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Apple’s C1 5G modem in iPhone 16e improves battery life — iPhone 17 Air will probably get it

News Technologies 02-20-2025 at 20:00 comment
The iPhone 16e, announced yesterday, is the first to feature Apple’s own 5G modem. It doesn’t support mmWave high-speed communication technology, but it turned out to be very energy efficient

Microsoft releases Muse AI to generate game elements — «Fuck this shit», developers say

News Technologies 02-20-2025 at 16:16 comment
«The Invisible Hand» Microsoft has introduced the Muse generative AI model for game development. Developers are not too happy about it, but many are afraid to oppose it.

NVIDIA removes PhysX 32-bit in RTX 50 — early Borderlands, Metro, Mafia, and dozens more games will be left without effects

News Technologies 02-20-2025 at 14:26 comment
At one time, NVIDIA was heavily implementing PhysX technology, and it has taken root in many games, where it creates quite good effects. But on RTX 50 video cards You won’t see them.

Asus has released an external RTX 5090 graphics card for $2200. Are gaming laptops no longer needed?

News Devices 02-20-2025 at 13:52 comment
Asus has officially unveiled the new ROG XG Mobile 2025 external graphics card (eGPU) dock with a powerful mobile version of the RTX 5090. This device announced at CES 2025, and now it is available in some markets.

Google Meet adds subtitle scrolling option for those who «sleep» in work circles

News Software 02-20-2025 at 11:41 comment
Google Meet has received several interesting updates — and among them option to scroll through subtitleswhich allows you to rewind the text recording of the conversation to the moment you accidentally listened to.

NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti — 4080 gaming benchmarks with DLSS 4 and additional frame generation

News Technologies 02-20-2025 at 11:25 comment
NVIDIA’s embargo on GeForce RTX 5070 Ti reviews ended on February 19, and reviewers have already evaluated the card’s performance. In short, it is an analog of the RTX 4080 with DLSS 4 MFG support.

Circle and find: Google launches Circle to Search on iPhone

News Software 02-20-2025 at 10:34 comment
Google has announced an update that allows iPhone owners to quickly search for information right from the screen with a simple gesture. The new feature can be used in the Google Chrome and Google Search apps on iOS. This feature is similar to the Circle to Search feature that is already available on Android. It allows you to select objects on the…

Сustomer was asked to pay extra for an NVIDIA RTX 5080 that had already been paid for and delivered

News Technologies 02-19-2025 at 19:43 comment
A Taiwanese man pre-paid for and received an NVIDIA RTX 5080, but the seller «needed more gold», and He asked for more.

Bill Gates: «Young people should be worried about “4 very scary things” — and artificial intelligence is one of them»

News Technologies 02-19-2025 at 13:53 comment
Microsoft founder Bill Gates in interview Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, at the presentation of his new memoirs, said that today’s youth should be worried about only four, but «very scary» things. In his understanding, — is the climate crisis, «uncontrolled» artificial intelligence, bioterrorism/pandemic, and nuclear war.

How NVIDIA RTX 5000 is built and what makes it cool: Blackwell architecture under the microscope

Technologies Technologies 02-19-2025 at 10:00 comment
Last time we mentioned RTX 3000 Ampere and RTX 4000 Ada. Today it’s time to take a look at Blackwell’s new RTX 5000. Let’s take a look at the features of the new generation of graphics cards (GDDR7, DLSS), their SM blocks, and new technologies in Tensor Cores. We’ll also say a few words about […]

Apple iPhone SE 4 will have a worse 5G modem than iPhone 16 — but its own

News Technologies 02-18-2025 at 23:43 comment
Apple is seeking independence from Qualcomm in the manufacture of devices. According to the insider, the iPhone SE 4 will have a 5G modem of its own design, but with worse performance than the third-party one in the iPhone 16.

