OLED panel supply issues may be partly behind Apple’s iPad Pro launch delay, based on reports coming out of Korea. Apple’s original plan was to rely on different OLED display suppliers for the upcoming iPad Pro models, with Samsung Display exclusively producing ~11-inch panels and LG Display responsible for the required ~13-inch panels. The division … Read more
Receiving calls from unknown numbers is a recurring theme that can often be quite aggravating to deal with, especially since most of them tend to be from pranksters and telemarketers. However, the fact remains that some calls may be important, which raises the question, how can you truly distinguish the real from the fake? The … Read more
It has long been rumored that Apple will use Samsung Display’s OLED panels in its next-generation iPad Pro lineup. Those iPads were expected to be launched this month, but that didn’t happen, and it was understood that the launch of those iPad Pros has been delayed. It is rumored that Samsung could be the reason … Read more
Elon Musk’s answer to ChatGPT is getting an update to make it better at math, coding and more. Musk’s xAI has launched Grok-1.5 to early testers with “improved capabilities and reasoning” and the ability to process longer contexts. The company claims it now stacks up against GPT-4, Gemini Pro 1.5 and Claude 3 Opus in … Read more
The White House has unveiled a major policy update that marks a major step in the battle to ensure safe AI across the states, following plenty of other policy adjustments and introductions in recent months. The policy, a response to President Biden’s directive, aims to manage the risks associated with AI while allowing federal agencies … Read more
It was in just the second article of more than 1,000 that Otto Kalliokoski was screening that he spotted what he calls a “Photoshop masterpiece”. The paper showed images from western blots — a technique used to analyse protein composition — for two samples. But Kalliokoski, an animal behaviourist at the University of Copenhagen, found … Read more
A $3 third-party app can now record spatial video on iPhone 15 Pro models in a higher resolution than Apple’s very own Camera app. Thanks to an update first spotted by UploadVR, Spatialify can now record spatial videos with HDR in 1080p at 60fps or in 4K at 30fps. In comparison, Apple’s native Camera app … Read more
This year, a critical agenda item for business leaders is the strategic consolidation of systems and technology stacks. The driving force behind this move? A quest to streamline operations, significantly cut costs, and mitigate risks. At the heart of this transformative strategy lies the challenge of addressing and minimizing technical debt associated with legacy systems. … Read more
Social-media platforms aren’t always social.Credit: Getty The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt Allen Lane (2024) Two things need to be said after reading The Anxious Generation. First, this book is going to sell a lot of copies, because Jonathan Haidt is telling a … Read more
Photos of the first iPhone 16 cases have been shared online, offering another preview of the rumored new vertical rear camera arrangement on the standard iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus. Over the last few months, Apple has been experimenting with different camera bump designs for the standard iPhone 16 models, all of which have … Read more