Month: June 2021
Microsoft keeps hinting at an October release for Windows 11
Microsoft keeps hinting at an October release date for Windows 11. The software giant teased an October date several times during its Windows event last week, including one instance where a Microsoft Teams message says “excited to turn it up to 11… can’t wait for October!” Microsoft has only officially…
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Thursday snags $3.5M for a dating app that’s live once a week
Thursday, a dating app that wants to solve problems created by, well, too much time spent using dating apps, had raised a £2.5 million (~$3.5M) seed investment — a few months after launching (in May) its single-matching service in London and New York (and racking up over 52k downloads). Last…
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 Plus ups the CPU and AI performance
Qualcomm’s best mobile processor, the Snapdragon 888, is getting even more powerful at MWC 2021 with the announcement of the Snapdragon 888 Plus. The upgraded model boasts a boosted clock speed, bumping the Kryo 680 CPU from 2.84 GHz up to 2.995 GHz (which Qualcomm is optimistically rounding up to…
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Hardware vendors can avoid TPM 2.0 for Windows 11 if needed: here’s how Windows 11
While there’s been plenty of praise for Windows 11, Microsoft’s TPM requirements haven’t been communicated well. Fortunately, it’s been discovered that some hardware manufacturers will be able to bypass this for some machines. With its new look, great wallpapers alongside the start menu now centered, there’s plenty to like about…
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Honda’s first electric SUV in the US will be called ‘Prologue’
Honda revealed the name of the first of two electric SUVs it plans to sell in North America, and it’s one that many have already guessed, thanks to a recent trademark application. The vehicle will be called the Honda Prologue, and it will go on sale in the US and…
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iPhone 13 Pro’s ultra-wide camera could get two big upgrades iPhone 12 Pro Max
While we’re not expecting major changes to the camera specs for the iPhone 13 range compared to the iPhone 12, we have heard about a number of possible tweaks, and it sounds like the ultra-wide lens could be in for at least two improvements. That’s according to Ming-Chi Kuo (an…
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