In its latest crackdown designed to curb China’s dominance in the tech sector, and amid continued geopolitical tensions, the United States has revoked certain licenses permitting the sale of chips to Shenzhen-based Huawei. The news, confirmed by the US Department of Commerce (via CNBC), fails to detail the specific licenses that have been revoked. According … Read more
AI safety and research company Anthropic has announced the launch of its Claude iOS app, offering users easier access to the conversational agent from their iPhone. Similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the Claude chatbot operates by processing large amounts of text data to understand and generate human-like responses. Its architecture is based on machine learning techniques … Read more
New iPads are coming, and Apple is holding a virtual event to introduce them! While it appears likely to be a relatively short video event, we should be seeing new iPad Pro and iPad Air models, some new accessories, and perhaps some additional surprises. Other Apple news and rumors this week included word that Apple … Read more
Apple has scheduled its next product showcase for May 7, a few weeks before its Worldwide Developers Conference, clearing space for even more announcements in June, hopefully. For May 7, an iPad refresh has been rumored for months, and Apple’s Let Loose announcement features an illustration of a hand holding an Apple Pencil. That screams … Read more
Apple has announced it will be holding a special event on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 a.m. Pacific Time (10 a.m. Eastern Time), with a live stream to be available on Apple.com and on YouTube as usual. The event invitation has a tagline of “Let Loose” and shows an artistic render of an Apple Pencil, … Read more
For All Mankind of space-based alt-history hijinks on Apple TV+. This is unsurprising news, given the near-universal critical acclaim . However, the company also surprise-announced a spinoff series called Star City that will follow the Russian space program. Original series creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi are all onboard for Star City, … Read more
Samsung has announced the launch of the third edition of the Solve for Tomorrow program in India. The program aims to foster a culture of innovation among students. This year, the program has two tracks: School Track and Youth Track. This program is held in 63 countries globally. Over 2.3 million young people have participated … Read more
Memory and storage manufacturer TeamGroup has announced a new microSD card that might just be the best microSD card for the Steam Deck – when it’s available, that is. The TeamGroup T-Create Expert S.M.A.R.T. MicroSDXC memory card has a 2TB capacity, and while it’s designed more for the creative community, there’s no getting around the … Read more
Nextcloud has announced a collaboration with a number of major European players in the cloud storage industry to leverage access to their upcoming on-premise ‘artificial intelligence (AI) as a service’ features, promising GDPR compliance in a cottage industry fraught with privacy concerns. Claiming that demand for AI functionality is high amongst its customers, OVHCloud’s AI … Read more
Going forward, all newly registered apps on the Snap Store will be manually reviewed by the Canonical engineering teams – and furthermore, the developers of these apps will have to accept a background check and will be doxxed if they want their apps to be available on the repository. The news was confirmed by Holly … Read more