According to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, the Mac Mini could be getting a major upgrade this year; with rumors floating around that Apple’s new M1X chip will be headed to a high end version of the Mac Mini later this year. Giving the Mac Mini some much needed firepower for more demanding applications beyond video streaming and browsing the web. A upgraded Mac Mini will be a welcome sight for many users; since the current M1 Mini uses the same chip in the current MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, but with better cooling. This new unit is believed to have…
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Google recently announced the launch of the Pixel 5a smartphone in select countries around the globe. In addition to that, the company gave a glimpse of its upcoming Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones via the medium of its online Google Store in the US. What the tech giant hasn’t done up until now is reveal the exact launch date of its Pixel 6 series smartphones, but it has done something else instead. The smartphone-maker has announced that it will officially discontinue the Pixel 5. In addition to that, the company has also discontinued the Pixel 4a 5G smartphone.…
The Apple iPhone 13 could be launched as soon as next month. Apple is said to have the iPhone 13 representing 35 to 45 per cent of the total iPhone production in the third quarter of this year. Ahead of the official unveiling, details about a colour variant of the iPhone 13 have been leaked. In the leaked image, the iPhone 13 can be seen in a dusky rose gold shade. The latest development comes from om MajinBu on Twitter, and it’s been met with a mixed response but we think it looks stunning. Notably, the person has had some…
Personal computers with Windows have made sounds to indicate errors since the 1980s. With Windows 11, Microsoft has revamped those sounds to make them less stressful. Windows remains the world’s most popular operating system; accounting for about 14% of Microsoft’s $168 billion in annual revenue. But it isn’t always easy for Microsoft to keep its hundreds of millions of customers happy; as they have widely varying opinions of what Windows should be — including what it should sound like. The designers of Windows 11 took inspiration from an approach called calm technology, which was described by two employees of the…
PayPal is launching its cryptocurrency service in the U.K. The U.S. online payments giant said Monday it would let British customers buy; hold and sell digital currencies, starting this week. It marks the the first international expansion of PayPal’s crypto product; which first launched in the U.S. in October last year. “It has been doing really well in the U.S.,” Jose Fernandez da Ponte, PayPal’s general manager for blockchain, crypto and digital currencies. “We expect it’s going to do well in the U.K.” PayPal’s crypto feature lets customers buy or sell bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum or litecoin with as little…
It is being claimed that Twitter benefited from sex trafficking involving two teenagers when it published pornography videos on its website. Two young men can proceed with a claim that Twitter Inc. benefited from sex trafficking involving them as teenagers when it published child pornography videos on its website; but they can’t pursue other claims, a federal court in California ruled. The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act’s requirements for civil claims, including knowledge requirements; are less strict than those for criminal charges brought under the Act, Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero said Thursday for the U.S. District Court for…
Google Health VP David Feinberg will become the CEO and president of electronic health records company Cerner in October, taking over for current CEO Brent Shafer, Cerner announced on Thursday. Feinberg had previously led Google’s health care initiatives since 2018 in a role that was created when he was hired. Feinberg’s departure from Google suggests the search giant may be reassessing its ambition to create new products in its Google Health division to break into the the multi-trillion dollar market for health technology. “The real pressure is ‘is this really going to help millions of people?’,” Feinberg said at a…
Elon Musk’s Tesla said it is using technology tested out on self-driving cars to build a humanoid robot designed to assist humans in day-to-day work. Prototype is set to be unveiled next year. The news was announced on Tesla’s AI Day; which was streamed on the company’s website Thursday night. The presentation began with a person in a robot suit performing a variety of dances on stage. Musk quickly stepped in to assure everyone that “that was not real.” He then said that the prototype of a humanoid robot with a similar design, called ‘Tesla Bot’, will be ready sometime…
Are you one of the users of WhatsApp Plus? If you are, it is now the time to be alert. If you have installed WhatsApp plus in your smartphone; you should know that official WhatsApp hates that application, and its users too. WhatsApp has now officially announced that all the WhatsApp Plus users will be banned and restricted to use WhatsApp. WHATSAPP PLUS IS AN APPLICATION THAT WAS NOT DEVELOPED BY WHATSAPP, NOR IS IT AUTHORIZED BY WHATSAPP. THE DEVELOPERS OF WHATSAPP PLUS HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP TO WHATSAPP, AND WE DO NOT SUPPORT WHATSAPP PLUS. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WHATSAPP…
Facebook Inc on Thursday launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company’s Oculus Quest 2 headsets can hold meetings as avatar versions of themselves. The beta test of Facebook’s Horizon Workrooms app comes as many companies continue to work from home; after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down physical workspaces and as a new variant is sweeping across the globe. Facebook sees its latest launch as an early step toward building the futuristic “metaverse” that CEO Mark Zuckerberg has touted in recent weeks. The world’s largest social network has invested heavily in virtual and…