Alwin Bakkenes, head of software engineering at Volvo Cars, reckons that leading a team to develop the technology stack powering the next generation of mobility at the automotive giant is one of the best jobs you can imagine. “I’m not saying it’s always easy, but it’s incredibly rewarding and great fun,” he says. “People are…
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In Summer 2023, a plaintiff known only by their initials “K.G.M.” launched a case against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap (owner of SnapChat). It was alleged that social media companies had engineered their sites to encourage their users to engage compulsively with platforms, which had caused the plaintiff to suffer from anxiety, body dysmorphia and…
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Yuganov Konstantin/Shutterstock There are several reasons why any movie lover should buy a 4K Blu-ray player, even if in 2026 it no longer seems that attractive. Streaming prices from services like Netflix keep rising, and titles are spread across different catalogs, which increases the total cost even more for you to watch what you want. Although…
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New rumor suggests laptops with Nvidia’s new CPUs could arrive in the first half of 2026These are the long-rumored N1 and N1X processors, which are Arm-basedThere’ll be notebooks from Dell and Lenovo, plus other vendors, tooIf you’re wondering when laptops will start shipping with Nvidia’s new Arm CPU inside, the latest rumor suggests the initial…
Organic Media/Getty Images When buying a new laptop, you must consider several factors. Some of these include the price, operating system, processor, screen size, and weight. You might want a laptop that’s as basic as possible for school, like a Chromebook, while the next person might need a workhorse that can handle any demanding tasks…
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Christian de Looper/BGR Top-tier Honor Magic phones have long offered some of the best of Android, and now Honor is back with its latest ultra-flagship in the form of the Honor Magic8 Pro. The Magic8 Pro follows the same playbook as previous-gen Honor flagship phones, with hardware that’s designed to be the best of the…
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Apple’s M5 has appeared in a benchmark leak with GeekbenchIt posted an impressive single-core result for CPU performance, beating out Qualcomm’s powerful Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme SoCThe M5 is also shown getting the better of some beefy desktop CPUs, but we need to tread carefully hereIf you were wondering how fast Apple’s new M5 chip…
Bangla press/Shutterstock Skype was a revolutionary video-conferencing platform that paved the way for apps like Zoom, Google Meet, and WhatsApp. For those unaware or who don’t recall, Microsoft purchased Skype back in 2011 to the tune of $8.5 billion — the company’s largest acquisition at the time. But in May 2025, Microsoft pulled the plug on…
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it is working to “fully restore” its customers’ cloud environments, after an “operational issue” within its North Virginia datacentre region knocked out multiple internet sites and services across the globe. Users of the public cloud giant’s services are known to have started reporting problems at around 8am UK time, according…
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I’m at the 10th annual Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii (special thanks to Qualcomm for flying me halfway around the world to be here), and it’s that time of year again: new laptop chips have officially arrived.With the first generation of Snapdragon X Elite and Plus chips already in the hands of consumers following a…
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