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The Phoenix fabrication facility of the world’s largest semiconductor chip maker is yielding more usable chips than similar plants in Taiwan, according to the Taipei Times. Rick Cassidy, president of TSMC’s US division, said during a webinar last week that the share of usable chips from the company’s Phoenix plant exceeds that of similar Taiwanese plants by 4%. If true, the superior performance at the Phoenix fab is notable because the US government has been working to spur a return of the semiconductor manufacturing industry to US shores, where manufacturing tends to be more costly. Better yields would help offset [...]
Apple’s week of Mac began today with a newly announced iMac, now beefed up with an M4 chip and more internal memory. Apple says the iMac is up to 4.5 times faster than an equivalent all-in-one Intel Core 7 Windows PC — and promises the machine will deliver up to six times the performance of the most popular Intel-based iMac. The inference is obvious: if you use your iMac professionally, you might want to think about an upgrade. Reinforcing the point, Apple says the iMac is up to 1.7 times faster for most tasks and 2.1 times faster for more [...]
OpenAI plans to release its next major flagship model, Orion, by December, according to The Verge — and Microsoft, which has invested heavily in Open AI, is said to be ready to launch Orion on Azure as early as November. Orion is intended to be the successor to GPT-4 and is said to be up to 100 times stronger. However, unlike Open AI’s last two models, GPT-4o and o1, it will not be released first through the AI assistant Chat GPT. Instead, OpenAI plans to first give a collection of companies access to the AI model so they can use [...]
Microsoft has moved to simplify how Office app files are opened on mobile devices after users cited uncertainty around the process. Opening a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file on a mobile device typically means the Microsoft 365 mobile app will start up rather than the relevant standalone app. This has been the case since Microsoft introduced an Office mobile app for Android and iOS in 2019. The Office app combined Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps into a single app to create an “integrated experience” and reduce the need to switch between tools, Microsoft said at the time. (The Office mobile app [...]
Workspace is Google’s suite of productivity software tools, the main competitor to market leader Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365). Formerly known as G Suite, Google Workspace includes well-known apps such as Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Slides — apps that are also used for free by billions of people globally. Google has been selling productivity apps to businesses for almost two decades now, having helped pave the way for cloud-based office productivity apps in the 2000s. At a time when most office suites were based on installed desktop software and sold as one-time purchases, Google bundled its popular free web apps [...]
Windows 11 24H2 has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and even help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the builds The Windows Insider program is divided into four channels: The Canary Channel is where platform changes (such as major updates to the Windows kernel and new APIs) are previewed. These changes are not tied to a particular Windows release and may never ship at all. Little documentation [...]
Apple will introduce new Macs and the first services within its Apple Intelligence collection next week. To protect cloud-based requests made through Apple Intelligence, it has put industry-beating security and privacy protecting transparency in place around cloud-based requests handled by its Private Cloud Compute (PCC) system. What that means is that Apple has pulled far ahead of the industry in a bid to build rock-solid protection around security and privacy for requests made of AI using Apple’s cloud. It’s an industry-leading move and is already delighting security researchers. Why is that? It’s because Apple has opened the doors that secure its Private Cloud [...]
Humanoid robots from Tesla can “be a teacher, babysit your kids…, walk your dog, mow your lawn, get the groceries, just be your friend, serve drinks. Whatever you can think of, it will do,” said Elon Musk at this month’s Tesla “We, Robot” showcase in Burbank, CA. To paraphrase: “Humanoid robots can be human, so you don’t have to!” It’s a toxic and misguided vision for humanity — let me tell you why. What is a robot, anyway? When the public thinks of a robot, they think of a humanoid robot — an intelligent machine with feet, legs, knees, arms, a [...]
What a long, strange trip it’s been. From its inaugural release to today, Android has transformed visually, conceptually and functionally — time and time again. Google’s mobile operating system may have started out scrappy, but holy moly, has it ever evolved. Here’s a fast-paced tour of Android version highlights from the platform’s birth to present. (Feel free to skip ahead if you just want to see what’s new in the most recent Android 15 update.) [ Download our editors’ PDF Android business smartphones enterprise buyer’s guide today! ] Android versions 1.0 to 1.1: The early days Android made its official [...]
A Windows launch isn’t the end a process — it’s really just the beginning. Microsoft continually works on improving Windows 11 by fixing bugs, releasing security patches, and occasionally adding new features. In this story we summarize what you need to know about each update released to the public for the most recent version of Windows 11 — currently version 24H2. For each build, we’ve included the date of its release and a link to Microsoft’s announcement about it. The most recent updates appear first. The easiest way to install updates is via Windows Update. Not sure how? See “How [...]
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