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Mobile, Smartphones

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G review

January 29, 2024

Via: GSMArena.com

Every year, millions flock online and in stores to buy the next Redmi Note smartphone. This year, we imagine it will be no different with the latest Redmi Note 13 Pro as it is once again looking like one of […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Microsoft Teams is down around the world, it’s not just you

January 26, 2024

Via: The Verge

Is it a joyous outage where you get to relax, or something mission critical going wrong? Either way, “a portion” of Microsoft Teams is down — with outages in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, according […]


Computing, Hardware

New Intel Arc “Game On” driver improves DirectX 11 performance up to 268%

January 26, 2024

Via: TechSpot

Intel recently released the new “Game On” version of graphics drivers for its Arc GPUs. Game On drivers are designed to deliver an optimized experience for the latest games, but the new 31.0.101.5186 release can significantly boost older titles as […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Is API design a lost art?

January 26, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

It’s Friday morning, and you are excited. Today your new generative AI system running on a large public cloud provider is going to begin to work with the existing e-commerce systems that drive 80% of the company’s revenue. The company […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Has ChatGPT been getting a little lazy for you? OpenAI has just released a fix

January 26, 2024

Via: Techradar

It would seem reports of ‘laziness’ on the part of the ChatGPT AI bot were pretty accurate, as its developer OpenAI just announced a fix for the problem – which should mean the bot takes fewer shortcuts and is less […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Building AI agents with Semantic Kernel

January 25, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Back in the early 1990s, I worked in a large telecoms research lab, as part of the Advanced Local Loop group. Our problem domain was the “last mile”—getting services to peoples’ homes. One of my research areas involved thinking about […]


Computing, Software & Applications

New, useful feature for the Google Photos app is rolling out now

January 25, 2024

Via: PhoneArena

Android and iOS users of the Google Photos app are receiving a new feature called Photo Stacks. According to a tweet from Artem Russakovski (via Forbes), you’ll know when Photo Stacks has been added to your phone. That’s because you […]


Mobile, Smartphones

Samsung Galaxy A25 review

January 25, 2024

Via: GSMArena.com

Just when the world is all about the Galaxy S24 series, we bring you our Galaxy A25 review. Not the best timing, granted, but Samsung has been taking its sweet time shipping us any S24 review units, so in the […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Machine learning for Java developers: Algorithms for machine learning

January 24, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Large language models like ChatGPT and Bard have raised machine learning to the status of a phenomenon. Their use for coding assistance has quickly earned these tools a place in the developer’s toolkit. Other use cases are being explored, ranging […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Get started with Visual Studio Code

January 24, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

If there’s any one tool a software developer needs, it’s an editor. An editor can be as simple as Notepad++, or as full-blown as the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE. But wouldn’t it be great if you could choose as much […]


Mobile, Tablets

Xiaomi tipped to launch Pad 7 in February with top-tier chipsets

January 24, 2024

Via: GSMArena.com

Xiaomi brought the Pad 6 Pro to China in April 2023; now it is time for the Pad 7 lineup. According to Digital Chat Station, the new flagship tablet will be launched next month, and it will have a Snapdragon […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Mobb unveils vulnerability fixer for GitHub users

January 24, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Application security company Mobb has released an automatic vulnerability fixer for GitHub users. The tool monitors GitHub pull requests and offers code fixes within software development workflows. Unveiled January 23, Mobb Fixer provides developers with code fixes for security alerts […]


Computing, Software & Applications

AMD’s new graphics driver offers a free frame rate boost for all PC games – with a couple of notable catches

January 24, 2024

Via: Techradar

AMD has released a new GPU driver, Adrenalin version 24.1.1, which brings in its Fluid Motion Frame technology to boost frame rates. AMD’s Fluid Motion Frame (AFMF) feature is driver-level frame generation, or to put it another way, it’s a […]


Internet, Wireless & Cloud

Docker Build Cloud aims to accelerate Docker builds

January 23, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Docker has unveiled Docker Build Cloud, a cloud-based build service that promises to accelerate builds of Docker images for engineering teams. Introduced January 23, Docker Build Cloud aims to address the pain point of how much time engineering teams spend […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Oracle has a better generative AI strategy, analysts say

January 23, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Oracle’s recent updates to its OCI Generative AI Service, which competes with similar services from rivals AWS, Microsoft, and Google, makes it more attuned towards the future need of enterprises, analysts say. But Oracle may be far behind rivals in […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Google Maps will now give you more information about restaurant dishes found in the app

January 23, 2024

Via: PhoneArena

Google Maps does more than take you quickly and safely from point “A” to point “B.” The app will tell you where you can find a place to spend the night, catch some entertainment, visit landmarks, and grab your meals […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Google’s next AI update for Gmail could let you ask it to write emails with your voice

January 23, 2024

Via: Techradar

If composing the perfect email isn’t your forte, help could be on the way from Google, in the shape of a new AI voice feature for Gmail that’s set to make drafting emails less of a chore for Android users. […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Teaching machines to code

January 22, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

As important as code is, documentation of that code is arguably more important. No developer, and no software, exists in a vacuum; unless other developers can understand the code you’ve written, it loses much of its potential impact. But what […]


Computing, Hardware

Researchers demonstrate liquid metal RAM, bringing us closer to flexible, implantable hardware – and to our Terminator 2 nightmares

January 22, 2024

Via: Tom's Hardware

Glancing at the trippy colors in the image above, you might be convinced you’re looking at a Dali-inspired riff on The Persistence of Memory. This flash photo of melting metal is quite real and just as fantastical an achievement, though, […]


Computing, Operating Systems

Windows 11 has been shrunk down to 100MB

January 22, 2024

Via: TechSpot

After creating one of the smallest functional Windows 11 modifications with the Tiny11 project, NTDEV is trying to do something different with the latest Microsoft OS. Building on an idea suggested by a fan, the developer wanted to find out […]