Tag: computing
Sorry Apple fans, looks like we won’t see an OLED MacBook Pro until 2026
Coming on the heels of a report that seemed to confirm a lack of an OLED MacBook Pro before 2026, yet another report throws a wrench at expectations. It seems that Samsung will start mass-producing the 8th-generation OLED screens in the first half of 2026, according to a report from…
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Fed up with the cost of MacBook repairs? New unofficial tool might be a glimmer of hope
An Apple MacBook has had a sensor fixed by a German repair shop which managed to circumvent the company’s protections put in place to stop unauthorized third parties from making such repairs. Forbes reports that the outfit, NotebookNerds (in Dortmund, Germany) achieved the feat using a tool (dubbed ‘Nerd.Tool.1’) purpose-built…
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Google wants you to ditch passwords as it turns passkeys into the new standard
The end of passwords might be arriving sooner than we thought. Google has officially made passkeys the default sign-in method for all personal accounts on its network. Passkeys, if you don’t remember, are slated to be the “next evolution for online security.” Instead of a lengthy password, this tech typically…
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Intel finally releases its Arc A580 graphics card — and its price might make it the best cheap GPU going
Intel surprised everyone this week when it released its Arc A580 graphics card, a GPU that was first announced last year but which had otherwise been missing in action ever since. The Intel Arc A580 (which had been rumored in recent weeks thanks to leaked benchmarks) sits in the middle…
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Microsoft reins in Bing AI’s Image Creator – and the results don’t make much sense
You may have noticed that Bing AI got a big upgrade for its image creation tool last week (among other recent improvements), but it appears that after having taken this sizeable step forward, Microsoft has now taken a step back. In case you missed it, Bing’s image creation system was…
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Nvidia RTX 4080 Ti rumor suggests it’s the high-end GPU you’ve been waiting for
Nvidia could be planning a faster version of its RTX 4080 graphics card, and this GPU might just be temptingly priced. That’s the latest theory from MEGAsizeGPU, one of the regular hardware leakers on X (formerly Twitter), so regard it with the usual caution you’d employ around chatter from the…
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