Month: May 2024
Google’s Wear OS 5 promises better battery life
Google has unveiled Wear OS 5 at its I/O developer conference today, giving us a glimpse of new features and other improvements coming with the platform. The company isn't quite ready to roll out the final version of the wearable OS, but its developer preview already features enhanced battery life.…
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A new Bruce Springsteen documentary coming to Hulu and Disney Plus will take us on the road with the E Street Band
Well, it turns out that Hulu and Disney Plus are Born to Run. After the success of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) and The Beatles: Get Back, Disney’s streaming services are getting a documentary flick from The Boss. Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band…
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Senate committee passes three bills to safeguard elections from AI, months before Election Day
The Senate Rules Committee passed three bills that aim to safeguard elections from deception by artificial intelligence, with just months to go before Election Day. The bills would still need to advance in the House and pass the full Senate to become law, creating a time crunch for rules around…
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Good news for Mac users wanting to run Windows apps: VMware Fusion Pro 13 is now free for personal use
The Windows 11 emulator for Mac, VMware Fusion Pro 13, is now free for personal use, as the software developer has waived the previous $199 fee. Announced in a blog post, VMware Fusion Pro 13 creates a virtual Windows machine for macOS devices, allowing you to run Windows apps on…
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Samsung’s fiercest rival unveils mobile storage chip that will make phones and laptops faster — SK Hynix claims that its ZUFS tech will boost local AI inference without consuming more resources
SK Hynix, one of the biggest rivals to Samsung, has been making some major announcements recently, including plans to construct the world’s largest chip factory, and a tie up with TSMC to produce the next-generation of High Bandwidth Memory, known as HBM4. The company’s latest move is the development of…
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Firefox 126 is out – and it’ll make a huge difference to the quality of videos in the browser, for those with the right hardware
Mozilla just powered up its Firefox browser by bringing on board a new tech from Nvidia to provide better-quality video playback. The release of Firefox v126 introduces RTX Video, one part of which is Nvidia’s RTX Video Super Resolution tech. That already debuted in Mozilla’s browser previously, and it upscales…
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