One of the first questions people asked when that pink Pixel 9 unit made its way online had to do with the fingerprint sensor. Has Google switched to an ultrasonic reader, or is it sticking with the same optical fingerprint sensors that have been driving many Pixel users nuts for a while now? The person…
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Unless you’re an accountant, the whole end-of-year tax filing can be a nightmare. While you might look forward to your return, you’re probably not too excited about coughing up money to a tax expert or spending a couple of hours filing yourself. But what if the entire process could be completed with a digital assistant…
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A new report may have revealed the launch date of the Intel Lunar Lake chips for both desktops and laptops, which is expected to be between September 17 and 24, 2024. If this report is to be believed, it puts the launch just before the Intel Innovation event, which lands on September 24 and 25.The…
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The curtains are drawn and it’s almost showtime for Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X SoC team. After first detailing the SoC nearly 8 months ago at the company’s most recent Snapdragon Summit, and making numerous performance disclosures in the intervening months, the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus launch is nearly upon us. The…
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As Qualcomm’s exclusivity for Arm-powered processors for Windows PCs is reportedly coming to its end, other chipmakers are getting ready to offer their Arm-based system-on-chips for Windows computers. And, according to a new report from Reuters, MediaTek will be among the companies jumping into the Windows-on-Arm field, with plans to launch their first PC processor…
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One of Qualcomm’s indisputable strengths are its 5G modems – something which even Apple has yet to successfully ween itself from. And while Qualcomm is not integrating a modem into its first-generation Oryon-based Snapdragon X chips, the company is still looking to leverage that technology advantage via discrete modems that can be installed in Snapdragon…
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Every time a new version of the Windows operating system (OS) is released, the countdown clock starts ticking on the end-of-support date of its predecessor. Windows 11 was released in October 2021, which means IT departments and users have until 14 October 2025 to migrate from Windows 10 to Windows 11. After this date, Microsoft…
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Windows on Arm has had a long road. Microsoft’s PC platform has actually been available on Arm-based computers for a long time now — but to date, getting a Windows on Arm PC has meant sluggish performance and poor app support, just for better battery life. Now, that could be finally changing — thanks to…
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New leaked benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor have supposedly surfaced with impressive performance claims, and if true, they show Strix Point is 20% faster than Team Red’s Granite Ridge APUs from earlier this year.As spotted by Wccftech, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 managed Geekbench 6 CPU benchmark scores of…
Intel lifted the curtain on its latest processor series, codenamed Lunar Lake, during Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s Computex 2024 keynote. The new chip will be launched later this year, powering thin and light laptops in time for the 2024 holiday season.The new system-on-a-chip (SoC) introduces a number of innovations over the current-gen Meteor Lake SoCs…
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