Month: August 2020
Intel’s Xe-HP GPU crushes Nvidia’s A100, but there’s a catch null
Intel recently started to share details about its upcoming GPUs based on the Xe architecture that will span from notebooks to supercomputers. One of Intel’s upcoming GPUs — the quad-tile Xe-HP — is currently being tested by the company in its labs and is already demonstrating very promising performance by…
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Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War is official, will be ‘inspired by actual events’
Call of Duty: Warzone may have somewhat overshadowed the rest of the Call of Duty franchise, with the battle royale racking up 75 million downloads as of this month — but of course Activision also wants to develop a new flagship Call of Duty campaign, and its name has just…
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This super strength body battery is made with discarded Kevlar
Today’s robot-mounted batteries provide electrical power but at the expense of added mass that in turn requires added power to move and use. But a team of researchers from the University of Michigan have devised a clever solution that will enable tom… Source
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Apple becomes first $2 trillion US company amid antitrust allegations Apple Store
Apple became the first US company in history to reach $2 trillion in value, just 24 months after becoming the world’s first trillion-dollar company. The Wall Street Journal reports that the historic milestone was passed on Wednesday morning when Apple’s share price hit $467.55 (about £356.53, AU$649.53) for its just…
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MIT researchers show how ‘Dr. Spot’ could help diagnose COVID-19
Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots have been used in many creative ways, from surveying a Ford plant in Michigan to herding sheep in New Zealand. Earlier this year, the tech company announced Spot was chipping in to help coronavirus patients — now, we’re… Source
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Fossil updates its Gen 5 smartwatches with sleep tracking and more fitness features
Fossil has released a new update for its Gen 5 Wear OS smartwatches that add a variety of features to the watches that aren’t part of standard Wear OS, including sleep and VO2 max tracking. The bulk of the new features Fossil is adding here can be categorized as improvements…
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