Month: February 2024
Those ‘Bottles Saved’ Counters on Water Filling Stations Are Way Off. Does It Matter?
Many factors—from the size of your bottle to the age of the filter—can contribute to the count being wildly inaccurate. But even bad math shows that we’re using fewer plastic bottles. Source
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AMD’s mid-range RDNA 4 GPUs are shaping up to be Nvidia RTX 4080 and 4060 Ti killers – but they may not arrive until 2025
AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs sound like they’re going to really shake up the graphics card market when they arrive – the trouble is that Team Red may not want to make those waves this year. We’ve just caught a video full of new rumors and theorizing on AMD’s next-gen graphics…
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Opera: new DMA rules a chance “to put pressure” on Apple to open up for all
It looks like Apple‘s enclosed ecosystem is slowly opening up—in the EU, at least. On January 25th, 2024, the Big Tech giant revealed changes to its App Store and business model given new requirements under the Digital Market Act (DMA) due to come into force in March. Apple’s announcement was…
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Geeks, look away: Philips PDS unveils outdoor LED display with 10,000 nits brightness and 7680Hz refresh rate — and yes, I’ve asked and there’s no typo in these numbers
Philips Professional Display Solutions (PPDS) has unveiled its cutting-edge Philips Urban LED 6000 Series, marking the company’s official debut in the outdoor LED display market, which is projected to be worth $29.87 billion by 2032. The Philips Urban LED 6000 Series was unveiled at ISE 2024 in Barcelona and is…
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TikTok’s attempt to stall DMA antitrust rules rejected by EU court
TikTok’s attempt to stall the EU from designating it as a “gatekeeper” — companies with platforms powerful enough that they must follow strict Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust rules — has been rejected by a court. Bloomberg reports that the EU’s General Court has dismissed owner ByteDance’s request for an…
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Apple argues against right-to-repair bill that would reduce its control
An original equipment manufacturer may not use parts pairing to: (A) Prevent or inhibit an independent repair provider or owner from installing or enabling the function of a replacement part or component of consumer electronic equipment, including a replacement part or component that the original equipment manufacturer has not approved;…
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