  44 minutes Apple Updates the iMac With New Intel Processors and a Better Webcam Apple is announcing updates for both the 27-inch and 21.5-inch iMacs. It's updating the processors inside to Intel's 10th Gen Comet Lake processors and also switching out the webcam to a higher-resolution 1080p HD sensor instead of the low-res 720p found in other Macs. From a report: SSDs are now standard across the line, and there will be a bunch of new configuration options -- including a "nano-texture" version with less reflective matte glass. The 27-inch iMac starts at $1,799, is availabl...  32 minutes27-inch iMac gets a major update Apple today announced a major update to its 27-inch iMac that makes it the most powerful and capable iMac ever, along with improvements to the display, camera, speakers, and mics.  2 hoursCan You Design A Website For The Five Senses? Maybe it’s the whiff of someone’s perfume. Or a bite of pizza from a new restaurant. Or a song playing over the loudspeakers at the store. But the second it hits, you’re immediately transported to another place, time, or mood. Imagine if your website could evoke this kind of response. Visitors who respond to the sensory stimulation would instantly be in a more positive headspace, which they’d t...  17 minutesApple Just Upgraded Its iMacs, a Little The upgrades are dramatic if you're looking for more power, but if you're holding out for Face ID or a fresh look, keep waiting.  30 minutesLast week the US wanted to break up Big Tech. Now it’s trying to supersize it. Microsoft is no Facebook — it’s way bigger than Facebook. Now the White House wants it to get bigger.  30 minutesGoogle Assistant’s new Family Bell feature adds structure to endless summer days Now you can ask Google to set daily reminder bells for the whole family, as well as set the mood for school and broadcast messages to a specific room.  18 minutesApple says it has no interest in buying TikTok Apple Inc has no interest in acquiring TikTok, the company said on Tuesday, denying a report by news website Axios from earlier in the day.  5 minutesHighlights of the day: Apple keen to build iPhone China ecosystem Apple seems to be looking to build a supply chain consisting of China-based makers for iPhones specifically for the Chinese market. Chinese maker Luxshare has already taken manufacturing plants in China from Taiwan's Wistron. Luxshare and another Chinese company, Lens Technology, are reportedly also looking to buy metal chassis plants from Taiwanese firms, as they seek to expand their presence ...  18 minutesGartner’s Data Center Backup And Recovery Magic Quadrant Leaders Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for backup and recovery products include market leaders Veeam, Commvault, Dell Technologies, Veritas Technologies, Rubrik, Cohesity and IBM.  5 minutes 32 minutesPaper Mario: The Origami King review – a hilarious postmodern delight Nintendo Switch; Nintendo A sharp script and self-aware humour makes this papercraft game a joy, give or take tricky battle mechanics In the long, indoorsy days of late-stage lockdown, a summer Paper Mario release promises – and delivers – a bright technicolour escape. Paper Mario is a playful, RPG-alike branch off the main Super Mario tree, and from the jump, Origami King is charmingly self-aw...  30 minutesOrganic data-transfer technology holds promise for IoT Visible light communications ( VLC ) systems are an alternative to radio-based wireless networks and serve a dual purpose: They provide in-building lighting, and they use light waves for data transmission. VLC uses modulated light as a data carrier, while the visible spectrum provides light. Using VLC for data transmission has some advantages. It offers decent bandwidth; it offers security beca... |
 32 minutesPresenting the Azure Well-Architected Framework Building and managing cloud services at scale is new to most of us; we’re either building our first tranche of cloud-native applications or have started to migrate existing applications from on-premises to the cloud. In many cases we haven’t had time to prototype and pilot. We’re being driven to rapidly take businesses digital by a global pandemic and a sudden shift to remote working. The quest...  18 minutesStet., the Hot New Language Game The game Stet!, a spinoff of the book "Dreyer's English," is an excellent way to prepare for a copy-editing test and pairs well with a gin-and-tonic. Mary Norris, writing for The New Yorker: Nerdsday fell on a Tuesday this year, and I invited a friend over for a doubleheader: a round of Stet!, the new language game based on "Dreyer's English," followed by an episode of Mark Allen's "That Word Chat," a homespun Zoom talk show for editors, lexicographers, linguists, and others of the inky tribe... Blizzard Workers Share Salaries In Revolt Over Wage Disparities An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Employees at Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Activision Blizzard Inc., began circulating a spreadsheet on Friday to anonymously share salaries and recent pay increases, the latest example of rising tension in the video game industry over wage disparities and executive compensation. Blizzard, based in Irvine, California, makes popular games including Diablo and World of Warcraft. In 2019, after an internal survey revealed that more than...  18 minutesRigetti raises $79M Series C for its quantum computing platform Rigetti Computing, the quantum computing startup that is challenging industry heavyweights like IBM, Microsoft and D-Wave, today announced that it has closed a $79 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Alumni Ventures Group, DCVC, EDBI, Morpheus Ventures, and Northgate Capital. Bessemer’s Tomer Diari […]  18 minutesToro Smartstow Recycler 22-inch 60V MAX* electric lawn mower Review In the summer of 2020 I reviewed the Toro 22″ (56cm) 60V MAX* Electric Battery Smartstow Personal Pace High Wheel Mower (20363) over the course of a couple of months. That’s an extremely long name for such a simple piece of machinery, but absolutely necessary when it comes to the testing of a tool that can take considerable wear and … Continue reading  hour agoThe Right Chemistry: Four decades of demystifying science Chemistry demos at Man and His World led to a show on CJAD and columns in the Gazette, and the questions from the public keep coming.  hour agoWhy the Trump administration may force TikTok's Chinese owner to sell it In reportedly preparing an order to force TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell it off, the Trump administration chooses a peculiar cyberdefense beachhead in an emerging battle over information espionage.  4 minutesNOAA Fisheries Talks Going No-Code for Project Management Federal agency finds a way to increase its efficiency tackling a growing number of projects by leveraging a solution from Smartsheet.  17 minutes 56 minutesReseller RMA Data Shows Fascinating Pattern Between AMD, Nvidia GPUs A recent data dump of RMA rates between AMD and Nvidia GPUs shows a great deal of interesting information on relative failure rates by GPU family as well as by manufacturer and IC vendor. The post Reseller RMA Data Shows Fascinating Pattern Between AMD, Nvidia GPUs appeared first on ExtremeTech .  30 minutesFor Robots, It’s a Time to Shine (and Maybe Disinfect) The pandemic has turned cleaning and other mundane building tasks into a challenge, stoking interest in machines as cost-effective solutions.  32 minutes |
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