Qualcomm acquires chip startup Nuvia for $1.4 billion
Qualcomm has announced it will acquire chip startup Nuvia to expand its strong position in the silicon industry and use the latter's resources to develop better processors for smartphones, laptops, network infrastructure, and advanced driver assistan.....»»
Voyager 1 is alive: NASA spacecraft reawakens 15 billion miles away from Earth
Voyager 1 is alive: NASA spacecraft reawakens 15 billion miles away from Earth.....»»
Apple posts record-breaking Q4 earnings as revenue hits $94.9 billion
Apple today posted its earnings report for the recent September quarter. When the dust settled, the company posted revenue of $94.9 billion and EPS of … The post Apple posts record-breaking Q4 earnings as revenue hits $94.9 billion appeared fir.....»»
M4 MacBook Air: Here’s everything that’s coming next
Apple has launched its first M4 Macs, but the most popular Mac wasn’t among them. The MacBook Air has not yet received an M4 chip. But here’s everything we know about when that upgrade’s coming, and what else to expect from the new model. m.....»»
Apple reports record Q4 2024 earnings with nearly $95 billion in revenue
Apple has released its earnings report for fiscal Q4 2024. The company reports $94.93 billion in revenue during the three-month period, up 6% year-over-year. This sets a new September quarter revenue record. For comparison’s sake, Apple reported $8.....»»
Elon Musk reportedly will blow $10 billion on AI this year
Elon Musk's Tesla and xAI companies are on pace to spend $10 billion on AI capacity this year, but that figure pales in comparison to what their rivals are investing......»»
Report: Custom Tensor Chips for Future Pixel Watches
There’s been so much focus on Google building up its custom chipsets for Pixel phones that it was only a matter of time until the same talk shifted to Pixel watches. The latest intel suggests that Google will bring a custom Tensor chip to the P.....»»
Much Improved Face Unlock Reported for Pixel 11
Remember Soli on the Pixel 4 lineup (pictured above)? Well if you have fond memories, it is now being reported that Google is bringing something similar to the Pixel 11. In a leak from Google’s chip division, which seems to be full of holes lat.....»»
iPhone 17 series may be first to use Apple’s own Wi-Fi chip, and I know which model will get it
iPhone 17 series may be first to use Apple’s own Wi-Fi chip, and I know which model will get it.....»»
Kuo: iPhone 17 will use new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip made in-house by Apple
Apple’s big launches for 2024 are nearly complete, so reports are going to pick up regarding the 2025 product lineup. Today, a new report highlights Apple’s plan to use an in-house Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip in next year’s iPhone 17 line. mor.....»»
Google on scaling differential privacy across nearly three billion devices
In this Help Net Security interview, Miguel Guevara, Product Manager, Privacy Safety and Security at Google, discusses the complexities involved in scaling differential privacy technology across large systems. He emphasizes the need to develop secure.....»»
M4 iMac vs 2019 Intel iMac compared: Five years makes a big difference
It has been over five years since Apple launched the last Intel iMac. This is how much of an upgrade you would get with a thoroughly-modern M4 24-inch iMac.M4 24-inch iMac [left], 21.5-inch Intel iMac [right]Apple's self-designed chip initiative, App.....»»
300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals
Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom's changes. After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization technology company VMware a year ago, Broadcom wasted no.....»»
The iPhone 17 will reportedly new type of Wi-Fi chip
Apple currently gets its network chips from a manufacturer, but it might soon begin producing its own components in-house......»»
Tiny fragments of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid reveal its history
In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, deploying small rovers and a lander, before gathering a sample and returning it to Earth in December 2020......»»
I used the first Snapdragon 8 Elite phone, and it’s hot stuff
I've tried out the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor in the Realme GT 7 Pro phone, and it was a much hotter experience than I expected......»»
Honor Magic 7 launched with Snapdragon 8 Elite in tow
Honor has announced the Magic 7 series, one of the first smartphones to feature the use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite. The post Honor Magic 7 launched with Snapdragon 8 Elite in tow appeared first on Phandroid. Just last week, Qualcom.....»»
M4 vs. M4 Max: Which MacBook Pro should I buy?
Apple just unveiled its M4 Pro and M4 Max chips to join the base M4 chip. How does the M4 Max stack up next to the M4?.....»»
End of an era: Apple discontinues 8GB RAM Macs as the entire lineup now starts with 16GB
It’s officially the end of an era. Apple on Wednesday held the last day of its super week of Mac announcements, this time with the launch of a new generation MacBook Pro with an M4 chip. But the company also did something else: it upgraded all Macs.....»»
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Should Be a Wake-up Call for Google
The Snapdragon 8 Elite has set the benchmark for mobile processing performance - will Google ever catch up? The post The Snapdragon 8 Elite Should Be a Wake-up Call for Google appeared first on Phandroid. The launch of Qualcomm’s new.....»»
Apple launches entry MacBook Pro 14-inch with M4 chip, 16GB RAM, better battery life, more
Apple has unveiled a new M4 MacBook Pro, and just like the M3 last year, there’s a new 14-inch entry model along with two higher-cost premium versions. Here are all the details on the more budget-friendly, entry 14-inch MacBook Pro. more….....»»