Oppo Find N5 Flip is canceled according to purported 2024 foldable launch lineup

Back in mid-February a weird report claimed Oppo would simply give up on the foldable market, due to its share in the space falling last year. The company promptly reached out to us to deny the rumor, but maybe it wasn’t all bunk. A new report today from a usually reliable source says Oppo’s Find […]

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The Xbox One was pitched as the $299 “Xbox 720” according to these leaked documents

What you need to know Microsoft documents that reveal early plans the company had for the Xbox One console have leaked on Reddit. Though the post has been taken down, we’ve saved the link to the files and have verified their authenticity with our sources. The documents show that Microsoft was originally considering calling the […]

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The best holiday gift was Mac losing out to Windows, at least according to these stats

What you need to know Statcounter’s December update for market share figures shows an increase for Windows, while Mac’s share of the pie has gone down.  Windows now sits at almost 73% of the desktop OS market share.  Linux and ChromeOS also showed mild increases in their own respective share.  2023 is now in the […]

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Xbox is not allowed X-Men games until 2036, according to illegally breached Insomniac Games materials

What you need to know PlayStation studio Insomniac Games was breached in a ransomware attack, illegally spreading innumerable private documents including game plans and personal developer information.  Among the leaked information were details on the X-Men license, which covers the previously announced upcoming PlayStation 5 title Marvel’s Wolverine.  According to the agreement between Marvel, PlayStation, […]

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ChatGPT will provide more detailed and accurate responses if you pretend to tip it, according to a new study

What you need to know A new study showcases how ChatGPT provides better and more detailed answers to queries when you pretend to tip it.  The programmer indicated that the lengthy responses spotted during the experiment are attributed to the in-depth details provided in the questions coupled with the additional information incorporated into the answer. […]

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The US could be a decade or two away from attaining full independence from Chinese and Taiwanese chipmakers, according to NVIDIA CEO

What you need to know NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang believes the US is still a long way to go before it gets full independence from Chinese and Taiwanese chipmakers. Biden’s administration recently imposed exportation rules on chipmakers like NVIDIA, banning them from shipping chips to China. The US government wants to reduce the country’s dependence […]

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Microsoft is among the top tech giants attracting employees from other competitor firms, according to a broad study

What you need to know A new study lists Microsoft among the top tech giants that attracts employees from other competitors in the tech world. Meta and Google have the highest percentage of employees that have worked for other tech giants before joining them. The study further disclosed that Microsoft attracted 7,937 employees from IBM, […]

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ChatGPT and Bing AI might already be obsolete, according to new study

What you need to know A new study highlights how scientists are potentially on the verge of a new breakthrough. The new technology is dubbed neural network and has the capability to make generalizations about language. Per benchmarks shared, neural networks could potentially outperform AI-powered chatbots like Bing Chat and ChatGPT. When presented with certain […]

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ChatGPT and Bing AI might already be obsolete, according to a new study

What you need to know A new study highlights how scientists are potentially on the verge of a new breakthrough. The new technology is dubbed neural network and has the capability to make generalizations about language. Per benchmarks shared, neural networks could potentially outperform AI-powered chatbots like Bing Chat and ChatGPT. When presented with certain […]

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ChatGPT and Bing AI might already be obsolete, according to a new study

What you need to know A new study highlights how scientists are potentially on the verge of a new breakthrough. The new technology is dubbed neural network and has the capability to make generalizations about language. Per benchmarks shared, neural networks could potentially outperform AI-powered chatbots like Bing Chat and ChatGPT. When presented with certain […]

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Old Xbox One, PC exclusive ‘Gigantic’ may be back from the dead, at least according to this email

What you need to know Gigantic was an exclusive Xbox One and Windows 8.1 / 10 MOBA.  While fun, the game didn’t set the world on fire, and the developer sadly shuttered the game not long after launch.  Gearbox of Borderlands fame picked up the IP some time later, and may be gearing up to […]

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Microsoft is officially the best company in the world, at least according to TIME

What you need to know Microsoft topped TIME and Statista’s list of the World’s best companies of 2023. Its competitors Apple, Alphabet, and Meta also featured in the list. The companies’ employee satisfaction, revenue growth, and sustainability were considered during the ranking. Microsoft scored 96.46 out of the possible 100, with a top ranking regarding employee […]

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Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls: Oblivion remasters likely on the way alongside new Doom, according to massive Xbox leak

What you need to know Huge Xbox leaks revealed a number of new Bethesda games that will soon come to Xbox. The games leaked are The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster, Fallout 3 remaster and a new Doom title. These games are likely to release over the next couple of years, though plans may have […]

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200MP telephoto cameras will be the hottest new trend, according to Samsung

Samsung wants to turn the telephoto modules on smartphones into a “second main camera”. By that the company means that current tele sensors are smaller and lower resolution, they are behind on features like HDR and video frame rates too when compared to the phone’s main camera. To be a proper second main camera, the […]

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Xbox Game Pass has ‘over 30 million’ subscribers, according to this LinkedIn profile

What you need to know Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s Netflix-like all-you-can-eat gaming service.  The last official update we got on the membership based pegged it at 25 million users.  Today, a LinkedIn profile may have given us a hint that it has officially crossed the 30 million mark.  Depending on how Microsoft tallies Xbox […]

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Xbox Game Pass has ‘over 30 million’ subscribers, according to this LinkedIn profile (update)

What you need to know Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s Netflix-like all-you-can-eat gaming service.  The last official update we got on the membership base pegged it at 25 million users.  Today, a LinkedIn profile may have given us a hint that it has officially crossed the 30 million mark.  Depending on how Microsoft tallies Xbox […]

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You could be playing a Quake 2 remaster on Xbox Game Pass real soon according to leaks

What you need to know A Quake 2 remaster has been leaked, and it could stealth drop into Xbox Game Pass as early as today—August 10 at 10AM PT/1pm ET/6PM BST/7PM CEST. The remaster will be available for $9.99 or regional equivalent and will launch across Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Boomer shooter fans […]

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Apple Considering Foldable iPad, According to Supply Chain Sources

Apple is considering releasing a foldable iPad in the future, according to a paywalled preview of an upcoming DigiTimes report shared today. “Apple, who is rumored to have been working on foldable smartphones for several years, reportedly is considering extending the effort to the tablet sector,” the preview says, citing sources from the upstream supply […]

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ChatGPT’s performance shifted over time, according to a Stanford study, but has the bot gotten worse?

What you need to know A study by researchers from Stanford shows a decline in the performance of OpenAI’s chatbot. The researchers used four key performance indicators to determine whether GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 were getting better or worse. Both LLMs display varied performance and behaviors in different categories. At the beginning of this year, the […]

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Weekly poll results: port-less phones may be an unfortunate future, according to most

Last week’s poll raised some hackles – a lot of people really hate the idea of a port-less future for smartphones. And quite a few are convinced that the EU will block any such designs, but that may not be possible. Here is how the official post describes the rules: Regardless of their manufacturer, all […]

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