Month: October 2025
Apple’s M5 chip pushes AI performance with new ‘Neural Accelerators’
Like clockwork, Apple has introduced a new M-series chip on updated versions of the iPad Pro, MacBook Pro and for the first time, Apple Vision Pro. The new M5 chip shares plenty of similarities with the M4 chip Apple introduced in 2024, but the biggest seems to be a focus…
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The iPad just got the chip it needs to be a smart home controller — again
This makes adding a Thread device — like a smart light, lock, or plug — easier as you won’t need to go buy an extra product just to use the one you bought. (Although some functionality may be limited until you get a border router.) Apple could be considering bringing…
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The latest Roku update adds AI-powered voice control and better search
Roku just announced a robust software update coming to many of its devices. These are free upgrades, with search getting a major AI boost. First of all, the pre-existing voice search feature is getting "AI smarts." This means that users will be able to ask contextual questions about movies, actors…
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Amazon’s new name for the Fire TV Stick 4K only adds more confusion
Sure, the original name was confusing (is 4K better or worse than 4K Select?), but a mere name change in a lineup of four identical gadgets isn’t enough. It assumes you’re willing to do the mental gymnastics of recalling where other “Plus” products sit in their respective lineups, and what…
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‘New media’ is just right-wing media
Hello and welcome to a post-October Federal Holiday edition of Regulator. Last week, I caught wind that House Speaker Mike Johnson, along with several top House Republican leaders, had held an exclusive press briefing about the government shutdown that was restricted to “new media.” The contents of the meeting were…
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Oracle has just unveiled the “largest AI supercomputer in the world” – and it really is huge
As the AI boom continues and around one month after Microsoft revealed the “world’s most powerful data center,” Oracle has given us the “largest AI supercomputer in the cloud” – OCI Zettascale10. But it didn’t just come from nowhere – it actually forms the foundation of the Stargate supercluster Oracle…
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