2024

Flash prices drop as drive production increases but demand lags

Flash drive prices fell steadily over the first three quarters of 2024 to an average of $0.085 per gigabyte (GB) in September 2024. That’s a drop of just over 10% since April and is the result of prices slackening after highs earlier in the year. Flash prices spiked significantly in late 2023 and the early…

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It’s happening: AMD is going to use AI in FSR 4 to drive much better battery life for PC gaming handhelds

AMD is going to power up the next-generation of its FSR tech by using AI, in what Team Red admits is a turnaround regarding its stance on using artificial intelligence for the purpose of boosting frame rates in PC gaming.This came to light in an interview that Tom’s Hardware conducted with Jack Huynh, who is…

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Key-value flash targets more efficient data storage

Imagine flash storage that stores data in exactly the format used by applications. That’s what’s promised by key-value flash media, as envisaged by at least one big drive maker, some researchers and startups, and in the NVMe Key-Value command set. Productised manifestations of key-value storage are more than thin on the ground, however. There has…

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How digital models help Anglian Water manage leaks

Anglian Water is the largest water and wastewater company in England and Wales. In its Water resources management plan for 2024, the company discusses the value of digital technologies to enable it to reduce water leaks.  The 2024 plan revises its water leak reduction targets to a 38% reduction by 2050. In the document, Anglian…

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iOS 18: How to check if your carrier supports RCS on iPhone

The iOS 18 update is now available to hundreds of millions of iPhones around the world. One of the new features that iOS 18 enables is RCS messaging in the Messages app. The feature has been in testing since mid-June when Apple rolled it out via one of the iOS 18 beta releases.However, just because…

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Cyber firms need to centre their own resilience

Information security is essentially an information risk management discipline. By rendering many information systems inoperable, the global outage precipitated by Crowdstrike prevented several companies from accessing critical business information due to unplanned and extended downtime. The unavailability was not only to information systems, but also to related information processing. It was not only an information…

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AirPods Pro 2 firmware update available with 5 iOS 18 features

Ahead of the iOS 18 release next week, Apple launched a firmware update for AirPods Pro 2. It comes with five new features for Apple users running the latest software updates (iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and so on).The firmware has a build number of 7A294, up from 6F8, and is available to all…

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The world’s first tri-fold phone costs more than three iPhone 16s

A few days before the big iPhone 16 event, Huawei announced a press event for the same day as Apple. Huawei teased a mysterious device that looked like a triple-foldable phone. It happened after a different Chinese vendor, Tecno, unveiled a tri-fold concept.Huawei’s event took place just a few hours after the big Apple keynote…

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iPhone 16 has faster wireless charging speeds than wired

Apple upgraded the Apple Watch Series 10 charging speed this year, allowing users to reach 80% capacity in just 30 minutes. I thought that was an incredible feature for a health-centric wearable. I’d want to use the Apple Watch for as long as possible during the day.I also said that Apple Watch battery charging speeds…

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ERP firms target carbon reporting role

The major enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers have all embarked on a strategy to provide functionality in their product suites to help their customers monitor and manage the environmental impact of their operations. This is being driven by new regulations on climate change and organisations acknowledging that reducing their carbon footprint has business benefits. At…

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