April 2024

Intel to Receive $8.5B in CHIPS Act Funding & Further Loans To Build US Fabs

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Intel and the United States Department of Commerce announced on Wednesday that they had inked a preliminary agreement under which Intel will receive $8.5 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. Furthermore, Intel is being made eligible for $11 billion in low-interest loans under the same law, and is being given access…

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macOS 15: Release date, AI, features, Mac compatibility, more

6 minutes of reading / AI, Apple, iMac, Intel, iPad, iPhone, iWork, Mac mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, Tech / By

macOS 15 is Apple’s upcoming 2024 operating system update for MacBook laptops and Mac desktop computers. After tightening the integration between Mac and iPad in previous software updates, the company offered a lackluster update with macOS Sonoma, which focused on improved video call experiences and boosting gaming performances.Apple has a much more significant update planned…

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Apple Watch Series 10 renders give the best look yet at the upcoming major redesign

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A major design change is expected for Apple Watch Series 10 – or Apple Watch X if Apple follows the iPhone naming scheme. Based on the latest rumors, AppleTrack’s Sam Kohl and ConceptCentral prepared a video with some renders highlighting what the new Apple Watch could look like in addition to a roundup of rumors.For…

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Crime agency criticises Meta as European police chiefs call for curbs on end-to-end encryption

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Social media company Meta has come under fire as European police chiefs step up pressure against governments and tech companies over the use of end-to-end encryption to secure email and messaging services. Police chiefs from 32 countries, including the UK, said in a declaration published on 21 April that tech companies were rolling out end-to-end…

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Provenance will soon bring PS1 and Genesis emulation to iPhone

2 minutes of reading / Apple, iPhone, Sony, Tech / By

Just a few days after Apple finally opened the App Store to iPhone retro game emulation for the first time, the Delta emulator has taken the world by storm. The free app is able to play countless classic Nintendo games from a variety of consoles, and quickly shot to the top of the App Store’s…

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Qualcomm Intros Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3: Pushing GenAI Into Premium Smartphones

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“Absent another Snapdragon 7+ chip this year, it’s hard to see the [Snapdragon 8s Gen 3] as anything other than the 7+’s successor.” -Ryan Smith, AnandTech, March 18th, 2024 Proving the adage “ask, and you shall receive”, Qualcomm is back this week for a second Snapdragon SoC announcement for mobile phones. This time, the company…

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IT leaders hiring CISOs aplenty, but don’t fully understand the role

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IT leaders across the UK and Ireland are increasingly aware of the value dedicated chief information security officers (CISOs) can offer their organisations, and 73% now say they have filled that role, a 35% increase year-on-year, with 15% planning to hire between now and 2026. However, according to new data published today by edge cloud…

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Huge AMD Strix Point leak gives Snapdragon X Elite CPU something to worry about – and Apple’s M4, too

4 minutes of reading / AI, Apple, Intel, MacBook, Qualcomm, Snap, Tech, Twitter / By

There’s been a mammoth leak of AMD’s incoming CPUs that covers the Strix Point and Strix Point Halo APUs, processors with integrated graphics that are an all-in-one solution saving you the cost of buying a separate GPU.Arm yourself with your favored complement of cautionary items applied around rumors – your hat of wariness and staff…

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Ultra Ethernet Consortium Grows to 55 Members, Reveals Some Details on Upcoming HPC Backbone Tech

3 minutes of reading / AI, API, AWS, Baidu, Broadcom, Cisco, Dell, Google, HP, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Lenovo, Meta, Microsoft, Nokia, Tech, Tencent / By

The Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) has announced this week that the next-generation interconnection consortium has grown to 55 members. And as the group works towards developing the initial version of their ultra-fast Ethernet standard, they have released some of the first technical details on the upcoming standard. Formed in the summer of 2023, the UEC aims…

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Post Office lawyer was a jack of all trades, but failed his own

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Post Office internal lawyer Rodric Williams turned his attention to all manner of Post Office challenges while failing to meet the code of conduct of his chosen profession, the public inquiry into the Post Office scandal has heard. During the latest inquiry hearings, a barrister representing subpostmaster victims said Williams was at the centre of…

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