Samsung pledges to make super batteries
Will last 20 years, reached 80 per cent charge in nine minutes
Samsung has pledged to deliver electric vehicle (EV) batteries capable of reaching 80 per cent charge in just nine minutes, with a lifespan of 20 years.
Boffins cross DRAM with NAND
Data survives once the power is switched off
Boffins from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have unveiled a prototype that marries the rapidity of Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) with the non-volatility of NAND flash memory, potentially heralding a new era in data storage technology.
Wall Street is not amused.
Meta’s shares took a 19 per cent dive as CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted the company’s favoured initiatives might lead to tens of billions of euros in losses.
Qualcomm officially unveils Snapdragon X Plus SoC
Coming alongside Snapdragon X Elite in mid-2024
As expected, Qualcomm shared a bit more details about its upcoming Snapdragon X Series platform and the Snapdragon X Plus SoC, a 10-core version based on Oryon CPU architecture. The Snapdragon X Plus is expected to come in OEM devices starting mid-2024, alongside Snapdragon X Elite-based devices.
Top vole declares AI “newest wave of creation”
We are now gods
Head of Microsoft AI, Mustafa Suleyman, told the gathered throngs at TED 2024 that artificial intelligence (AI) was "the newest wave of creation since the start of life on Earth.”
But that might not be a bad thing
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that AMD’s coming chips might ship with a slower video RAM than its Nvidia equivalents.
CP/M’s 50th anniversary
If it had not been for Windows, things would have been so different
This week marks the 50th anniversary of computer visionary Gary Kildall showcasing CP/M, the first personal computer operating system to achieve commercial success.
Engineers fix Voyager One
More than just turning it off and on again
NASA engineers have managed to fix Voyager One using some pretty clever workaround which would cause many helpdesks to hang their heads in shame.
Vision Pro falls off a cliff
You probably were not expecting this
Jobs's Mob's latest gizmo, the Vision Pro, is already hitting the buffers before it's even had a chance to flop internationally.
Apple’s China crisis continues
Meltdown to the centre of the earth
The Fruity cargo-cult Apple’s woes in what used to be a significant market are continuing, according to the latest findings from Counterpoint Research.