Month: February 2024
This Solar Eclipse Simulator Helps You Find the Best Place to Watch From
On April 8, 2024, the biggest astronomical event of the year will happen in the sky over North America. A retired mathematician has created a web tool to help you find the ideal vantage point. Source
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Windows 11 could soon deliver updates that don’t need a reboot
Windows 11 could soon run updates without rebooting, if the rumor mill is right – and there’s already evidence this is the path Microsoft is taking in a preview build. This comes from a regular source of Microsoft-related leaks, namely Zac Bowden of Windows Central, who first of all spotted…
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro+ Review: Attractive and Affordable
Xiaomi’s top Redmi phone can compete with flagships, but it still has some limitations. Source
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MWC 2024: all the phones, wearables, and gadgets announced in Barcelona
Xiaomi’s phone lineup has a new leader. The Xiaomi 14 Ultra has just launched in China and features a range of impressive photography specs including a main camera with a large one-inch-type sensor (specifically the Sony LYT-900) and a variable aperture with 1,024 stops between f/1.63 and f/4.0. Prices start…
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The future of phones depends on the future of apps
Without looking up any leaks or rumors, I’d bet that you could probably sketch most of the phones rumored to be launching at Mobile World Congress next week. Over the years, smartphones have settled on a relatively consistent design formula of big rectangular touchscreens, small selfie camera cutouts, app-based interfaces,…
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Shattering the ‘copper or optics’ paradigm: humble plastic could become key material in race to conquer AI data center market – it is cheaper, lighter, thinner and more power efficient
With the expansion of data centers and the rise of generative AI, LLMs, IoT and video streaming services, the demand for advanced interconnects is higher than ever. Conventional interconnects using copper have critical bandwidth limitations caused by the ‘skin effect’, where the current flowing through the cable is concentrated at…
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