Author: Zach_Wilson
The Snapdragon X Elite is Qualcomm’s most powerful chip to date
On Tuesday, at its annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm announced a major addition to its line of mobile chips with the Snapdragon X Elite, which the company is calling its most powerful processor to date. The Arm-based Snapdragon X Elite is the successor to last year's Snapdragon 8cx Gen…
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How to customize your Samsung Galaxy phone with the Good Lock app
If you own a Galaxy smartphone and you haven’t already discovered the Samsung Good Lock app, I’d recommend getting it installed at your earliest opportunity. It’s packed with tweaks, tools, and options that build on top of what Samsung already puts into its One UI version of Android. Good Lock…
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AMD adds support for super-popular open source AI tool to its most powerful GPU – now imagine what would happen if an AMD APU could run Stable Diffusion out of the box
AMD is hoping to make AI more accessible to developers and researchers by adding support for PyTorch to its Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon Pro W7900 graphics cards. Based on its RDNA 3 GPU architecture, these are some of the best GPUs out there, and they can now let…
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California DMV suspends Cruise’s robotaxi permit ‘effective immediately’
The California Department of Motor Vehicles suspended Cruise’s robotaxi permit “effective immediately.” The General Motors-backed company had been involved in several safety incidents recently, most recently a hit-and-run by another driver that resulted in a pedestrian trapped under one of Cruise’s driverless vehicles. Among the reasons cited for the suspension:…
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Tesla faces fresh scrutiny from US authorities, potentially over EV driving range claims
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly investigating Tesla Inc. over “certain matters” related to the claimed electric range of its vehicles, according to The Telegraph. The move by the DOJ comes following proposed class-action lawsuits from several Tesla customers who claim the company falsely advertised the estimated driving…
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Wyze’s new video doorbell records 24/7 locally, but you can’t escape the cloud
Smart home company Wyze has a new doorbell cam. The Wyze Video Doorbell v2 is a 2K-capable doorbell camera with a head-to-toe view of your porch and local recording via a microSD card. Costing just $39.99 (plus shipping), it’s a wired doorbell (there’s no battery backup) and is an upgrade…
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