Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Computing

Apple announces ‘Scary Fast’ October 30 event: New Macs are coming

Apple has announced a surprise special event set for later this month. It’s still unclear, but it’s believed the October 30th event will focus on new Macs, likely including the 24-inch iMac, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and, possibly, a new...

AMD, Nvidia reportedly working on ARM-based PC processors

Nvidia and AMD are reportedly planning to launch ARM-based CPUs for Windows PCs. The report comes from Reuters (via The Verge), which cites two people familiar with Nvidia’s plans and two people familiar with AMD’s plans. The companies could have ARM-based...

Nvidia and AMD plan to launch Arm PC chips as soon as 2025, Reuters reports

Nvidia and AMD are both reportedly planning to launch Arm-based CPUs for Windows-based PCs. Reuters reports that Nvidia has started designing Arm-based CPUs in what could be a major expansion of Microsoft’s Windows on Arm work. Nvidia and...

We probably won’t see new iPads until March 2024

If you were hoping for an iPad refresh to appear in October, you’re about to be disappointed. According to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, Apple’s new Apple Pencil with USB-C comes just ahead of a planned March 2024 iPad. This includes...

Apple might reveal a new 24-inch iMac later this month

It’s possible Apple could have plans to reveal a refreshed 24-inch iMac later this month, according to Bloomberg’s often-reliable Mark Gurman. Gurman’s latest ‘Power On’ newsletter states that a new version of Apple’s M1-powered 24-inch iMac, presumably updated with...

Microsoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific data

In 2020, scientists decided just to rework the alphanumeric symbols they used to represent genes rather than try to deal with an Excel feature that was interpreting their names as dates and (un)helpfully reformatting them automatically. Yesterday, a...

Xbox and PlayStation battle it out at The Sphere

Microsoft and Sony have both spent thousands of dollars this week in marketing campaigns at The Sphere in Las Vegas. The $2.3 billion attraction has been lighting up social media for weeks now, after U2 played the first-ever...

Brave browser installs a VPN service on Windows whether you want it or not

Brave’s privacy-centric browser has been downloading VPN services to some customers’ computers without their consent. Noted by Ghacks, starting in 2022, downloading Brave to a Windows PC meant you were also downloading the company’s VPN service, regardless of...

The latest AI copyright lawsuit involves Mike Huckabee and his books

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is among a group of authors suing Meta, Microsoft, and other companies over the use of their work in building AI tools. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Huckabee and other authors including Christian...
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Garmin Venu 2 Plus

Verdict The Garmin Venu 2 Plus is a Venu 2 with a slightly trimmer frame and some new smartwatch-style...
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