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Samsung Begins Mass Production of Advanced 3nm Chips
New chips shrink surface are while boosting performance.Samsung announced Wednesday it had begun mass production of 3-nanometer processors, a faster and more efficient class of chips. The advanced processor technology will reduce power consumption by 45% and surface area by 16% while improving performance by 23% compared with the 5nm process, Samsung said in a statement. The processor was previou ... Read more
2022-06-30 01:03:55
Spending All Night With the First iPhone
Editor's Note: The following story originally ran on June 29, 2017, for the 10th anniversary of the iPhone launch. We've republished the story in its original form for the 15th anniversary. iPhone releases these days aren't quite as fervent as they were a decade or more ago. The ability to order online has largely preempted the need to stand in a long queue to buy the newest model, but also the ... Read more
2022-06-30 01:03:38
Samsung's Galaxy S22 Gives Me Battery Anxiety, But I Like It Anyway
The Galaxy S22's battery life could be better, but everything else about the phone is great. The Galaxy S22 has just about everything I want in a phone. The design and build quality are eye-catching enough to make it feel worth its $800 price. The screen is luminous, and the camera takes photos with vibrant colors that feel more accurate than those taken on Samsung's older phones. There's just ... Read more
2022-06-30 01:02:43
The Next 'iPhone Moment' Will Eventually Arrive. Hurry Up Already
Back before the iPhone launched on June 29, 2007, Tony Fadell was used to a regular working rhythm at Apple. People would send out emails at the beginning and end of the day, with "action items" based on conversations and other things that had recently happened. Sometimes, emails arrived between meetings too, but it wasn't a lot of them. That all started to change about five months befo ... Read more
2022-06-30 01:01:45
Google sign-up a 'fast track to surveillance', consumer groups say
Google is facing action from a coalition of ten European consumer organisations over the company's account sign-up process. A Google account is essential in order to use a number of its products and services. But the coalition alleges the sign-up process steers users toward options which collect more data. Google told the BBC it welcomed the opportunity to engage with consumer advocates on the ... Read more
2022-06-30 01:00:25
Pride: Amazon restricts LGBT goods in United Arab Emirates
Online retail giant Amazon has restricted search results related to LGBT people and issues on its website in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The firm took the step after reportedly coming under pressure from authorities in the Gulf state. Same-sex sexual relations are illegal in the UAE. Expressing support for LGBT rights could also be deemed an offence. The news comes as Pride month, which is ... Read more
2022-06-30 01:00:01
The iPhone's Best Part Is the Experience, Not the Hardware
The first iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007. Fifteen years later, the iPhone is absolutely essential to Apple's strategy for software, accessories and services. Tomorrow marks 15 years since the first iPhone went on sale. When Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone he wryly hyped it as three revolutionary products: An iPod, a phone and an internet communicator. The first iPhone only came in ... Read more
2022-06-29 03:50:03
Airbnb permanently bans parties and events around the world
Airbnb has permanently banned parties and events at homes on its platform, after a temporary measure during the pandemic proved popular with hosts. The firm says the rule has become "much more than a public health measure" since it was introduced in August 2020. "It developed into a bedrock community policy to support our hosts and their neighbours," the San Francisco-headqua ... Read more
2022-06-29 03:49:02
Instagram Fumbles Moderation of Abortion Content
The social network says it's trying to fix a "bug" that's resulting in content mistakenly being labeled as possibly containing graphic or violent content. Becca Rea-Tucker shared a photo of a pink cake she had baked bearing the message "pro-abortion" in white icing with her 252,000 Instagram followers. As Instagram users started to repost the cake photo, the Texas author and ... Read more
2022-06-28 20:05:32
15 Years Ago: Remembering Steve Jobs and Apple Make iPhone History
Commentary: From the moment he took the stage, Apple's co-founder knew the iPhone would change everything. Here's what I remember from that event. We all knew it was coming. Reporters, analysts, industry insiders and fans had been speculating about Apple making a phone for nearly a year by the time Steve Jobs walked onto the Macworld Expo stage on a cold January morning in San Francisco in 2007. ... Read more
2022-06-28 20:05:00