Technology

  Yesterday, Apple announced its new M1 SoC. It’s an impressive piece of work — I’ll share some thoughts on it here — but I want to get one thing out of the way upfront. Apple made a lot of claims about the M1’s performance relative to x86 that I …

  Intel and EKWB have announced a new Peltier cooler based on Intel’s Cryo Cooling technology, which the company describes as “a unique combination of hardware, software, and firmware designed to help unleash elite performance for gamers and overclockers.” In this case, a Peltier/TEC cooler is combined with an EKWB …

  Apple announces new devices at most of its events, but the just-completed “One More Thing” unveiling is different. This is a big step for Apple as it begins the process of leaving Intel behind. As it had promised, Apple has unveiled its first computers with the new Apple-designed ARM …

  The various iterations of the new iPhone were announced 800 million years ago. Actually, wait, I just double checked — it was only about two or so weeks ago, but it turns out that time has no meaning anymore. Another cursory glance at my calendar tells me that, while …

  PayPal this week laid out its vision for the future of its digital wallet platform and its PayPal and Venmo apps. During its third-quarter earnings on Monday, the company said it plans to roll out substantial changes to its mobile apps over the next year to integrate a range …

  Google released the Pixel Slate with much fanfare in late 2018, bringing to fruition its efforts to optimize Chrome OS for the tablet form factor. The device sold boatloads and finally solidified Google’s position in the tablet market. Actually, no — the Pixel Slate sold so poorly that Google …

TikTok announced this morning it has signed a new licensing agreement with Sony Music Entertainment (SME) that will allow the short-form video app to continue to offer songs from Sony Music artists for use by creators on its platform. The agreement will also see the companies partnering on efforts to …

  One architecture I’ve been keeping an eye on for the past few years is the revolutionary, open-source RISC-V ISA. A number of companies have announced low-level RISC-V CPUs, though these are often used as embedded controllers. Companies like Alibaba Group, Western Digital, and SiFive have all been working to …

  Google is testing a new feature that could improve discovery for Android apps on Google Play. The company confirmed it’s experimenting with a “Compare Apps” option that would allow Google Play users to quickly and more easily understand the slight differences between otherwise similar apps by comparing specific features …

Apple is today rolling out an update to its video creation app, Clips, which brings much-needed support for vertical videos, allowing for sharing to TikTok and the “Stories” feature in other social apps. The addition is one of several arriving with the release of Clips 3.0, which also introduces support …