Month: August 2020
IBM has doubled the power of its quantum computer IBM Quantum Computer
By using a 27-qubit client-deployed system, IBM has reached a new quantum computing milestone by achieving a quantum volume of 64 which is double the amount its 28-qubit backend Raleigh achieved back in January. While quantum computers are usually measured by the amount of quantum bits or qubits they have,…
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Caught between Epic, Apple and Google, indie devs watch and wait
Let them fight.”Rami Ismail, co-founder of Ridiculous Fishing studio Vlambeer, is not interested in joining any lawsuits on behalf of Epic Games, Apple, Google or any other billion- or trillion-dollar business. Because really, even though Epic’s lega… Source
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Palantir still relies heavily on government contracts despite push for more corporate customers
Palantir, the controversial analytics and data mining firm, still relies heavily on its US government contracts for revenue despite its public statements that it was branching out into more corporate clients, according to screenshots of the company’s S-1 filing acquired by TechCrunch. The financials, which the New York Times also…
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WordPress founder claims Apple cut off updates to his completely free app because it wants 30 percent
WordPress, the iOS app, lets you build and manage a website right from your iPhone or iPad. Separately, WordPress.com also happens to sell domain names. Now, WordPress founding developer Matt Mullenweg is accusing Apple of cutting off the ability to update that app — until or unless he adds in-app…
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Read the emails between Epic and Apple that led to Fortnite’s App Store ban
It’s been just over a week since Fortnite developer Epic Games initiated an unprecedented antitrust legal fight with Apple over its App Store rules, and now we’re already seeing a trove of legal documents surface and shed light on how exactly the whole showdown began. In a series of emails…
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Google’s Pixel Buds sound noticeably better with new bass boost, but connectivity issues remain
Google pushed out a significant firmware update to its Pixel Buds this week, adding several new features to the true wireless earbuds including a “bass boost” setting, sharing detection (so you can individually set volume for each earbud when sharing one of them with someone), attention alerts, and more. The…
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