Month: November 2024
Meta’s new OS update for Quest includes a redesign and train mode
Meta is introducing some big changes with its Quest v71 update, including a redesign of Meta Horizon OS, a calendar app, and the ability to use Travel Mode on a train. The update will start rolling out gradually next week. Let’s start with the redesign. Meta says that it’s “tweaking…
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Schwinn resurrected its classic ‘70s Hurricane as a modern e-bike
The Schwinn Hurricane, an iconic kids bike of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, could soon be a staple of the suburbs once again thanks to an electric revival. The new Schwinn Hurricane Compact Electric Bike isn’t an exact dupe of the original, but shares a lot of the classic’s…
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Between Perplexity’s new macOS app and ChatGPT’s search launch, conversational search just got a lot more fun
The AI-powered search game is heating up, with OpenAI adding search capabilities to ChatGPT just yesterday, and Perplexity launching a macOS desktop app a week ago. Perplexity could be considered a leader in AI-powered search right now, and now Mac users can quickly use Perplexity’s advanced search engine right from…
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Huawei quietly adds 61.44TB SSD option to its flagship storage solution — and now quotes 2:1 compressed capacities as it eyes LTO Tape market as well
At its recent Huawei Connect event, the Chinese tech giant unveiled one of the highest-capacity storage solutions on the planet. The OceanStor Pacific 9928 features 36 high-density 61.44TB NVMe SSDs per 2U chassis, each just 9.5mm thick, delivering up to 2.21PB of raw capacity. Huawei says the OceanStor Pacific 9928’s…
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Claude joins the AI chatbot desktop app rush but leaves some features behind
AI chatbot Claude is now available as a desktop app for both Windows and Mac computers. The public beta for the apps is available for free users as well as subscribers to the premium version of the AI chatbot. Claude creator Anthropic describes the desktop versions of Claude as “fast,…
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VPN usage soars in Mauritius amid pre-election social media shutdown
People in Mauritius have been turning en masse to the best VPN apps as authorities have enforced a wide social media shutdown ahead of the general elections. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok all went dark on Friday, November 1, 2024 – internet watchdog NetBlocks could confirm (see tweet below).…
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