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Qualcomm fires back at Intel's claims of high laptop return rates — the company says Snapdragon X PCs are within 'industry norm' for returns
Qualcomm reacts to Intel's claim about the high return rate of Snapdragon X-powered PCs, saying everything is within industry regular and customers enjoy the systems.
2024-12-14 12:32
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Apple @ Work: The future of the Mac in the workplace
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2024-12-14 11:00
Ineligible Windows 10 PCs shouldn’t upgrade to Windows 11, Microsoft warns
Ineligible Windows 10 PCs shouldn’t switch to Windows 11, Microsoft warns about the ramifications and potential hardware problems. The post Ineligible Windows 10 PCs shouldn’t upgrade to Windows 11, Microsoft warns appeared first on Windows Latest
2024-12-14 10:08
SpaceX ready to launch satellites for other entities this week - TWIRL #192
SpaceX will launch several missions this week for various entities, including government offices and private companies. It will also launch some of its own satellites. Read more...
2024-12-14 10:02
OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Projects, a new way to organize chats
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Projects, a new feature that allows users to organize their chats by topic. This feature supports file uploads, custom instructions, ChatGPT search, and Canvas. Read more...
2024-12-14 09:46
Weekend PC Game Deals: Daily encore bundles, nominee discounts, and more
This weekend's PC game deals include a daily fresh bundles promotion from Humble for the holidays, a Lord of the Rings freebie to claim, Call of Duty to try, and much more. Read more...
2024-12-14 09:30
Intel P-State Energy Aware Scheduling Patches Updated For Lunar Lake
As covered last month on Phoronix, Intel has been experimenting with Energy Aware Scheduling (EAS) for the Intel P-State driver with a goal of enhancing the power efficiency of Core Ultra "Lunar Lake" processors. Recently a second iteration of that wor...
2024-12-14 09:27
Mesa 25.0 Introduces Standard Library For Driver OpenCL C
An interesting addition to Mesa 25.0 this week is Alyssa Rosenzweig adding a standard library for the driver OpenCL C code, including the initial abbility to support assert() on device and other standard C constructs for the OpenCL C code...
2024-12-14 08:50
dbrand's Killswitch case reveals a 360-degree mockup of the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2
dbrand has announced its Killswitch case for the unannounced Nintendo Switch 2 handheld gaming console, revealing the complete mockup of the device. Read more...
2024-12-14 08:50
YouTube app on TV getting 'parent code' feature to control kids' content
YouTube's new "parent code" feature brings much-needed parental controls to its TV app, enabling parents to secure profiles and manage their children's viewing. Read more...
2024-12-14 08:34
Elon Musk's hypocrisy on OpenAI for-profit status revealed
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI for transitioning to a for-profit structure. OpenAI has responded by publishing emails and messages that show Musk previously wanted to control OpenAI. Read more...
2024-12-14 08:18
NTSYNC Linux Driver Updated With API Design Improvements
After some six months of silence, this past week the NTSYNC LInux kernel driver patches were revived for completing this open-source driver to better match the Windows NT synchronization primitives to help with Wine / Proton (Steam Play) Windows gaming...
2024-12-14 06:36
Qualcomm Preps Cloud AI 200 "AIC200" Accelerator Support
While not as popular as their Snapdragon SoCs, Qualcomm has been offering their Cloud AI line of accelerators for scalable AI inference. The current flagship is the Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 Ultra as a 150 Watt rated PCIe Gen4 x16 card for up to 870 TOPS I...
2024-12-14 06:22
KDE Plasma 6.3 Delivers Much Better Fractional Scaling, Clipboard Using SQLite
KDE developers continue to be quite busy ahead of the holidays to pack more features into the upcoming Plasma 6.3 desktop release...
2024-12-14 05:46
Helldivers 2's surprise Illuminate update propels it past Marvel Rivals, Path of Exile 2 to the top of this Steam chart, plus an amazing milestone
The Illuminate have arrived in Helldivers 2, and as these numbers show, players are flooding back to the Galactic War to do their part and fight back against the alien menace.
2024-12-14 02:29
390,000+ WordPress Credentials Stolen via Malicious GitHub Repository Hosting PoC Exploits
A now-removed GitHub repository that advertised a WordPress tool to publish posts to the online content management system (CMS) is estimated to have enabled the exfiltration of over 390,000 credentials. The malicious activity is part of a broader attac...
2024-12-14 01:30
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Tim Cook visiting Mar-a-Lago for Friday night dinner with Trump
Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to visit Mar-a-Lago on Friday night to dine with President-elect Donald Trump, according to a report from The New York Times. Cook joins a string of other tech leaders who have visited Trump’s Florida club over the last seve...
2024-12-14 00:34
‘Better Call Santa’ lets your children talk to Santa thanks to AI
Christmas is almost here, and although it’s already a magical time, technology can certainly help make this time of year even more special. With that in mind, an app called “Better Call Santa” lets you arrange a call with Santa for your children,...
2024-12-13 23:25
WhatsApp for iPhone will soon have its own call dialer
It’s been a while since WhatsApp introduced the ability to make audio and video calls in the app. To make this process even easier, Meta has been experimenting with a new call dialer built into WhatsApp for iPhone that will let users call people who ...
2024-12-13 22:47
“Firefox” ported to Haiku
Haiku is already awash with browsers to choose from, with Falkon (yes, the same one) being the primary choice for most Haiku users, since it offers the best overall experience. We’ve got a new addition to the team, however, as Firefox – in the form...
2024-12-13 22:38
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