Intel spins out Articul8, an AI company backed by DigitalBridge and others; executives did not share the deal's value or if Intel would retain a majority stake
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China imposes restrictions on exporting two metals used to make chips and other electronics, starting August 1, which will likely raise costs for manufacturers
China imposed restrictions on exporting two metals that are crucial to parts of the semiconductor, telecommunications …
Twitter's new API tiers are useless for researchers; the $100/month plan is much worse than the old free plan, and the $42K-$210K/month plans are too expensive
and @jbenton wonders whether ‘enough phyla, kingdoms or classes’ exist to encompass them all — here's one to find room for: His decision to kill off free API access for researchers...
Interview with Apple's marketing head Greg Joswiak and hardware chief John Ternus on why the company has no plans to merge iPad and Mac product lines
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Apple's M1 chip, used in computers ranging from $699 to $1699, and tablets, upends decades of x86 OEM marketing and segmentation centered around CPU performance
On Tuesday, Apple updated the iMac with new SKUs, display panels, and various color options.
In a new filing, Epic says revocation of its developer tools by Apple will harm the developer ecosystem and adds a declaration of support from Microsoft
the story so far Chris Wallace / MCV/DEVELOP : Microsoft submits statement of support for Epic Games in Apple fight Chris Smith / BGR : Why Epic isn't an innocent victim in the For...
Avast will shut down its marketing subsidiary Jumpshot following controversy over selling user data to third parties
Avast's CEO said the move is “absolutely the right thing to do.” — Avast is winding down its subsidiary Jumpshot following an explosive investigation into the sale …
Avast will shut down its marketing subsidiary Jumpshot following controversy over selling user data to third parties
Avast's CEO said the move is “absolutely the right thing to do.” — Avast is winding down its subsidiary Jumpshot following an explosive investigation into the sale …
Consumer IoT is in trouble because normal people can't be expected to manage a house full of smart things or keep track of their bugs and looming obsolescence
@gassee https://mondaynote.com/... Don Clark / @donal888 : The inimitable Jean-Louis Gassee warns of the software issues at the heart of home IoT @gassee https://mondaynote.com/......
Intel unveils plans for a 7nm Xe GPU, codenamed Ponte Vecchio, meant to rival Nvidia in handling datacenter AI workloads, but fails to give a release window
Nvidia can shake off rivals that have complicated and untested AI solutions Mark Hachman / PCWorld : Intel debuts Ponte Vecchio, its first Xe GPU for servers Paul Alcorn / Tom's Ha...
Roku to buy ad tech platform Dataxu, which provides software for managing ad campaigns programmatically across digital platforms, for $150M in cash and stock
Roku is buying Dataxu, a platform that lets marketers plan and buy video ad campaigns, for $150 million in cash and stock. Tweets: @kirbywinfield and @dylanljmartin See also Mediag...
Pixel 4's dual camera system adds better zoom capability, live-view HDR+ to fine-tune shots, revamped portrait mode, and extends Night Sight to astrophotography
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Interview with Google execs about Project Soli, the tech behind Pixel 4's Motion Sense radar, and why they think gesture-sensing is more than just a gimmick
Why does a phone need radar? — By now, you've heard: the new Google Pixel 4 has a tiny radar chip inside it, which allows you to swipe or wave your hand to do a few things.
AMD exec says EPYC server chip's Secure Encrypted Virtualization, which uses an embedded Arm secure coprocessor, resulted from AMDs work on Xbox and PlayStation
'We had 16 keys in a cryptographic isolation on a game console, and that's one of the principal reasons they've never been hacked …
AMD exec says EPYC server chip's Secure Encrypted Virtualization, which uses an embedded Arm secure coprocessor, resulted from AMDs work on Xbox and PlayStation
'We had 16 keys in a cryptographic isolation on a game console, and that's one of the principal reasons they've never been hacked …
Johnson Controls' GLAS thermostat, debuted as a Cortana-powered device in 2018, is being updated to remove Cortana, instead offering Alexa and Google Assistant
The GLAS smart thermostat was to be Cortana's big expansion in the connected home, but the stylish glass HVAC controller …