We’ve made it: NVIDIA RTX 5090 video card cables are offered to be equipped with 10 A automatic machines

News Technologies 02-18-2025 at 20:10 comment
It’s already a recognized fact that at least some NVIDIA RTX 5090 and 5080 have problems with melting of connectors and power cables. Enthusiasts offer technical solutions.

125 TB per second: new fiber with neural networks increases bandwidth by 10,000 times

News Technologies 02-18-2025 at 13:52 comment
Chinese researchers from Shanghai University announcedthat they have managed to increase the speed of data transmission over fiber by 10,000 times compared to current standards. Given that modern fiber optic lines operate at around 100 Gbps, the new technology can reach an impressive 1 million Gbps (or 125 TB per second). This is made possible by…

It is as high as a three-story building: Photonics unveils giant 767-inch 4K mobile LED screen

News Devices 02-18-2025 at 11:59 comment
Photonics, a Belgian specialist in LED displays, has unveiled its newest creation, Jumbo162, at ISE 2025 in Barcelona. The name of the device speaks for itself: Jumbo means giant, and 162 means 161.5 square meters of screen area. This is a huge mobile display designed for use in large venues during public events, festivals and sporting events.

Elon Musk introduced the «thinking» Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini models — competitors DeepSeek and OpenAI with «scary smart» AI

News Technologies 02-18-2025 at 08:39 comment
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company has released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3 — xAI’s answer to OpenAI and China’s DeepSeek reasoning models, which is being promoted as «scary smart AI».

New rendering of the Apple iPhone 17 with a changed camera layout, which also resembles something

News Technologies 02-17-2025 at 18:38 comment
An insider has shown another version of the new iPhone 17 design, which looks more and more like a Pixel. In the new rendering, the cameras have been moved to the very top of the rear panel, and on some models, the number of lenses will be reduced to one or two.

NASA unveils robot named after Grace Hopper that will jump through moon craters

News Technologies 02-17-2025 at 15:38 comment
The new jumping robot Grace, named after the legendary Grace Hopper, will look into the darkest corners of the Moon. The drone robot will be sent to the South Pole of the Earth’s satellite as part of a NASA mission to explore a permanently shadowed crater.

Siri with improved Apple Intelligence will be released only with iOS 18.5 in May, ─ Mark Gurman

News Software 02-17-2025 at 10:54 comment
In the «disappointing but not surprising» category, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that the updated version of Siri probably won’t be fully ready for the release of iOS 18.4, which is due out soon.

Speedtest publishes Internet speed ranking — Ukraine ranks 71st

News Technologies 02-16-2025 at 21:49 comment
The creators of Speedtest published ratings of the average Internet speed by country and individual cities. Both of them take into account mobile and fixed Internet separately.

«Tons of GB202»: RTX 5090 will be bigger as NVIDIA has ordered additional chips (insider)

News Technologies 02-16-2025 at 17:22 comment
NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics cards are facing deficit at the start and sky-high prices due to the small number of GPUs produced. It is said that there will be much more of them soon.

Zuckerberg promises to bring back the greatness of Facebook, but we don’t believe him. We recall why the social network is disliked around the world

Articles Technologies 02-15-2025 at 12:00 comment
Meta (until 2021, Facebook) is one of the most influential companies of the 21st century, which started as a closed student social network, but with its growth came problems: accusations of interference in politics, selling personal data, and manipulating algorithms, which gradually undermined user trust. Advertising overload and an outdated format…

New rendering of iPhone 17 — Apple «sweeps away» spider for Poco design?

News Technologies 02-14-2025 at 16:15 comment
An insider offers a new vision of the iPhone 17 Pro camera design — instead of «spider eyes» a style similar to the Chinese Poco. Apple’s flagship may be equipped with an even wider panel than previously predicted.

RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards will be released in a week, — NVIDIA

News Technologies 02-14-2025 at 13:03 comment
NVIDIA has officially announced the launch date for RTX 5070 Ti. We also know the launch date for the RTX 5070 without Ti.

