Month: January 2024
Could this be the Samsung 1000 Pro SSD in disguise — details of the PM9E1, the company’s first PCIe 5.0 end-user SSD emerge and the numbers look good
Samsung has disclosed more details on an upcoming product, the PM9E1, which is set to be its first PCIe 5.0 SSD aimed at the end-user market (what it calls PC/client OEMs). Its predecessor, the PM9A1, was launched nearly three years ago and featured the same core components as the 980…
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Google CEO tells employees to expect more job cuts this year
Google has laid off over a thousand employees across various departments since January 10th. CEO Sundar Pichai’s message to employees is to brace for more cuts. “We have ambitious goals and will be investing in our big priorities this year,” Pichai told all Google employees on Wednesday in an internal…
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Apple Watches without banned blood oxygen features will go on sale Thursday morning
Apple’s appeal is ongoing, and we believe the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit should reverse the USITC’s decision. We strongly disagree with the USITC decision and resulting orders. Pending the appeal, Apple is taking steps to comply with the ruling while ensuring customers have access to Apple…
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Galaxy S24 and Pixel 8 to make searching more interactive via Circle to Search
At Unpacked 2024, Samsung revealed it’s entering a partnership with Google as the two plan to introduce AI-powered features that’ll change the way people look up information on the internet. It’s called Circle to Search and what it does is allow people to circle, highlight, scribble on, or tap on-screen…
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48,000 companies sent Facebook data on a single person
Facebook gets data on individual users from many thousands of companies, and a new study (PDF) from Consumer Reports tried to put more exact numbers on it. Researchers found that, on average, Facebook received data from 2,230 different companies for each of the 709 volunteers. One extreme example showed that…
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Pitchfork to be absorbed into GQ
Pitchfork, the acerbic music site that defined album reviews in the early blogging era, is being hollowed out. Owner Condé Nast has decided to merge the music magazine with GQ, the men’s interest publication, according to a staff memo circulated by Max Tani of Semafor. Launched back when CDs were…
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