Facebook Messenger now lets you send high-def photos and files up to 100 MB
Facebook Messenger now allows you to send high resolution photos, create shared albums with friends, and send larger files of up to 100MB in your chats.
The Humane Ai Pin first reviews are in, and testers are unimpressed
The Humane Ai Pin aims to replace smartphones, but in its current state it appears more like a prototype than a finished product.
LattePanda Mu is a Raspberry Pi-like microboard that can work as an x86 mini-computer
A card-sized x86 compute module for flexible hardware building
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Apple warns users in 92 countries of mercenary spyware attacks
No word on who might be behind the attacks
The UK could ban the sale of smartphones to kids under 16
Most parents would approve
Kobo brings its first color e-reader to the market, starting at $150
The basic black-and-wide model gets a welcomed hardware upgrade as well
Meta will blur images containing nudity in Instagram messages to under 18s
Over 18s can enable the feature if they want
Intel Lunar Lake to offer 45 TOPS of NPU performance, matching Microsoft's "AI PC" threshold
Lunar Lake laptops will hit the market later this year
Sun Microsystems co-founder supports forced TikTok sale, calls it China's "programmable fentanyl"
"Spinach for Chinese kids, fentanyl - another chief export of China's - for ours"
A hot potato: Joining the list of people who support the US government's attempt to force ByteDance into diversifying TikTok is Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla. The OpenAI backer didn't hold back when talking about the popular short-form video platform, noting that it could be weaponized by a foreign adversary. He also called the app programmable fentanyl whose effects are under the control of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Sony debuts new flagship 4K60p Pan-Tilt-Zoom camera with AI auto framing
A lot of tech in a tiny form-factor
Google launches Chrome Enterprise Premium, a paid-for browser with advanced security features
Google thinks enterprise browsers are the future of workplace security and productivity
EA Play receives price hike, now starting at $39.99 a year
Inflation strikes another subscription service
Demand for HDDs by AI companies has pushed prices up 20%, more hikes expected
SSDs are also getting more expensive
Compaq, Gone But Not Forgotten: The Best-Selling PC of the 1980s and 1990s
#TBT The year was 1982 and computers had finally made the jump from machines that took up a full room to something that could fit on a desk. But they were still far from portable, so three entrepreneurs decided to change that.
AMD next-gen APUs reportedly sacrifice a larger cache for AI chips
Will NPUs be a waste of die space?
Why it matters: As chipmakers embark on a widespread transition to locally processed generative AI, certain users are still questioning the need of this technology. NPUs have emerged as a new buzzword as hardware vendors aim to introduce the concept of the "AI PC," yet their arrival prompts speculation about whether the valuable die space they occupy could have been allocated to more beneficial purposes.
Asus launches new AI-friendly Vivobook S and Zenbook laptops
They feature the latest in AMD and Intel processors as well as other specs that make accessing AI easy
Opera GX adds a free official Cyberpunk browser mod
The official Cyberpunk 2077 mod includes a live wallpaper, background music, browser sounds, and visual effects that sync with your PC's RGB lighting. You can download the mod from the GX.store.
Microsoft left a server containing employee credentials exposed to the internet for a month
Admins waited 28 days before securing the server with a password
Texas is replacing thousands of human exam scorers with AI
AI-graded tests could save the state as much as $20 million per year
AI data centers could soon become a scourge for the energy industry
WTF?! Arm's CEO has sounded a warning bell about the energy requirements needed to advance AI algorithms. He cautions that in a few years, "AI data centers" could require so much electricity that it could jeopardize the US power grid.
Fan-made project aims to keep Wii U and 3DS consoles online where Nintendon't
Something to look forward to: Nintendo shut down its free online network, Nintendo Network, on April 9, permanently disconnecting Wii U and 3DS consoles from online services. While the company's latest console, the Nintendo Switch, relies on a subscription-based network called "Nintendo Switch Online," there are plans underway to revive the Nintendo Network – unofficially, of course.
Digital exodus: Significant dip in Internet traffic observed during eclipse
Some areas saw Internet activity dip by 60 percent
Warcraft, Overwatch and other Blizzard games will return to China this summer after company makes up with NetEase
After parting on bad terms, Microsoft helped fix the pair's relationship
Google enters custom CPU arena with Arm-based Axion processor
Greater compatibility and power efficiency gains for customer workloads
Intel unveils its Gaudi 3 AI accelerator: 128GB HBM2e memory, set to rival Nvidia H100 and AMD MI300
Intel expects it to beat Hopper in at least some critical LLM parameters
LG TV owners should update their firmware, webOS vulnerability found in a few models
Security bug could grant root access on TVs running webOS versions 4 through 7
The MPA plans to collaborate with Congress on piracy website-blocking legislation
The MPA CEO called pirates "real-life mobsters" who engage in child pornography
A hot potato: Charles Rivkin, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association isn't a fan of pirates. He says many of those who operate piracy websites are "real-life mobsters" who engage in child pornography, drug trafficking, and other crimes. He has also announced that the MPA plans to work with Congress to introduce legislation that blocks pirate websites in the United States.
Intel's Foundry financials and what it needs to turn things around
We got pretty close guessing Intel Foundry's numbers
Star Wars Outlaws trailer confirms August launch date, physical edition will require an internet connection
Will Ubisoft score a hit or another miss?
Intel expected to unveil faster Battlemage GPUs by the holiday season
Hoping to avoid the mistakes from the Arc Alchemist launch