Love Chrome’s Memory Saver tool? Google will soon give you more control over how aggressive it is

Love Chrome’s Memory Saver tool? Google will soon give you more control over how aggressive it is

Google introduced the Memory Saver feature to its Chrome browser in February 2023 and has been enhancing it ever since. Now a new option will give users even more control over Memory Saver by introducing a way to configure its aggressiveness. While Memory Saver is an excellent tool — as it addresses Chrome’s RAM issue … Read more

Microsoft should accept that it’s time to give up on Windows 11 and throw everything at Windows 12

Microsoft should accept that it’s time to give up on Windows 11 and throw everything at Windows 12

If the recent news concerning two Windows 11 updates that have been breaking various features isn’t enough, the recent reveal that the OS’s market share has dipped below 26% certainly should spark some alarm. According to April 2024 data from Statcounter, Windows 11 plummeted to a 25.69% market share after it reached an all-time high … Read more

Scientists tried to give people COVID — and failed

Scientists tried to give people COVID — and failed

When Paul Zimmer-Harwood volunteered to be intentionally infected with SARS-CoV-2, he wasn’t sure what to expect. He was ready for a repeat of his first brush with COVID-19, through a naturally acquired infection that gave him influenza-like symptoms. But he hoped his immunity would help him feel well enough to use the indoor bicycle trainer … Read more

Chip firm founded by ex-Intel president plans massive 256-core CPU to surf AI inference wave and give Nvidia B100 a run for its money — Ampere Computing AmpereOne-3 likely to support PCIe 6.0 and DDR5 tech

Chip firm founded by ex-Intel president plans massive 256-core CPU to surf AI inference wave and give Nvidia B100 a run for its money — Ampere Computing AmpereOne-3 likely to support PCIe 6.0 and DDR5 tech

Ampere Computing unveiled its AmpereOne Family of processors last year, boasting up to 192 single-threaded Ampere cores, which was the highest in the industry.  These chips, designed for cloud efficiency and performance, were Ampere’s first product based on its new custom core leveraging internal IP,  signalling a shift in the sector, according to CEO Renée … Read more

iPhone 16 ‘dummy’ units give us glimpse of upcoming changes

iPhone 16 ‘dummy’ units give us glimpse of upcoming changes

The iPhone 16 series might well look like these mockups. Photo: Sonny Dickson Images of iPhone 16 “dummy” units have been published by a tipster with an established record. They show the redesigned camera hump reportedly coming to the two non-Pro models and other changes. The pictures are the best look yet at the handsets … Read more

Apple didn’t give us the iPad update we wanted, it gave us what we needed instead

Apple didn’t give us the iPad update we wanted, it gave us what we needed instead

Go ahead and make fun of the Apple iPad on your favorite social network, I dare you. You will be swarmed by iPad fans, defending their favorite tablet to the death, which always seems to be just over the horizon for the tablet market. We got no new iPads in 2023, making it one of … Read more

SMBs believe AI is going to give them the edge when it comes to success

SMBs believe AI is going to give them the edge when it comes to success

Small business owners are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to gain a competitive advantage in the market, new research has claimed. A GoDaddy study of over 500 US entrepreneurs found a growing confidence in the power of generative AI tools to drive business success. The findings indicate a positive shift in attitude towards AI among … Read more

Cancer-vaccine trials give reasons for optimism

Cancer-vaccine trials give reasons for optimism

Illustration: Andrew Khosravani Most people think of immunization as a way to prevent infectious disease. Vaccines contain proteins that the immune system can use to identify a pathogen, such as a virus, enabling the body to respond forcefully to it in future. But the immune system doesn’t only defend against foreign invaders — it also … Read more