Alan Velasco
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Artifact, the AI powered news app, is shutting down. Instagram’s former founders made the app in an effort to deliver news to users based on recommendations made by the app. In a statement posted to Medium, the company says “We have built...
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ASUS is unveiling the RT-AX57 Go, a portable tri-mode router that delivers some serious features despite its small size. Because it’s meant to be taken on the road it has the ability to connect to 4G and 5G mobile networks alongside WISPs...
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Ayaneo will be the first company to use SteamOS in its gaming handhelds with the release of the Ayaneo Next Lite. Ayaneo has been in the handheld gaming space for a few years, though all previous devices from the company used Windows as...
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The job losses continue to mount in the tech sector, with Nico Grant at The New York Times reporting that Google is letting go of hundreds of employees from across several divisions. The Silicon Valley giant will be downsizing the groups...
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Samsung is continuing to revamp its memory offerings in a response to the shift to AI workloads, introducing products such as HBM3E Shinebolt, LPDDR5X DRAM, and LPDDR5X CAMM2. According to the company these memory solutions will look to...
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Twitch will be reducing its workforce by a staggering 35%, or 500 employees, according to Bloomberg’s Cecilia D'Anastasio. This is another large round of cuts that continues the brutal trend of reducing headcount in the tech sector that...
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VESA, the Video Electronics Standards Association, is announcing an update coming to DisplayPort. This will bring it to version 2.1a, and will replace the DP40 ultra-high-bit-rate (UHBR) cable specification with the DP54 UHBR cable...
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ASUS will continue to keep the high performance NUC line going with the release of the ROG NUC, which should bring a smile to fans of the form factor. Codenamed Scorpion Canyon, it’s a compact PC that still manages to pack in very...
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The Wi-Fi Alliance is announcing the rollout of Wi-Fi Certified 7, which will be an important logo going forward for anyone in the market for new Wi-Fi devices. According to the Wi-Fi Alliance, “Wi-Fi Certified 7 enable innovations that...
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Qualcomm is updating its chip lineup with the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 in order to compete with Apple in the spatial computing space. This is an upgrade to the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 with several performance improvements, with the aim of...
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Twitch is making more changes to its community guidelines regarding clothing after streamers found creative ways to skirt the rules. However, this caused an uproar among users who weren’t happy when this type of content became more readily available throughout Twitch. It was especially...
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Apple’s Vision Pro headset hasn’t even rolled out to customers, but that isn’t stopping the rumor mill from releasing details about the possible upgrades for the second version of the device. The information comes from market research firm...
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Square Enix President Takashi Kiryu released a New Year’s letter emphasizing the company’s plans to make AI a core part of the business, saying that “we intend to be aggressive in applying AI and other cutting-edge technologies to both our...
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It looks like 2024 is going to be a big year for iOS users, with Apple planning several upgrades that are supposed to hit throughout the year. Some of the more notable additions will be Stolen Device Protection, app sideloading for users...
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Popular messaging app Telegram is starting 2024 off with an update that has a slew of new features that users will be able to enjoy. According to the Telegram team, users can expect to see “improved calls with a colorful new design that...
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Downfall, a standalone steam mod for the popular Slay the Spire game, got hit with a security breach on Christmas day. An attacker replaced the legitimate game download with a malicious one, which was available to users on Steam’s library...
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Apple is supposedly done with being an afterthought in the gaming industry and believes that Macs running Apple Silicon will change its fortunes. Mac product marketing manager Gordon Keppel said in a recent interview that “every Mac that...
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Piper Sandler’s 46th semi-annual 'Taking Stock with Teens' survey is officially out, and it shows Apple continues to dominate the smartphone market with this age group. As far as food goes, Chick-fil-A continues to be the big winner among...
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Prolific Apple prototype collector Kosutami (@KosutamiSan) is sharing more information about a HomePod prototype the company showed off earlier this year. The most notable part of the HomePod prototype is the fact that it has an LCD...
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GitHub is looking to secure the software supply chain by requiring all developers using the platform to protect their accounts with two-factor authentication (2FA). Developers will need to enable the security feature by the end of 2023...
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Samsung’s semiconductor facility in Taylor, Texas is officially delayed until 2025. There are several reasons why the Korean company has hit this setback, including difficulties in obtaining permits and receiving subsidies from the U.S...
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IBM showed off how well nanosheet transistors hold up using liquid nitrogen, which can get as low as -196 °C, during the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco. According to IBM these are the first CMOS...
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