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Samsung confirms next generation HBM4 memory is in fact Snowbolt — and reveals it plans to flood the market with precious AI memory amidst growing competition with SK Hynix and Micron

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Samsung confirms next generation HBM4 memory is in fact Snowbolt — and reveals it plans to flood the market with precious AI memory amidst growing competition with SK Hynix and Micron

Samsung has revealed it expects to triple its HBM chip production this year. “Following the third-generation HBM2E and fourth-generation HBM3, which are already in mass production, we plan to produce the 12-layer fifth-generation HBM and 32 gigabit-based 128 GB DDR5 products in large quantities in the first half of the year,” SangJoon Hwang, EVP and … Read more

Vision Pro spatial Personas are like Apple’s version of the metaverse without the Meta

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Vision Pro spatial Personas are like Apple’s version of the metaverse without the Meta

While the initial hype over Apple Vision Pro may have died down, Apple is still busy developing and rolling out fresh updates, including a new one that lets multiple Personas work and play together. Apple briefly demonstrated this capability when it introduced the Vision Pro and gave me my first test-drive last year but now … Read more

Nubia’s affordable Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 rival gets an imminent global launch date

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Nubia’s affordable Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 rival gets an imminent global launch date

ZTE subsidiary Nubia (aka the name behind some of the best gaming phones) debuted its budget-friendly foldable, the Nubia Flip 5G, at MWC 2024, and now we’ve got a better idea of where (and when) the upcoming phone will launch.  Nubia itself has confirmed that the Flip 5G – which is known in selected regions … Read more

How HP’s first ThinkJet printer brought office printing to the masses 40 years ago

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How HP’s first ThinkJet printer brought office printing to the masses 40 years ago

The concept of inkjet printing was a fixture throughout the 20th century – with research starting way back in the 50s with a Japanese Canon employee, Ichiro Endo, who proposed the idea for a “bubble jet” printer that could translate the images you see on a computer to a printed physical page. But it wasn’t … Read more

StartMail review | TechRadar

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StartMail review | TechRadar

StartMail is a popular email service provider with a special focus on security, privacy, and email management. Founded in 2013, the platform can be used independently or in collaboration with other email services such as Apple Mail or Outlook.  The tool’s primary purpose is to amp up encryption, leak-proof your email contents, and give you … Read more

YouTube’s update to its TV app makes it much easier to get to video highlights

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YouTube’s update to its TV app makes it much easier to get to video highlights

Love watching YouTube’s excellent content of free tutorials, unboxing videos, and old intros to cartoons you loved in the 90s on the big screen – i.e. your TV? You’re not alone, although watching YouTube videos on your TV does come with its own obstacles. The most notable of these is that your TV almost certainly … Read more

Microsoft could make a big change to part of the Windows 11 Start menu – one you might love or hate

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Microsoft could make a big change to part of the Windows 11 Start menu – one you might love or hate

Microsoft could be reworking a major part of the Start menu in Windows 11, or at least there are changes hidden in testing right now which suggest this. As flagged up by a regular contributor of Windows leaks, PhantomOfEarth on X (formerly Twitter), the Start menu could end up with a very different layout for … Read more

Hackers can now hijack your face. Here’s how to fight back

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Hackers can now hijack your face. Here’s how to fight back

The future of mobile malware is here. For the first time, cybercriminals are infiltrating iOS and Android devices and stealing user face scans. Then, armed with the power of deepfakes and AI, they’re replicating the user’s likeness to break into their bank accounts. Yes, you read that correctly. Today’s technology allows bad actors to spoof … Read more

How AI could make or break your career

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How AI could make or break your career

These are already turbulent times for employees in the technology sector. Depressingly we’ve seen a fall in advertised vacancies and several mass layoffs initiated by both major companies and smaller startups. Yet, on the plus side we’ve also witnessed inflation-busting salary rises tough to fill positions. Now, in its predictions for 2024, the research and … Read more