced April 25 and downloadable from ubuntu.com, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS offers Linux 6.8 kernel capabilities with improved syscall performance, nested KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) support on
Read MoreSeagate has joined Western Digital in increasing the prices of hard drives, with rising demand due to the huge data requirements of AI taking the blame. AI is also behind a rapid growth in orders for Enterprise solid state drives. From a report: One of the big three makers of traditional rotating hard disk drives,
Read MoreAlphabet has reported first quarter results that topped analysts’ estimates with soaring profits in its cloud division. It also announced its first-ever dividend. CNBC shares the results: Earnings per share: $1.89 vs. $1.51 per share expected by LSEG Revenue: $80.54 billion vs. $78.59 billion expected by LSEG Wall Street is also watching several other numbers
Read MoreWhile both Alphabet and Microsoft boasted strong quarterly earnings, only one tech giant showed that its generative AI bet is starting to pay off.
Read MoreManaged Device Attestation enables enterprises to verify Apple devices for security, protecting the corporate network. Here’s how to use it. Apple Device Attestation. In our interconnected world, the issue of device identity plays a critical role in online security. Traditional security models use perimeter defenses plus a firewall to attempt to verify devices – and
Read MoreWWDC is Apple’s annual backdrop for its most important software and hardware announcements. It has also unintentionally launched some of Apple’s biggest flops. WWDC is usually successful for Apple, but you never know how things will go. WWDC is not just a platform for Apple to showcase its latest developments. It is also a pivotal
Read MoreMicrosoft releases one of the most popular versions of MS-DOS as open source today. stikves shares a post:Ten years ago, Microsoft released the source for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 to the Computer History Museum, and then later republished them for reference purposes. This code holds an important place in history and is a fascinating read
Read MoreThomas Claburn reports via The Register: Baltimore police have arrested Dazhon Leslie Darien, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School (PHS), for allegedly impersonating the school’s principal using AI software to make it seem as if he made racist and antisemitic remarks. Darien, of Baltimore, Maryland, was subsequently charged with witness retaliation, stalking, theft,
Read MoreApple chip partner TSMC faces significant barriers that impede the Arizona chip fabrication facility’s progress, and the culture clash between American and Taiwanese employees doesn’t seem to be getting batter. TSMC’s Arizona facility grapples with rising costs & logistical hurdles As the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturer, TSMC’s decision to expand into the US was met
Read MoreThomas Claburn reports via The Register: Baltimore police have arrested Dazhon Leslie Darien, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School (PHS), for allegedly impersonating the school’s principal using AI software to make it seem as if he made racist and antisemitic remarks. Darien, of Baltimore, Maryland, was subsequently charged with witness retaliation, stalking, theft,
Read MoreFollowing copyright takedown requests from Nintendo, the popular physics sandbox game Garry’s Mod said it would be pulling all of its Nintendo-related add-ons. “Honestly, this is fair enough. This is Nintendo’s content and what they allow and don’t allow is up to them,” said the developers in a post on Steam. “They don’t want you
Read MoreIt’s not the Vita comeback we were hoping for, but the Sony’s portable remote player is still a handy companion. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge We may be out of the scarcity woods as it pertains to the PlayStation 5, but some of its accessories can still be hard to
Read MoreWhile there’s still something undeniably cool about the flip-open communicators used in the original Star Trek, the fact is, they don’t really look all that futuristic compared to modern mobile phones. But the upgraded “combadges” used in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its various large and small screen spin-offs — now that’s a tech
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority Google Keep reminders will soon automatically sync with Google Tasks. Reminders from other Google Workspace apps are already accessible within Google Tasks. Google is reshuffling the way users manage reminders across its Workspace apps. Over the coming year, reminders created within Google Keep will begin to sync and display within
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Late January, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a notice of proposed rulemaking for establishing new requirements for Infrastructure as a Service providers (IaaS) . The proposal boils down to a ‘Know Your Customer’ regime for companies operating cloud services, with the goal of countering the activities
Read MoreFor a while on April 25, emails to customers that traded in iPhones months ago were listed as canceled — but Apple is now telling those informed that the messages were in error. Pair of iPhone 14 models Overnight, we got some tips about months-old trade-ins listed as cancelled. It has also also happened to
Read Moreprisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: Canonical released today Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) as the latest version of its popular Linux-based operating system featuring some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source software. Powered by Linux kernel 6.8, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS features the latest GNOME 46 desktop environment, an all-new graphical firmware update
Read MoreAndroid 15 may introduce a new “make all apps dark” feature that forces apps without a native dark theme to go dark. Android 10 introduced support for a system-wide dark mode, but apps still need to have their own dark theme. Some apps still don’t have a dark theme, like Fitbit or Amazon Shopping. People
Read Moreprisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: Canonical released today Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) as the latest version of its popular Linux-based operating system featuring some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source software. Powered by Linux kernel 6.8, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS features the latest GNOME 46 desktop environment, an all-new graphical firmware update
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