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Apple's iPod Touch Is Discontinued, Ending the Music Player's Legacy
The iPod helped to change the music industry after it was announced in 2001. Now the last of the company's portable music players is coming to an end. Just as Apple's preparing to enter the iPhone's 15th year since release, the iPod Touch, its less popular cousin, is taking its final bow. Apple announced Tuesday that the iPhone-iPod hybrid device released in 2007 will no longer be available after ... Read more
2022-05-10 19:45:49
Intel Doubles AI Chip Power to Expand the Revolution
Intel took the wraps off a highly anticipated AI accelerator chip on Tuesday, a key part of the chipmaker's effort to reclaim ground lost to Nvidia and other rivals in the hot computing area. The Gaudi2, designed by Intel's Israel-based Habana Labs, is twice as fast as its first-generation predecessor, the chipmaker said at its Vision conference for Intel customers and partners. The chip should b ... Read more
2022-05-10 19:44:33
Apple to discontinue the iPod after 21 years
Apple has announced it is discontinuing its music player, the iPod Touch, bringing to an end a device widely praised for revolutionising how people listen to music. When the first iPod was launched in 2001, it could store 1,000 tracks. Today there are more than 90 million songs on Apple's streaming service. The iPod Touch was designed by the same team that later invented the iPhone, which quickl ... Read more
2022-05-10 19:42:36
How the Apple Watch Could Become an Even Better Fitness Tracker
Commentary: The Apple Watch could learn a thing or two from its rivals. The Apple Watch, like many modern health trackers, can measure an almost dizzying number of statistics. It added blood oxygen saturation measurements to that growing list in 2020, and reports from The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg suggest a temperature sensor could be next. But what I really want is more ways to make sens ... Read more
2022-05-10 06:40:27
See Nvidia's H100 Hopper Chip Up Close
Exclusive: Here are the first detailed photos of the company's new flagship AI chip. Nvidia H100 Hopper chip Nvidia's H100 "Hopper" is the next generation flagship for the company's data AI center processor products. It begins shipping in the third quarter of 2022. Here's a close-up look at the GPU, here shown mated to an electronics board studded with chunky power electronics. Nvid ... Read more
2022-05-10 06:38:32
LG C1 vs. LG C2: Which OLED TV Should You Buy?
The new C2 promises a handful of improvements, but the "old" C1 costs hundreds less. We compared them side-by-side in our review. It's transition time in the TV market, as new 2022 models are just starting to become available. Meanwhile "old" 2021 TVs are still on sale and will remain cheaper than their replacements for as long as supplies last -- which could be months. That b ... Read more
2022-05-10 06:35:34
Taking Screenshots on Windows 10 and Windows 11 Is Easy. Here's How
Take screen captures on Windows 10 and Windows 11 with just a few keystrokes. Here's how to do it. Whether you're downloading Windows 11 (find out how to download Windows 11 for free) or sticking with Windows 10 for a while longer, it's easy to take a screenshot to capture part of or the entirety of your display. Maybe you want to save an online receipt, or maybe you want to capture a particularl ... Read more
2022-05-10 06:34:27
Xbox Gamers Pestered by Issues Over the Weekend, Into Monday
The issues started Friday, and some players said they are still experiencing issues Monday. Xbox gamers started reporting issues buying and launching games on Friday, and some players said those issues persisted into Monday. Xbox Support said Friday that players reported issues launching games through their consoles and Microsoft's Cloud Gaming service. Though Xbox said the issues were resolved, ... Read more
2022-05-10 06:33:09
QD-OLED TV: Samsung, Sony Take on LG With Quantum Dot Special Sauce
QD-OLED brings much-needed choice, and the promise of better color, to high-end TV shoppers. The best TVs you can buy use OLED screens and until now, LG Display has been the sole producer of every OLED television in the world. In 2022 a new kind of OLED TV technology, called QD-OLED, finally goes on sale. The technology debuts in new 55-inch and 65-inch TVs from Samsung and Sony, as well as a new ... Read more
2022-05-10 06:32:32
Next Morotola Razr, Code-Named Maven, Appears to Leak in New Images
If true, it seems that Motorola is taking some notes from the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3. More than two years after the phone's sophomore launch, new leaked images suggest that a third-generation Motorola Razr is in the works with a design that takes some influence from the original Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. The new Razr is supposedly code-named Maven, according to reliable tipster Evan Blass and 91m ... Read more
2022-05-09 21:32:37