TSMC won’t have to worry about finding additional customers for its 5nm line any time soon. If reports are true, Apple bought the entire production capacity for the iPhone, iPad, and other refreshed devices it has recently launched or will launch in the coming weeks. Apple hasn’t refreshed the …
Read More »Intel’s Tiger Lake
When Intel unveiled Tiger Lake last month, the company promised a chip that delivered uncompromising performance on both CPU and GPU. Today, it’s clear they weren’t kidding. Intel’s Tiger Lake is proof that the company still knows how to build performant CPUs. Incidentally, it’s also the best APU — …
Read More »Oculus Quest 2
The original Oculus Quest was a huge hit when it launched last year, bringing the world of untethered virtual reality to the masses. Just over a year later, Oculus has announced a sequel. The Quest 2 is heavily redesigned with a better display, lower weight, and the promise of …
Read More »Apple Watch Series 6
Apple was not the first tech giant to jump into the smartwatch game, but the new Apple Watch 6 shows unequivocally that it’s doing it better than everyone else. The Apple Watch Series 6 adds a new health sensor, a better processor, and a brighter display, and it still …
Read More »Apple Release of iOS 14
Apple’s developer relations have hit another sour note. At the company’s hardware event on Tuesday, where it announced new Apple Watch devices and iPads, Apple surprised developers with the news that it would be releasing the updated versions of its major software platforms, iOS 14, iPad OS 14, watchOS 7 …
Read More »IBM Quantum Roadmap
IBM is one of the companies jockeying for position in the nascent field of quantum computing and the company thinks it has a roadmap to develop a universal quantum computer with up to 1,000 qubits. Such a chip would be capable of more complex workloads than any existing chip. …
Read More »Waze Gets Smarter
Google-owned navigation app Waze is gaining a number of new product features as well as a partnership with Amazon Music, the company announced at its first major virtual event, Waze On. Among the changes, Waze is gaining personalized recommendations based on a user’s trip history, as well as traffic …
Read More »Huawei Ditching Android
Huawei became a smartphone heavyweight on the strength of Google’s Android platform, but the day may be coming when Huawei leaves Android behind. As US trade restrictions continue to squeeze the firm, Huawei has announced HarmonyOS 2.0. The latest version of its in-house operating system has support for phones, …
Read More »Ryzen 4000 Rumors
There’s a rumor going around that AMD is going to build a 10-core Ryzen 4000 CPU, possibly as a direct challenge to Intel’s Core i9-10900K. The source of the rumor is a claim by Yuri “1usmus” Bubliy, who has previously also claimed to create power profiles capable of improving …
Read More »Facebook Returns Campus
Facebook is getting back to its roots as a college-focused social network. The company announced today the launch of a new social networking platform, Facebook Campus, which offers college students a private place to connect with classmates, join groups, discover upcoming campus events, get updates from their school’s administration and …
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