Samsung Galaxy S25 is already in Ukraine – real object removal from photos from 42 thousand UAH

News Devices 02-14-2025 at 11:52 comment
Samsung Galaxy S25 smartphone series has been officially launched in Ukraine. This line offers increased performance thanks to a new processor and artificial intelligence features.

USAID executives suspect Gemini of spying and recording conversations through Google Workspace apps, — media

News Technologies 02-14-2025 at 10:24 comment
It is reported that the leaders of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have warned employees that Gemini can record their conversations through Google Workspace programs.

Speedtest by the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy: the regulator has launched people’s control over the Internet speed

News Software 02-14-2025 at 10:21 comment
NKEC and Ookla have launched a new tool – the QoS Tool – Speedtest. With its help, you can measure the speed of your Internet, as well as learn about other important connection parameters.

«Cablegate» NVIDIA RTX 5090: does cables really heat up to 150°C and what role does the video card play in this

News Technologies 02-14-2025 at 07:00 comment
YouTuber Der8auer measured the temperature of Moddiy cables like those used by the owner of the burnt-out NVIDIA RTX 5090. They heated up to 150°C, but is it really that simple?

Apple has started selling refurbished Mac mini M4 at a discount of up to $710

News Devices 02-13-2025 at 19:14 comment
The first Apple computers with M4 chips are on sale just a few months agoin November. But now the company has begun offering refurbished Mac mini and MacBook Pro models at discounted prices in various configurations.

RTX 5080s are also melting down — but so far only on the side of the power supply

News Devices 02-13-2025 at 17:49 comment
The other day we told about an unfortunate case when the power connector of an NVIDIA RTX 5090 FE video card melted with a third-party adapter. But it seems that the days of melting connectors are back, as this was not the only such case.

OpenAI has announced release dates for GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 — the latter will be available «without restrictions» in the free version of ChatGPT

News Technologies 02-13-2025 at 11:53 comment
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced plans to release new AI models: thus, GPT-4.5 will be available in «the coming weeks», while GPT-5 is scheduled for «the following months».

US releases audio from last minutes of Titan, OceanGate submarine that exploded with crew during dive in 2023

News Technologies 02-13-2025 at 10:43 comment
The explosion that took place almost two years ago claimed the lives of five passengers and crew of the OceanGate submarine, and now the US government has released chilling audio of its final moments, captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Adobe opens free access to Firefly Video — an AI generator that turns text into video

News Technologies 02-12-2025 at 18:55 comment
In almost a year after the announcement Adobe launches Firefly video generator in a public (and free) beta version.

Exhaust gases into electricity – the new prototype generator is capable of producing up to 146 W of power

News Technologies 02-12-2025 at 14:42 comment
Internal combustion engines used in cars utilize about a quarter of the potential energy of the fuel, while the rest is lost as heat through the exhaust system. New research demonstrates how this lost heat can be converted into electricity.

«For quick registration»: Ukraine will launch an electronic queue for medical examinations

News Software 02-12-2025 at 12:06 comment
Soon, Ukraine will introduce another digital service for people liable for military service. In addition to digital referral to the assembly line, which has recently been launched in «Reserve+», also plans to launch an electronic queue for the WLC. About this said Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Iryna Vereshchuk.

Apple has officially acquired Pixelmator and Photomator, popular image editors for iOS and macOS. What’s next?

News IT business 02-12-2025 at 09:48 comment
Pixelmator and Photomator are now officially part of the Apple ecosystem.

Galaxy S25 Edge will be thinner than iPhone 17 Air – at the expense of the battery

News Devices 02-11-2025 at 18:07 comment
Samsung announced the Galaxy S25 Edge slim smartphone at its Unpacked event last month, but details about the device are still scarce. However, one thing is clear: early leaks turned out to be far from reality, as the design of the smartphone is significantly different from what was expected, and its thickness is much less than expected.

Google Chrome will automatically change your «suspicious» passwords — new ones will be created by artificial intelligence

News Technologies 02-11-2025 at 16:31 comment
Google is testing a new feature in the Chrome browser that will automatically change users’ passwords if it detects that they have been compromised.

