But what if doctors could reduce wait times and the odds of rejection by having a heart custom printed for each patient? That’s the goal of five biomedical engineers at MIT, who have found a way to 3D print functioning hearts. Each of their soft robotic hearts can be configured …
Read More »The Pixel 6 Processor
Google was roundly criticized last year for its decision to skip Qualcomm’s high-end Snapdragon 865 chip. Instead, Google’s Pixel 5 sported the cheaper 765 system-on-a-chip (SoC). The cheaper flagship Pixel was a risk, and it didn’t pay off. The Pixel 6, however, could come out swinging. According to leaked …
Read More »Google Ads Notifications
Custom and performance insights notifications have been added to the Google Ads mobile app, Google announced Thursday. Custom notifications. You can now set up custom notifications to help you keep tabs on the metrics that matter most to your business. Custom notifications from the Google Ads mobile app. Source: Google. …
Read More »Qualcomm CPU Development
Qualcomm has announced that it will acquire Nuvia, one of several ARM-based startups we’ve had our eye on for some time. Qualcomm’s purchase of Nuvia caps a several-year saga in which the company has been both all-in on its custom CPU designs and conclusively out of that market. Back …
Read More »Google Ads Locations
Google has been rolling out “simplified” location reports in the Google Ads UI over the past month or so. Any time a platform uses “simplified” or “streamlined” to describe a change, we have to wonder if it’s a red herring. Does it provide an easier way to get at the …
Read More »Google Custom Audiences
Last year at Google Marketing Live, Google said it would be unifying custom affinity and custom intent audiences under a custom audience option. Custom audiences are available now in Google Ads for Display, Discovery, Gmail and YouTube campaigns. How custom audiences work. You no longer create custom affinity or intent …
Read More »Samsung’s Exynos 8895 features custom CPU cores, first 10nm chip to market
Mobile World Congress doesn’t start for a few days, but Samsung has already jumped the gun to announce its own SoC. The Exynos 8895 will be the first 10nm chip produced in commercial volume, and it’ll feature a new custom CPU core of Samsung’s own design. We’ve discussed Samsung’s M1 …
Read More »Twitter debuts custom profiles for businesses’ agents, so people don’t think they’re talking to bots
Twitter this morning is launching a new customer service feature for businesses using its service, which will allow agents to respond to direct messages using custom profiles. That is, their names and profile pictures will display when they are engaged in conversations with customers, instead of the company’s Twitter photo and …
Read More »Apple may integrate new custom ARM cores into future Macs, but x86 swap still unlikely
When Apple launched its new MacBook Pros with the new Touch Bar, they also included a new ARM core, dubbed the T1, to handle the Touch Bar screen and certain other aspects of the system. Now, a new report claims that Apple will include more ARM silicon in future products. …
Read More »CES 2017 audio roundup: planar magnetic headphones, custom DACs, and thundering bass
LAS VEGAS — As usual, CES 2017 brings together a panoply of technologies under many vast roofs. Audio gear has always been a huge part of the show, now celebrating its 50th year. While “traditional” audio of the high-end variety – that of separate source components, turntables, receivers, amplifiers, and speakers …
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