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Google X Introduces Taara Chip to Enable High-Speed Internet via Light Beams
Google X has unveiled the Taara chip, a silicon photonics device that transmits high-speed internet via light beams. Unlike traditional fiber-optic cables, which require extensive underground installation, this technology provides a cost-effective and scalable alternative. Field tests demonstrated speeds of 10 Gbps over a one-kilometre distance. De...
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Xiaomi 15 Ultra With Leica-Tuned Cameras Goes Global at MWC 2025 Alongside Xiaomi 15: Price, Specifications
Xiaomi 15 Ultra was launched globally on Sunday, ahead of MWC 2025 in Barcelona. Unveiled in China on February 27, the flagship smartphone joins the standard model introduced in October. The Xiaomi 15 series boasts a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, up to 16GB of RAM, LTPO AMOLED displays, along with silicon carbon batteries.
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Recent iPhone, Mac Models Susceptible to Side Channel Exploitation, Putting Sensitive Information at Risk: Report
Security researchers have discovered new vulnerabilities in Apple’s in-house Silicon chipsets which may leave it exposed to exploitation, according to a report. The Cupertino-based technology company’s A and M-series chipsets, which power the iPhone/iPad and Mac, respectively, are said to be susceptible to side channel attacks which may allow t...
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Liang Wenfeng: All About The Brain Behind DeepSeek
In 2021, Liang Wenfeng started buying thousands of Nvidia chips as part of an AI side project, then launched DeepSeek in 2023.
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Apple to Kick Off M5 Chip Development in H1 2025 With Separate CPU-GPU Design: Ming-Chi Kuo
Apple will kick off the mass production of its M5 family of chipsets next year, according to claims by a supply chain analyst. Its volume production is tipped to take place leveraging TSMC’s 3nm semiconductor node (N3) which may offer performance gains and increased efficiency compared to the previous manufacturing process. Apple is also speculat...
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Realme GT 7 Pro Launch Confirmed for October; May Get a Large 6,500mAh Battery
Realme GT 7 Pro is confirmed to launch in Realme's home country soon. The company released the first official teaser of the upcoming GT series phone on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. The phone is teased to come with Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC. Meanwhile, a new leak indicates that the handset will come with a whopping 6,500mAh silicon battery with...
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Apple Vision Pro 2 Development Tipped to Begin in 2025 With M5 Chip and AI Spatial Computing Capabilities
Apple Vision Pro successor is said to be on the cards and may launch as soon as next year, according to an industry analyst. The mixed reality headset is speculated to boast a next-generation Apple silicon chipset that could support Apple Intelligence — the suite of artificial intelligence (AI) features which might help improve the overall user e...
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AI Started As A Dream To Save Humanity. Then, Big Tech Took Over.
Many AI builders say this tech promises a path to utopia. Others say it could bring about the collapse of our civilization. In reality, the science-fiction scenarios have distracted us from the more insidious ways AI is threatening to harm society.
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Asus Vivobook S 15 With Snapdragon X Elite Chip Goes on Sale as Company's First Copilot+ PC
Asus Vivobook S 15 is now available for purchase, a month after it was launched by the Taiwanese firm as its first Copilot+ PC. The Vivobook S 15 is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chipset and sports an OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The company also claims that it will offer up to 18 hours of battery life on a single charge, whic...
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Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 With Snapdragon X Elite Chip Beats M3-Powered MacBook Air in Some Benchmarks
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 with a Snapdragon X Elite chip has beat Apple's M3-powered MacBook Air in some benchmark tests according to a third-party firm's report. The new Surface Laptop 7 also beat a laptop running on Intel's Meteor Lake CPUs and a Surface Pro 9 with an SQ3 chip.
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Apple Said to Use In-House Server Chips to Power AI Tools Coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac Computers This Year
Apple is said to be planning to use data centers to power new AI features using the company's in-house proprietary processors, and the firm will use high-end chips for AI operations that are similar to the ones it uses on its Mac computers. AI tasks that are not highly complex will be handled natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers, when the pu...
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Apple M4 Chip With On-Device AI, Ray Tracing and Ultra Retina XDR Display Support Launched
Apple M4 chip has been launched as the latest Apple Silicon chip, built on the firm's second-generation 3nm technology with up to 10 CPU cores. The new M4 chip powers the latest iPad Pro (2024). It boasts improved on-device AI performance with an upgraded Neural Engine and support for hardware accelerated ray tracing on the latest iPad Pro (2024).
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Microsoft Said to Be Confident That Surface Pro 10, Surface Laptop 6 Can Beat M3 MacBook Air in Performance
Microsoft Surface Pro 10 and Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 will arrive with Arm chips in May, according to a report. Expected to be equipped with Snapdragon X Elite processors from Qualcomm, Microsoft expects that these laptops will be powerful enough to beat Apple's powerful MacBook that runs on its latest 3nm Apple Silicon processor. The new laptops...
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Apple Begins Formal Development of MacBook Pro With M4 Chip: Gurman
Apple MacBook Pro with an M4 chip is in development at the company, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The company's purported M4 chip is said to be similar to the company's A18 chip that is expected to power the iPhone 16 series of smartphones.
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Intel Signs Microsoft as Foundry Customer; Says Firm on Track to Overtake Biggest Rival TSMC
Intel has signed Microsoft as a foundry customer for its 18A technology, the company said at an event. The chipmaker said it expects to beat its 2025 deadline to overtake TSMC in advanced chip manufacturing. The news of Intel's 14A technology is the first time the Silicon Valley company has given details of its plans beyond 2025.
