There is currently a chasm in the Mac desktop lineup in between the entry-level Mac Mini, and the expensive Mac Pro. The Mac Mini pricing starts at $699, and the Mac Pro starts at $5,999 (and goes to the stratosphere), so that’s quite a gulf.To remedy this, Apple is reportedly …
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Samsung released the Galaxy S22 family last week, and the early response has been good. The more technical among Samsung’s fans have noted something troubling, though. The phones use a “Game Optimizing Service” almost constantly to throttle apps — if you can think of an app, it’s probably throttled. The …
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Geoscientists haven’t found a lot of surprise craters on Earth since satellite technology became commonplace. Still, the complex geological processes on this blue marble can occasionally conceal a secret. Several years ago, scientists discovered a crater hiding under Greenland’s ice sheet. At the time, they believed it was between three …
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Scientists have discovered two supermassive black holes, locked together in a final, terrible spiral. They’re about to collide. And when they do, it will shake the fabric of spacetime itself. Combing through decades of radio telescope observation data, a team of Caltech astronomers discovered a radio pattern from the deep …
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What’s the next step beyond Zoom calls and FaceTime? How about beaming yourself from one device to another in real time using augmented reality? That’s the premise behind a startup called Beem, which is today announcing its first consumer app, $4 million in seed funding and its longer-term plan to …
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In what can only be described as a significant loss for AMD, Intel has successfully poached one of the company’s top discrete GPU architects to help the company with its upcoming line of Arc graphics solutions. Rohit Verma, who was formerly Lead SoC Architect for Discrete GPUs at AMD, is …
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Neighborhood social network Nextdoor is revamping its product. The changes, which aim to simplify the app and promote better relationships between neighbors, follow last year’s hire of Nextdoor’s new Head of Product Kiran Prasad, who joined the company after serving at LinkedIn. Combined, the updates are laying the groundwork for …
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The ability to rent all sorts of things is a logical step in the evolution of a subscription economy, but renting hardware wasn’t necessarily top-of-mind for startups until COVID-19 hit. Pre-pandemic, a common step in the onboarding process at many VC-funded startups in the Bay Area called for new employees …
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SpaceX might have lost a few satellites recently, but there are plenty more where those came from. Musk’s aerospace firm currently operates more than 2,000 satellites in its Starlink constellation, and it has approval for thousands more. SpaceX hopes to get approval for 30,000 more satellites, but NASA, which has …
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As is tradition, Google has dropped a new version of Android without warning. While most phones are still waiting to get Android 12, Google has given us a peek at Android 13, codenamed Tiramisu. This software won’t be final for many months, but those with a Pixel phone can try …
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