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Qualcomm Adds Snapdragon 7s Gen 3: Mid-Tier Snapdragon Gets Cortex-A720 Treatment

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Qualcomm this morning is taking the wraps off of a new smartphone SoC for the mid-range market, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. The second of Qualcomm’s down-market ‘S’ tier Snapdragon 7 parts, the 7s series is functionally the entry-level tier for the Snapdragon 7 family – and really, most Qualcomm-powered handsets in North America. With…

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Kubernetes at 10: CRDs at core of extensible, modular storage in K8s

7 minutes of reading / AI, API, AWS, Azure, Broadcom, Cloud, cloud-native, Docker, Google, hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, Snap, Tech / By

Kubernetes is 10! Mid-2024 sees the 10th birthday of the market-leading container orchestration platform. Xing Yang, cloud-native storage tech lead at VMware by Broadcom, started working on storage in Kubernetes in 2017 on projects based around custom resource definitions (CRDs), which allow the orchestration platform to work around an extensible core. Later, she went on to see container…

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Intel calms fears over some 13th-gen or 14th-gen buyers missing out on extended warranty for instability issues – now all CPUs are covered, but worries remain

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Intel has decided that the warranty extension the firm announced last week, for chips affected by instability issues, applies to all its 13th-gen and 14th-gen processors, and not just boxed CPUs.If you recall, when the move, which upped the warranty from three to five years, was made, Intel said it applied to boxed products, but…

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Why Google’s Pixel 9 won’t be a worthwhile upgrade if you already have a Pixel 8

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We’ve reached a point in smartphone history where mid-range phones are incredibly fast and dependable. Flagships feature even better hardware, as top-of-the-line processors can power fast experiences, advanced camera features, and AI. That’s why we can’t expect major performance upgrades from year to year.Even so, the Pixel 9’s Tensor G4 might disappoint some Android fans,…

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6: Just like the Fold 5, but with AI and a price hike

6 minutes of reading / AI, Google, Qualcomm, Samsung, Snap, social media, Tech / By

Samsung just unveiled its 2024 foldables at the second big Unpacked press conference of the year, and they’re available for preorder starting now. I came to Paris fully aware of what the rumors have been saying about this year’s Fold and Flip phones. And they were largely on point. But I will say that you…

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 is basically a Galaxy S24 that folds in half (hands-on)

4 minutes of reading / AI, Flex, Samsung, Snap, Tech / By

Samsung launched them at the same time during its Unpacked press event in Paris, but the Galaxy Z Flip 6 will probably be more appealing to buyers than the Galaxy Z Fold 6. That’s always the case with Flip phones. And this year’s new Flip might be more exciting than its predecessors, even though it…

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Daylight Computer Co. CEO Anjan Katta on building a healthier computer

8 minutes of reading / Amazon, Apple, Computer, Google, iPad, Qualcomm, Samsung, Snap, Tech, Tesla / By

One of the most intriguing product announcements of 2024 is Daylight Computer’s DC-1 tablet. When it was revealed in May, Daylight described DC-1 as “a new kind of computer designed for deep focus and wellbeing.” The company will achieve this by offering a 60fps paper-like display (which the company calls Live Paper) and eliminating blue…

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New Intel Arrow Lake CPU leak suggests its NPU could be disappointingly weak

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A new Intel Arrow Lake leak suggests that the upcoming desktop processors will only feature a low-powered NPU, one that won’t past muster in terms of Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC hardware requirements. As spotted by Videocardz, hardware leaker Jaykihn on X has posted what’s claimed to be a spec list for Intel Arrow Lake-S (desktop) which states…

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Microsoft admits weak points of Copilot+ PCs with Arm CPUs, including driver issues, plus game and app compatibility

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Microsoft has admitted there are some shortcomings of Copilot+ PCs that run Arm processors – which are the only type of those devices to have gone on sale so far – and outlined these weak points.Of course, there are strengths with the Copilot+ PCs that run with new Snapdragon X (Arm) CPUs, and we’ll come…

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Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6 leaks reveal all the specs of Samsung’s 2024 foldables

4 minutes of reading / AI, AirPods, Flex, Samsung, Snap, Tech / By

Samsung’s second big launch event of the year is scheduled for July 10th in Paris. The Korean giant will unveil the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 handsets. Fans of foldable phones are probably dying to find out whether the new Samsung devices are worthy upgrades. Thanks to a massive number of…

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