Microsoft has taken issue with a newly formed cloud-focused lobbying body, known as the Open Cloud Coalition (OCC), describing the organisation is an “astroturf group” organised by Google. The OCC debuted on Tuesday 29 October, positioning itself as a group focused on making the public cloud a more transparent, open and competitive market for enterprise…
Object storage specialist Scality has launched Ring XP, a tuned-up version of its existing Ring platform aimed at artificial intelligence (AI) data lake use cases that promises microsecond (µs) storage access times. That tune-up centres on the use of a stripped-down version of S3 object storage application programming interfaces (APIs) – that lack performance-sapping functionality…
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iOS 18.2 has just been released, and it’s full of Apple Intelligence features. However, there’s one feature available to everyone that might greatly improve their next trip.The new Share Item Location feature lets iPhone and iPad users share their AirTag or third-party item tracker location with another person or an airline. It was first available…
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As I type these lines, we’re halfway through OpenAI’s big “12 Days” of ChatGPT event, which brought us several exciting features. ChatGPT o1 is out of beta, as is the Canvas mode, with the latter delivering a big UI change for the ChatGPT experience. OpenAI also released the text-to-video Sora service to the public and…
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One of my oldest Apple products is the 2009 iPod touch 3. It’s already 15 years old, and for the past decade, it has been collecting dust in my home. Every now and then, I try to find a 30-pin connector and a USB-A power brick to charge it and see what’s inside.Unfortunately, a few…
I turned on my 15-year-old iPod touch, and I can still use these 5 features Read More »
RX 8800 XT is rumored to equal RTX 4080 for non-ray tracing performanceThe RDNA 4 graphics card could match the RTX 4080 Super for ray tracingThe GPU is about to enter mass production, hinting at an early 2025 launchAMD’s rumored Radeon RX 8800 XT could pack a real punch – especially for ray tracing –…
The Galaxy S25 Ultra is going to be the best and most expensive version of the Galaxy S25 series. As such, it’s the star of leaks and rumors. But not all Samsung fans will want to buy the big Ultra, despite the design cosmetic changes that should make it easier to hold and operate.Some buyers…
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Intel officially announced its latest discrete graphics cards on this week, the Intel Arc B580 and Intel Arc B570, based on its next-gen Xe2 graphics architecture.Targeting the budget gaming segment, the new flagship Intel Arc B580 GPU features 20 Xe-cores, 20 ray tracing units, 160 XMX AI Engines and 12GB GDDR6 memory with a 192-bit…
Apple Music client NowPlaying has been a fan favorite for a while, and now it’s available on Apple TV devices in addition to everything else in Apple’s ecosystem. In its third year since the original app launched, NowPlaying wants to help you relive that immersive experience of listening to a full album and understanding everything…
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We still have a while to wait before Apple unveils the long-rumored iPhone 17 Air. However, the latest reports make me believe that if Cupertino plans to make this device a reality, it might end up being a flop. Even though Apple customers have been anxiously awaiting a major change in the iPhone lineup, I…
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