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Google X Introduces Taara Chip to Enable High-Speed Internet via Light Beams
Google X has unveiled the Taara chip, a silicon photonics device that transmits high-speed internet via light beams. Unlike traditional fiber-optic cables, which require extensive underground installation, this technology provides a cost-effective and scalable alternative. Field tests demonstrated speeds of 10 Gbps over a one-kilometre distance. De...
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Xiaomi 15 Ultra With Leica-Tuned Cameras Goes Global at MWC 2025 Alongside Xiaomi 15: Price, Specifications
Xiaomi 15 Ultra was launched globally on Sunday, ahead of MWC 2025 in Barcelona. Unveiled in China on February 27, the flagship smartphone joins the standard model introduced in October. The Xiaomi 15 series boasts a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, up to 16GB of RAM, LTPO AMOLED displays, along with silicon carbon batteries.
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Recent iPhone, Mac Models Susceptible to Side Channel Exploitation, Putting Sensitive Information at Risk: Report
Security researchers have discovered new vulnerabilities in Apple’s in-house Silicon chipsets which may leave it exposed to exploitation, according to a report. The Cupertino-based technology company’s A and M-series chipsets, which power the iPhone/iPad and Mac, respectively, are said to be susceptible to side channel attacks which may allow t...
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Liang Wenfeng: All About The Brain Behind DeepSeek
In 2021, Liang Wenfeng started buying thousands of Nvidia chips as part of an AI side project, then launched DeepSeek in 2023.
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Apple to Kick Off M5 Chip Development in H1 2025 With Separate CPU-GPU Design: Ming-Chi Kuo
Apple will kick off the mass production of its M5 family of chipsets next year, according to claims by a supply chain analyst. Its volume production is tipped to take place leveraging TSMC’s 3nm semiconductor node (N3) which may offer performance gains and increased efficiency compared to the previous manufacturing process. Apple is also speculat...
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Realme GT 7 Pro Launch Confirmed for October; May Get a Large 6,500mAh Battery
Realme GT 7 Pro is confirmed to launch in Realme's home country soon. The company released the first official teaser of the upcoming GT series phone on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. The phone is teased to come with Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC. Meanwhile, a new leak indicates that the handset will come with a whopping 6,500mAh silicon battery with...
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Apple Vision Pro 2 Development Tipped to Begin in 2025 With M5 Chip and AI Spatial Computing Capabilities
Apple Vision Pro successor is said to be on the cards and may launch as soon as next year, according to an industry analyst. The mixed reality headset is speculated to boast a next-generation Apple silicon chipset that could support Apple Intelligence — the suite of artificial intelligence (AI) features which might help improve the overall user e...
-
AI Started As A Dream To Save Humanity. Then, Big Tech Took Over.
Many AI builders say this tech promises a path to utopia. Others say it could bring about the collapse of our civilization. In reality, the science-fiction scenarios have distracted us from the more insidious ways AI is threatening to harm society.
-
Asus Vivobook S 15 With Snapdragon X Elite Chip Goes on Sale as Company's First Copilot+ PC
Asus Vivobook S 15 is now available for purchase, a month after it was launched by the Taiwanese firm as its first Copilot+ PC. The Vivobook S 15 is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chipset and sports an OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The company also claims that it will offer up to 18 hours of battery life on a single charge, whic...
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Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 With Snapdragon X Elite Chip Beats M3-Powered MacBook Air in Some Benchmarks
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 with a Snapdragon X Elite chip has beat Apple's M3-powered MacBook Air in some benchmark tests according to a third-party firm's report. The new Surface Laptop 7 also beat a laptop running on Intel's Meteor Lake CPUs and a Surface Pro 9 with an SQ3 chip.
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Apple Said to Use In-House Server Chips to Power AI Tools Coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac Computers This Year
Apple is said to be planning to use data centers to power new AI features using the company's in-house proprietary processors, and the firm will use high-end chips for AI operations that are similar to the ones it uses on its Mac computers. AI tasks that are not highly complex will be handled natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers, when the pu...
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Apple M4 Chip With On-Device AI, Ray Tracing and Ultra Retina XDR Display Support Launched
Apple M4 chip has been launched as the latest Apple Silicon chip, built on the firm's second-generation 3nm technology with up to 10 CPU cores. The new M4 chip powers the latest iPad Pro (2024). It boasts improved on-device AI performance with an upgraded Neural Engine and support for hardware accelerated ray tracing on the latest iPad Pro (2024).
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Microsoft Said to Be Confident That Surface Pro 10, Surface Laptop 6 Can Beat M3 MacBook Air in Performance
Microsoft Surface Pro 10 and Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 will arrive with Arm chips in May, according to a report. Expected to be equipped with Snapdragon X Elite processors from Qualcomm, Microsoft expects that these laptops will be powerful enough to beat Apple's powerful MacBook that runs on its latest 3nm Apple Silicon processor. The new laptops...
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Apple Begins Formal Development of MacBook Pro With M4 Chip: Gurman
Apple MacBook Pro with an M4 chip is in development at the company, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The company's purported M4 chip is said to be similar to the company's A18 chip that is expected to power the iPhone 16 series of smartphones.
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Intel Signs Microsoft as Foundry Customer; Says Firm on Track to Overtake Biggest Rival TSMC
Intel has signed Microsoft as a foundry customer for its 18A technology, the company said at an event. The chipmaker said it expects to beat its 2025 deadline to overtake TSMC in advanced chip manufacturing. The news of Intel's 14A technology is the first time the Silicon Valley company has given details of its plans beyond 2025.
