The Snapdragon X Elite CPU delivers just as Qualcomm promised, at least according to an early review of the new Surface Laptop which has the chip as its engine.Tom’s Hardware noticed the review of Microsoft’s new notebook in which Ryan Shrout (an ex-Intel exec on the graphics side) put the new Snapdragon X Elite through…
With generative AI being all the rage these days, it’s no surprise that Amazon is finally entering the mix. According to a report from CNBC, Amazon has plans to completely overhaul Alexa, the company’s popular voice assistant. The report notes that the upcoming version of Alexa will be more conversational as to more ably compete with…
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Each year, iPhone rumor season reveals new color choices long before Apple is ready to unveil its next-gen smartphones. The same goes for the iPhone 16, whose colors already appeared in various leaks.It’s now time for well-known Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo to chime in. He detailed his predictions in a new post on X, with…
iPhone 16 Pro colors just leaked, and there’s nothing ‘pro’ about them Read More »
I’ve been in the market for an iPad for months and decided to wait for the M4 iPad Pro to come out before I get one. Well, the M4 iPad Pro is available in stores, but that’s not what I was actually waiting for. I want to see what iPadOS 18 has to offer, and…
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Apple has just released iOS 17.5.1. This update comes a week after Cupertino made iOS 17.5 available to all users. Besides important bug fixes, the company says it “addresses a rare issue where photos that experience database corruption could reappear in the Photos library even if they were deleted.”As reported by BGR last week, iPhone…
Apple releases iOS 17.5.1 to fix mysterious bug resurfacing deleted photos Read More »
On 6 January 2020, when Ciaran Martin announced he was stepping down from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) later in the year, he had no way of knowing the UK was on the brink of the biggest public health crisis in a century, and that the NCSC’s energies were shortly to be diverted to…
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The long-anticipated AirTag 2 is expected to launch in 2025. Since it was unveiled during the pandemic in April 2021, this item tracker has gained more value over time, as people have been using it to locate their luggage on trips, backpacks, wallets, and so on.Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, in his Power On newsletter, reported that…
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During an AI-focused event at the company’s headquarters on Monday, Microsoft announced a new line of laptops called Copilot Plus PCs. In addition to introducing two of its own Copilot Plus PCs, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that its partners Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung are all working on their own laptops with…
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Prior to 2019, many corporate IT departments had evolved a fairly efficient end-user computing strategy, which kept PCs functioning and updated to support the enterprise software requirements of staff. Then along came the pandemic, which broke the entire model for end-user computing. Literally overnight, IT departments had to enable people to work from home in…
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Smartphone vendors have struggled in recent years, with one notable exception: Apple. While others saw sales and profits dive amid economic uncertainty, Apple did something unexpected by selling more expensive iPhones without increasing the price.Apple increased the average selling price for the iPhone, taking advantage of the growing popularity of Pro versions of phones like…
What if Apple slashed iPhone 15 prices globally instead of just in China? Read More »
