Month: September 2023

iPhone and iPad apps will be available in the Vision Pro App Store by default

Apple’s upcoming App Store for its Vision Pro headset will include all compatible iPhone and iPad apps “by default.” In an update on Tuesday, Apple said it will release the new App Store with the developer beta of visionOS this fall. Both iPad and iPhone apps will appear alongside visionOS…

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Watch out AMD – Intel’s 14th gen CPU could continue winning streak with new benchmark

Rumors and leaked reports have been coming out for months on Intel’s preparation of its new line of Core i9 series of processors, called the Raptor Lake refresh. The flagship model’s newly leaked Geekbench score in particular proves how promising its performance might be. The flagship model, the Core i9-14900K…

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TikTok appears to be gearing up for a big push into messaging

There are messaging features inside of TikTok, but nobody really thinks of TikTok as a messaging app. The company appears intent on changing that, though: its parent company ByteDance is hiring for a slew of roles on a team called “TikTok Social,” which seems to be tasked with turning TikTok…

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Amazon’s in-garage delivery service is going to cost a little extra for the convenience

Amazon will charge $1.99 per delivery for in-garage deliveries that used to be free if the customer wants to get them made outside of their designated weekly “Amazon Day,” as described in an update to Amazon’s blog post. Screenshots of in-app notifications posted on X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit by…

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Cinebench can now test GPU power

Cinebench, the classic benchmark test that PC enthusiasts (not to mention Verge laptop reviewers like myself) use to measure the CPU performance of their devices, has gotten a major update, developer Maxon announced. The main thing to know is that the new release, dubbed Cinebench 2024, will introduce GPU benchmarking.…

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Forget about Bitcoin: this startup will pay for your spare GPU power to train AI in an open source network

Akash’s network of ‘GPUs for hire’ might be a game-changer for the way in which computing resources are allocated to train the generative AI models of tomorrow. Akash is a company that’s hoping to flip the entire notion of cloud computing on its head by giving customers the means to…

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