Ultra-lightweight material stronger than titanium ─ AI calculates the optimal structure

News Technologies 02-11-2025 at 13:57 comment
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a unique material by combining machine learning (ML) with nanotechnology. This discovery could dramatically change entire industries, from aerospace to automotive.

Up to 96% less memory usage in games — NVIDIA unveils Optix 9 and Neural Texture Compression technologies

News Technologies 02-10-2025 at 17:06 comment
The NVIDIA Optix 9 Game Developer Toolkit includes RTX Mega Geometry technology, and the Neural Texture Compression SDK allows you to compress textures and pack them into a single file.

iPhone owners will be allowed to «catch» Starlink for free until July — but not all

News Technologies 02-10-2025 at 15:26 comment
Mobile operator T-Mobile has announced that their Starlink satellite feature has now been added to the public beta. Approved beta testers in the US will be given free access to the network until July.

Apple has shown a Pixar-style robot lamp: it dances and speaks with Siri’s voice (it also has a light)

News Technologies 02-07-2025 at 16:44 comment
The rumors that Apple is developing a home robot don’t seem so unfounded, given the new development of its research division.

GitHub has taught Copilot to generate code from photos and understand voice commands

News Software 02-07-2025 at 11:52 comment
GitHub has announced a number of updates for Copilot, as well as a glimpse into the «agent-based future of its AI-powered programming assistant.

Asus unveils Zenfone 12 Ultra smartphone: costs like iPhone 16, but offers «real» AI

News Devices 02-06-2025 at 15:53 comment
A little earlier than usual (in February instead of July, as in the case of its predecessor), Asus has unveiled its new flagship smartphone Zenfone 12 Ultra.

Apple iPhone 16 Pro completely loses to Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra in removing objects from photos

News Technologies 02-06-2025 at 12:51 comment
Apple’s attempts introduce artificial intelligence while do not seem to be very successful. Judging by the examples, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is much better at intelligent photo editing.

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Flash Thinking – Google adds «thinking» model to its app

News Software 02-06-2025 at 09:15 comment
Google has added its experimental artificial intelligence model to the Gemini app, capable of «reasoning» and explaining how it answers complex questions. The Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking update is part of a large-scale rollout of Gemini 2.0 AI. The new products also include the flagship Gemini 2.0 Pro model.

First details of the Samsung Galaxy G Fold — a triple smartphone not like the Huawei Mate XT

News Devices 02-05-2025 at 17:32 comment
At the last Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung first talked about its triple-folding smartphone. This device has been circulating in rumors for some time. The South Korean giant’s plans seem to have intensified after the release of the Huawei Mate XT last year. And now, a new leak from Korea sheds light on the name of Samsung’s…

TikTok owner introduces OmniHuman-1 — video generator «animates» photo with audio track

News Technologies 02-05-2025 at 16:47 comment
Chinese tech giant ByteDance, which owns TikTok, introduced artificial intelligence for video creation OmniHuman-1. The model is very realistic, despite some nuances.

A researcher has determined how artificial intelligence represents an average person: a woman in her 30s, working in IT and living… in Russia/Japan

News Technologies 02-05-2025 at 15:34 comment
Interestingly, American AI models do not suspect that anyone lives in China at all, while none of the — subjects could imagine a world outside the gender binary.

Google removed from its website a promise «not to use artificial intelligence for weapons»

News Technologies 02-05-2025 at 11:26 comment
Google has updated its «principles for using artificial intelligence» page and removed the promise not to use the technology for weapons development.

Chinese and Russians improve NVIDIA RTX 4070 performance in scientific and military calculations by up to 800 times

News Military Tech 02-04-2025 at 15:28 comment
Chinese scientists, in collaboration with Russians, have developed a computing algorithm that dramatically improves the performance of NVIDIA graphics cards in scientific and industrial calculations.

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