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Apple’s next Apple TV video streamer could include a built-in speaker

Home News (Image credit: Apple) The Apple HomePod could soon be back from the dead. Not as another standalone wireless speaker, but rather as a built-in audio system for the next Apple TV, Bloomberg reports. The site’s sources say this new version of Apple’s TV box will combine video streaming with a built-in HomePod speaker,… Read more

Siri says next Apple event is April 20th

Siri appears to have spilled the beans on the next Apple launch event. MacRumors was first to report that asking the voice assistant “When is the next Apple Event” prompts it to say April 20th. We’ve managed to get the same response, though only on a device that’s associated with a US Apple ID. Apple… Read more

Nvidia Reveals BlueField-3, BlueField-4 DPUs: 400-800 Gbps, 22-64B Transistors

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia introduced two new data processing units (DPUs) at its GTC event on Monday, the BlueField-3 and the BlueField-4, that it says will be available in 2022 and 2024, respectively. The new DPUs are designed to offload network, storage, security, and virtualization loads from datacenter CPUs. Nvidia’s BlueField-3 DPU is… Read more

LG G1 OLED Evo 4K TV review: OLED has evolved

(Pocket-lint) – With some LCD TV makers – including LG! – making a big song and dance about the introduction of Mini LED backlight technology for 2021, the pressure on mainstream OLED TVs to deliver their own substantial hardware leap that’s been rumbling along for years now has become particularly intense. Just as well, then,… Read more

Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Master Review: Remastered for Z590

Our Verdict Gigabyte’s Aorus Z590 Master is a well-rounded upper mid-range motherboard with a VRM rivaled by boards that cost twice as much. Between the Wi-Fi 6E and 10 GbE, three M.2 sockets and six SATA ports for storage, plus its premium appearance, the Z590 Master is an excellent option to get into the Z590… Read more

Apple says it will send a witness to Senate hearing on app stores after all

After several senators criticized the company, Apple said on Sunday it would send its chief compliance officer to an April 21st hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Bloomberg reported. Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday demanding that the company send a representative to the hearing,… Read more

LG leaves behind more than a flip phone-shaped hole in our hearts

The LG Stylo 6 is one of the company’s bestselling phones in recent history.Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge The company leaves a void that brands like Motorola and TCL are well-positioned to fill LG’s exit from the smartphone business felt inevitable in the weeks leading up to it as rumors mounted. When it… Read more

Unionizing Amazon warehouses was never going to be easy

For more than a year, a group of workers in Bessemer, Alabama have campaigned to unionize their warehouse under the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), hoping to force the retail giant to collectively bargain with its warehouse workers for the first time. On Friday, those hopes came to an abrupt end. In a… Read more

Real Madrid vs Barcelona live stream: how to watch El Clásico 2021 for free

El Clásico returns on Saturday as Real Madrid host Barcelona in a pivotal La Liga clash that could help decide this season’s Spanish title. All eyes will be on the Estadio Di Stefano for the biggest Clásico in decades. Both teams need to win if they’re to have a chance of challenging table-toppers Atletico Madrid…. Read more

GlobalFoundries Owner Eyes $20 Billion Valuation for IPO

Home News (Image credit: GlobalFoundries) Mubadala Investment Co. has started preparations for GlobalFoundries’ initial public offering (IPO), which is expected in late 2021. As chip demand is surging and the industry is suffering from shortages, GlobalFoundries’ business is expected to thrive. Bloomberg reported this week that Mubadala has initiated talks with potential advisers about an IPO of… Read more

Some Pixel 5 users can’t stream Netflix in HD because of a DRM issue

Some Pixel 5 owners are apparently experiencing a bug with Google’s Widevine DRM platform that’s causing their phones to only play back Netflix videos in standard definition, instead of the usual HD and HDR10 quality that they should be. Google is aware of the issue and is working on a firmware fix, but it still… Read more

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang to Deliver GTC Keynote From His Kitchen

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) Next week Nvidia will kick off its annual GTC conference, a virtual-only event for the second time. GTC will traditionally start with a keynote by Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, delivered from his kitchen. The main intrigue is: what will he talk about? Last year he announced the Ampere architecture… Read more

Taiwan Diverts Water From Farmers to Chip Makers Amid Historic Drought

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) A new irrigation policy that favors Taiwan’s chipmakers over its rice farmers has led to increased tension between the two, The New York Times reported Thursday, as the country attempts to respond to a water shortage caused by an ongoing drought. Liberty Times Net reported that Taiwan’s Water Resources Agency… Read more

Intel’s Upcoming DG2 Rumored to Compete With RTX 3070

Home News (Image credit: Intel) According to Moore’s Law Is Dead, Intel’s successor to the DG1, the DG2, could be arriving sometime later this year with significantly more firepower than Intel’s current DG1 graphics card. Of course it will be faster — that much is a given — but the latest rumors have it that… Read more

Sapphire Rapids Uncovered: 56 Cores, 64GB HBM2E, Multi-Chip Design

Home News (Image credit: Intel) A leaked slide purported to be from Intel’s roadmap summarizes what we know about Intel’s upcoming 4th Generation Xeon Scalable ‘Sapphire Rapids’ processor, with some additional details. (Thanks, VideoCardz.) Intel has always envisioned its Sapphire Rapids processor and the Eagle Stream platform as a revolutionary product. Paired with Intel’s Xe-HPC ‘Ponte Vecchio’… Read more