When Apple unveiled the iPhone 16 series in early September, the company introduced the A18 Pro chip as “the fastest CPU in any smartphone.” The A18 chip that powers the non-Pro iPhone 16 models has to be almost as fast. But I knew going into the Glowtime event that I would not buy an iPhone 16…
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Google is appealing a judgement given on 7 October by US District Judge James Donato in California, which would diminish the company’s control over the distribution of Android apps. The federal judge has ordered Google to open up its app store, Google Play, to enable third-party app stores and allow software developers to offer Android…
Samsung has announced that it’s cooked up some new faster GDDR7 video RAM that might just power up Nvidia’s next-gen Blackwell GPUs at some point next year.The innovation comes in what Samsung boasts is the industry’s first 24Gb GDDR7 RAM, which builds on its previous 16Gb GDDR7 memory modules (the latter are strongly rumored to…
A new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D leak provides us with a tempting glimpse of some potentially major advances made by this next-gen CPU in terms of clock speeds for 3D V-Cache chips, where a large cache has been a considerable drag factor on the clock frequency achieved.Maybe that isn’t the case anymore, at least not…
Numerous IT service providers and consulting businesses have ramped up their artificial intelligence (AI) practices in recent weeks in a bid to drive demand for enterprise AI. The latest announcement is Accenture’s expansion of its partnership with Nvidia, resulting in the formation of the Accenture Nvidia Business Group, through which it plans to help enterprises…
Rich Corbridge, the chief digital and information officer at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), is leaving his role in November to take up a new post as chief information officer (CIO) at industrial property developer Segro. Corbridge only joined DWP in April 2023, and Computer Weekly understands his departure is for personal reasons…
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The UK’s new government has teased further details of its proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, confirming that it will contain a clause that mandates centralised incident reporting, including in the event cyber attacks that involve ransomware. Keir Starmer’s incoming administration first brought forward the possibility of a mandatory reporting law in the King’s Speech…
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I won’t blame you if you’ll keep thinking about the ultra-thin M4 iPad Pro once you’re done using one in a store. The tablet is incredibly thin and light, the OLED screen is amazing, and the M4 chip guarantees great performance and battery life. The 2024 iPad Pro will also support Apple Intelligence once it’s…
M4 iPad Pro isn’t selling well, and I blame iPadOS more than the price Read More »
With the iPhone 16 release, Apple revamped the Photographic Styles feature that was first introduced with the iPhone 13. While this function has been quickly forgotten by users, Cupertino thinks it deserves another try. Photographic Styles can now be previewed before shooting and even edited after capturing a photo, even if you want to remove…
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Intel is already working on support for its Xe3 GPU architecture in Linux – even though Xe3, codenamed Celestial, won’t be used in any chips until late in 2025 (at the earliest)Indeed, Battlemage, Intel’s 2nd-gen Arc graphics, is only just here (in Lunar Lake laptops as the integrated GPU), so it’s very early days for…
