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AMD wants Xilinx: the battle with Nvidia and Intel for data centers and supercomputers

And again there is a mega takeover in the tech industry. AMD wants to acquire Xilinx for no less than 40 billion dollars, converted to some 32 billion euros. Xilinx won’t sound like a household name to the average consumer, and some tweakers may not be fully familiar with the company either. Why is AMD… Read more

WTF: Autonomous soccer camera confuses a bald linesman with the ball

An automatically aligned camera, which provided the images for the live broadcast of a football match in Scotland, frustrated the audience and presenter on the last day of the match when it kept panning from the ball to the referee, whose bald head apparently confused the algorithms. The whole thing happened in the second division… Read more

Windows 10 plans a major redesign of its interface in 2021

by Antonio Delgado 8 hours ago … Under the code from Sun Valley Microsoft plans to redesign its graphical interface, which has not been modified for quite some time, and launch the phase beta in one of the rings for next year that will coincide with the great annual Windows update 10 “Cobalt”, but according… Read more

Windows 10, graphical interface revolutionized already in 2021: this is what we know today

Coming to Windows 10 a new graphical interface completely revised in many of the components, even the key ones such as Start Menu, Action Center and application bar by Nino Grasso published 29 October 2020 , at 12: 54 in the Operating Systems channel Microsoft Windows Microsoft update his Windows 10 twice a year, sometimes… Read more

Microservice API gateway: Kong 2.2 extends functions for Go plug-ins

The company Kong has released version 2.0 of the microservices gateway of the same name. The list of new features is long. In addition to new functions for Go plug-ins, this also includes options for loading OS certificates and buffering. Kong is as Service control platform has been developed. It is intended to combine artificial… Read more

The X-Files of Astronomy: KIC 8462852 – by large and small divers

Thanks to ever better technology, innovative approaches and international cooperation, astronomy is flourishing. But while many observations help to refine or sort out theories, there are always discoveries that just don’t seem to fit. Mysterious signals, alleged violations of the laws of nature and – as yet – phenomena that cannot be explained. The public… Read more

Samsung posts highest revenue ever after boost in flagship phone sales

Samsung Electronics has announced quarterly earnings for the July-September 2020 period, making 66.96 trillion won in revenue and 12.35 trillion in operating profit. That’s the highest quarterly revenue figure ever for the Korean electronics giant, which says that it was able to meet a boost in customer demand following COVID-19 disruption. “Even as the COVID-19… Read more

Samsung Germany offers up to 200€ off via Samsung Pay rebate when you buy a flagship

Samsung Germany is currently running a “Payday” promotion starting on October 28 through November 18 for any customers who purchase a new Samsung Galaxy flagship phone and register the purchase through the Samsung Members app. Customers can get €200 off when they purchase a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, or Z Fold 2, €150 off when… Read more

Nvidia RTX 3070 Graphics Cards to Sell out in Minutes: Newegg

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Well, here we go again. Online etailer Newegg tweeted out this evening that while Nvidia’s much-anticipated RTX 3070 graphics cards will debut tomorrow morning at 6am PT on shelves as expected, the retailer expects its entire inventory to sell out in mere minutes. The etailer also says that it… Read more

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 gets Voice Support with latest update

Samsung has begun pushing an update to the Galaxy Watch Active2 smartwatch, bringing security updates and one feature that was exclusive to the Galaxy Watch3 – voice support during exercise. The firmware comes with model number R820UXXU1CTJ5/R820OXA1CTJ5 and is about 61MB in size. Screenshot with the update log in Korean The Voice Support can be… Read more

Samsung certifies entry-level Galaxy A02s, phone pops on Geekbench

The next Samsung smartphone in the entry-level world was expected to be called Galaxy A02, but a device with the model number SM-A025F/DS was just certified in Thailand as Galaxy A02s, revealing the actual marketing name of the device. This is the third time we see this moniker appear online – first it was certified… Read more

AMD Radeon RX 6900XT – full NAVI 21 core specification

Recently, AMD finally introduced the first graphics cards based on the RDNA 2 architecture. The presentation turned out to be extremely interesting, as in the manufacturer’s opinion, the new Radeon RX cards 6800, Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6900 XT will compete with current NVIDIA GeForce RTX cards 3070, GeForce RTX 3080, and… Read more

Contactless payment: Samsung Pay starts in Germany

Samsung launched its own payment service in Germany on Thursday. After a four-week beta phase, Samsung Pay is now available in Samsung’s Galaxy Store and Google’s Play Store. The payment service works on numerous younger Galaxy smartphones that the South Korean manufacturer brought onto the market from 2018 and can be linked to “almost any… Read more

EU Commissioner Hahn: The open source strategy is a sign of digital change

What is the strategy of Europe and the German government with regard to the challenges of digitization and digital sovereignty in public authorities? This question was addressed today by EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn and Pia Karger, Head of the Digital Society Department; Information technology in the Ministry of the Interior, at the event “Necessity or… Read more

Best smart light switch: Take a shine to these top Alexa and Google Assistant switches

(Pocket-lint) – Though smart lights can be controlled through voice, and regular lights work just fine with switches, sometimes you want the best of both worlds. That’s where smart light switches and dimmers come in, with their capabilities extending far past a normal wired-in switch – all while remaining simple enough for the whole family… Read more