Apple Drops Plans to Develop MicroLED Displays for Apple Watch

Apple has ended a project to develop microLED displays in-house, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman in a reversal of his prior reporting on the development of the technology. Apple invested billions in developing microLED displays, with plans to first add microLED to the Apple Watch Ultra. MicroLED was too expensive and too complex for Apple … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Ring could help cook up AI-powered meal plans to boost your diet

As we get closer to the full launch of the Samsung Galaxy Ring, we’re slowly learning more about its many talents – and some fresh rumors suggest these could include planning meals to improve your diet. According to the Korean site Chosun Biz (via GSMArena), Samsung plans to integrate the Galaxy Ring with its new Samsung … Read more

How to watch MGM Plus – subscription plans, free trial, TV and film library

MGM Plus – the streaming service known as EPIX before Amazon completed its takeover of MGM in 2022 – provides viewers with a wealth of entertainment for a very reasonable fee.  Given that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the streaming platform’s namesake, has been around for a 100 years now, film buffs and telly addicts get to enjoy an … Read more

TikTok owner is quietly doing an ‘Apple’ — ByteDance invests in Chinese memory pioneer, months after a similar move in a GPU vendor, as it plans for an Apple Vision Pro VR rival

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has reportedly quietly invested in Xinyuan Semiconductors, a Chinese memory chip manufacturer.  A report from Pandaily, a tech media site based in Beijing, the move reportedly positions ByteDance as the third-largest shareholder in the chip maker, holding an indirect stake of 9.5%. A ByteDance spokesperson confirmed this previously undisclosed investment to … Read more

What Is Google One? A Breakdown of Plans, Pricing, and Included Services

Every Google account comes with 15 gigabytes of free cloud storage shared across Google Drive, Google Photos, and Gmail. But with videos of your kids, hi-res photos of your pets, and work files, that space doesn’t stretch far these days. Google One is the company’s subscription service, with several tiers to expand your cloud storage … Read more

Samsung plans to expand sales of its OLED TVs

Last updated: March 13th, 2024 at 09:43 UTC+01:00 Samsung entered the OLED TV market quite late. Despite being a decade late to the market, Samsung has been rising through the ranks quickly. This year, the company expanded its OLED TV lineup, and it is planning to convert that into higher sales. Samsung has a plan … Read more

AMD has plans to support a little known chip for at least another 16 years — and no, it is neither a Ryzen, nor a Threadripper or an Epyc CPU

Spartan UltraScale+ is the latest addition to AMD‘s extensive portfolio of cost-optimized Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and adaptive SoCs. It has been introduced to replace the Xilinx Spartan 6 and Spartan 7 lines. The new Spartan UltraScale+ devices are designed for a wide range of I/O-intensive applications at the edge. AMD says its latest … Read more

The world must rethink plans for ageing oil and gas platforms

One of world’s largest oil platforms, the North Sea’s Gullfaks C, sits on immense foundations, constructed from 246,000 cubic metres of reinforced concrete, penetrating 22 metres into the sea bed and smothering about 16,000 square metres of sea floor. The platform’s installation in 1989 was a feat of engineering. Now, Gullfaks C has exceeded its … Read more

GIGABYTE announces plans for future AI consumer products

GIGABYTE has recently unveiled a fresh strategic framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is set to steer the company’s trajectory in the AI-dominated future of the consumer PC market. This forward-thinking approach is built upon three main pillars: the provision of a comprehensive AI operating platform, the implementation of AI-informed product design, and active engagement … Read more