Nvidia might not launch its RTX 5000 graphics cards until the start of next year, at CES 2025.This is at odds with many of the rumors thus far, which point to a late 2024 launch for the next-gen Blackwell GPUs, though there have been whispers of a ‘delay’ to 2025 (in other words, that Nvidia…
It would seem that the adoption of cloud databases – those delivered via a cloud consumption model – is ramping up. Referred to as dbPaaS (database platform as a service) by analyst Gartner, the market for cloud databases is dominated by public cloud providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, Oracle and Alibaba are among…
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Samsung unveiled several wearables at its Unpacked event in Paris over a week ago, including the new Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Galaxy Buds 3. The wireless earphones got a major redesign and new features that prompted many to say that Samsung is copying Apple again.That’s because Samsung’s decision to add a stem to the…
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There’s a new breed of premium robot vacuum and mop combo devices that has finally breathed some life into the somewhat stagnant market. For years, we saw little more than smartphone-like iteration, with new models offering nothing but a power bump and a few tweaks here and there. Now, however, devices like the roborock Qrevo…
Tenstorrent has unveiled its next-generation Wormhole processor for AI workloads that promises to offer decent performance at a low price. The company currently offers two add-on PCIe cards carrying one or two Wormhole processors as well as TT-LoudBox, and TT-QuietBox workstations aimed at software developers. The whole of today’s release is aimed at developers rather…
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Derby City Council aims to save almost £12.5m a year in costs by rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) tools to its staff. The council, which covers the East Midlands city of some 264,000 people, has identified 261 tasks where officials believe AI can make improvements. Within that, the council is focusing on 54 areas where…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are new and different to those we’ve seen previously in the enterprise. They range from intensely compute-intensive training to day-to-day inferencing and RAG referencing that barely tickles CPU and storage input/output (I/O). So, across the various genres of AI workload, the I/O profile and impacts upon storage can vary dramatically. In…
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AMD’s graphics driver for its incoming RDNA 4 graphics cards is apparently more or less ready for action, or at least the Linux flavor is.Phoronix.com reports that ‘GFX12’ (RDNA 4) graphics driver support is in “good shape” and that AMD is enabling the driver right ‘out of the box’ (by default) with the latest patches…
ChatGPT is the generative AI chatbot I use the most, and I also happen to pay for the Plus subscription, even though the free tier would give me access to most of the chatbot’s features. I also happen to use GPT-4o, OpenAI’s latest and best ChatGPT model. But I can’t say I’m fully satisfied with…
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It’s mid-July, and we’re about two months away from the iPhone 16 launch. Many people will tell you now’s not the time to buy an iPhone. You should wait for one of the four iPhone 16 variants coming in September. Or you should wait for Apple to drop the price of the old iPhone 15…
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