Month: September 2024
Netflix is ending support for some older iPhones and iPads
The Netflix app is dropping support for older iPhones and iPads that are stuck at iOS 16. 9to5Mac reports that Netflix is showing an alert to users on some iOS 16 devices that says “We’ve updated the Netflix app! To use the latest version, install iOS 17 or later.” The…
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One of the world’s largest software firms is building a data center with not one but three nuclear reactors — Oracle wants to build world’s most powerful supercomputer ever, yes, even more powerful than Colossus
In a bid to meet the spiraling energy demands of advanced AI models, Oracle is set to build a data center powered by three small modular nuclear reactors. Larry Ellison, Oracle’s co-founder and chairman, revealed this ambitious plan during a recent earnings call transcribed by The Motley Fool. The proposed…
Read MoreThis Is How Johnnie Walker Made the World’s Lightest Whisky Bottle
The spirit brand has created a whisky bottle 80 percent lighter than a conventional one. Now it’s sharing the knowledge for free so that others might follow. Source
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This 5K monitor can do something that no other 5K screen can — rival to Apple Studio Display matches it for price, but is a touchscreen with more ports and a far more versatile stand
Alogic, known for peripheral devices and displays, showed off a range of smart tech productivity devices at IFA 2024, including three premium displays. Particularly eye-catching among these is the Clarity 5K Touch 27” UHD Monitor, a device that is positioned to take on Apple’s Studio Display in home and workplace…
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Come pixel-peep what the PS5 Pro can maybe actually do
I think Sony might have made a mistake. Not by pricing the PS5 Pro at $700 or ditching the optical drive — it can always drop the price or bundle — but by trying to showcase the PS5 Pro’s graphical improvements using a bandwidth-limited, compressed YouTube video. I say that…
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Amazon’s AI personal shopper is sharing ads with its advice
Amazon proclaimed its shopping AI chatbot Rufus as a solution for people overwhelmed by the dizzying array of products on its website. But, since it’s Amazon, that’s now going to include some ads, as Adweek first noted. Rufus (named for a pet corgi owned by early Amazon employees) uses AI…
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