Apple’s iMac could get a touchscreen makeover like the Microsoft Surface Studio

Apple’s iMac could get a touchscreen makeover like the Microsoft Surface Studio

Though Apple has long since rejected the idea of a touchscreen for its iMac, new information hints that the tech giant might be considering backtracking on its stance. An updated patent application (reported on by 9to5Mac) that was first filed in 2023 revealed an iMac design with a pivoting stand. The reasoning behind the patent … Read more

Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, March 13 (game #779)

Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, March 13 (game #779)

It’s time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off.  Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I’m still playing now, around two years after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it’s fun, but … Read more

Samsung’s biggest memory rivals are plotting a tie-up with Kafkaesque implications — SK Hynix and Kioxia could build lucrative HBM chips for Nvidia, AMD and others

Samsung’s biggest memory rivals are plotting a tie-up with Kafkaesque implications — SK Hynix and Kioxia could build lucrative HBM chips for Nvidia, AMD and others

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix, a key Nvidia supplier, says it has already sold out of its entire 2024 production of stacked high-bandwidth memory DRAMs, crucial for AI processors in data centers. That’s a problem, given just how in demand HBM chips are right now. However, a solution might have presented itself, as reports say … Read more

30 years of the Dell Latitude – from impressive battery-powered productivity to AI PCs

30 years of the Dell Latitude – from impressive battery-powered productivity to AI PCs

For many decades, businesses in the US and across the world have been relying on specially-engineered business laptops that have boosted productivity immeasurably.  One such model that’s been a staple for 30 years is the Dell Latitude family of enterprise laptops – starting with the Dell Latitude XP in 1994. Since then, Dell has continued … Read more

Discord will soon offer more games and apps inside its chats

Discord will soon offer more games and apps inside its chats

Discord has been experimenting with embedding apps and games directly in chats for a while, via the Activities feature. Now the company is for developers to join the chat-based fun. The Embedded App SDK rolls out on March 18 and allows devs to build experiences that are embedded in an iframe within Discord. Discord “Plenty … Read more

Midjourney just changed the generative image game and showed me how comics, film, and TV might never be the same

Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, March 13 (game #779)

Midjourney, the Generative AI platform that you can currently use on Discord just introduced the concept of reusable characters and I am blown away. It’s a simple idea: Instead of using prompts to create countless generative image variations, you create and reuse a central character to illustrate all your themes, live out your wildest fantasies, … Read more

Over 15,000 Roku accounts have been breached – here’s what you need to know

Over 15,000 Roku accounts have been breached – here’s what you need to know

15,363 Roku accounts were compromised last year as bad actors gained access to a lot of sensitive data on the platform. Evidence suggests they obtained credit card information and attempted to make purchases. This news comes from a pair of filings Roku made on March 8 to the attorneys general’s offices for Maine and California. … Read more

The System Shock remake finally hits consoles on May 21

The System Shock remake finally hits consoles on May 21

The wait is almost over. Nightdive Studios for the console version of its System Shock remake. It’ll be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, . The developer, alongside publisher Prime Matter, dropped a new trailer for the console release, showing off the stunning graphical update to the 1994 first-person shooter/RPG. Combat … Read more

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is going open source, but maybe not for the right reasons

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is going open source, but maybe not for the right reasons

In its bid to become one of the best AI tools around right now, Elon Musk is set to release the source code to X Corp’s Grok AI chatbot to the public this week. The decision, as TechCrunch reports, comes with Musk’s filing of a lawsuit in early March 2024 against ChatGPT developer OpenAI, claiming … Read more