Month: March 2024
The HomePod and HomePod Mini are both receiving a rare discount
With most of the Apple news this week revolving around the new M3 MacBook Air and Apple’s ongoing app store kerfuffles in the EU, it’s not surprising that Best Buy’s current promos on the HomePod Mini and second-gen HomePod have slipped under the radar. That’s a shame, however, given the…
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Samsung touts big low-light photography gains for the Galaxy S24 – but we’re not convinced
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you’ll know that the Samsung Galaxy S24 series suite of cameras makes heavy uses of AI; what you may not of known is how the smart processing can take care of the more challenging aspects of phone photography:…
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‘World’s smallest’ Nvidia AI server launched but barely anyone noticed — ASRock’s MECAI is powered by the GH200 Grace Superchip but is so small you could possibly put it under a desk
ASRock Rack, the subsidiary of ASRock that offers servers, workstations, and other data-center hardware, has unveiled a new space-saving solution for effectively deploying AI in edge environments. Its MECAI-GH200 is claimed to be the world’s smallest server to house Nvidia’s new GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip. The significant – yet little…
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How to use Alexa’s Drop In feature
Amazon’s Drop In feature has become a useful tool for contacting people in your household, finding out what your kids are up to (especially when they’re being too quiet), and checking in on elderly relatives. It allows you to literally “drop in” using an Alexa-capable device, either just via audio…
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Ray tracing could soon be coming to a CPU near you, thanks to one developer
Ray tracing is one of the most cutting-edge technologies in the PC gaming world, with its full potential remaining locked despite how much more powerful the best graphics cards have gotten. However, one developer seeks to test whether a processor can ray tracing in any capacity. So far the answer…
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Epic Games just got unbanned by Apple — again
Epic Games will be able to open its iOS app store in the European Union after all. The game publisher had its developer license revoked by Apple earlier this week, but Epic Games now says that Apple has reversed its decision following an inquiry from the European Commission. In an…
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