Cryptographers Are Getting Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. We all know to be careful about the details we share online, but the information we seek can also be revealing. Search for driving directions, and our location becomes far easier to guess. Check for a password in a trove of compromised data, and we […]

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Snag $400 off the ‘mullet’ of PCs, enabling sneaky gaming sessions without your boss (or other half) noticing

If you have been looking to grab a mid-range gaming PC but are tired of all the RGB and distracting cases, the 2023 edition of the Dell Desktop XPS is a great option. This is the mullet of PCs. Instead of business in the front and party in the back, the XPS Desktop is business […]

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WhatsApp is enabling status checking from within conversations

Status updates are a pretty common feature in social media and messaging apps and allow one to share images, videos, text captions, and more to let others know what is on their mind. Status updates were popularized by Snapchat through its Stories feature, and WhatsApp added support for them back in 2017. The current version […]

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Yeelight Pro gets Matter support, enabling SmartThings compatibility

Yeelight has announced an OTA software update to the Yeelight Pro S20 Gateway. The new firmware adds support for the Matter connectivity standard to the device. That means the Yeelight Pro S20 Gateway and any smart home device connected to it can be controlled by every Matter-compatible platform, including Samsung’s  SmartThings. Previously, Yeelight Pro was […]

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iPhone 15 Pro’s A17 Bionic Chip Could Be 35% More Energy Efficient, Enabling Longer Battery Life

The A17 Bionic chip for next year’s high-end models of the iPhone 15 lineup could be 35% more efficient compared to current iPhone processors thanks to the use of newer 3nm chip process technology. Apple is expected to adopt the smaller 3nm process technology for the 2023 ‌iPhone‌ chip, destined to be the A17 Bionic. […]

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Apple’s Headset Said to Feature 14 Cameras Enabling Lifelike Avatars, Jony Ive Has Remained Involved With Design

Earlier this week, The Information‘s Wayne Ma outlined struggles that Apple has faced during the development of its long-rumored AR/VR headset. Now, in a follow-up report, he has shared several additional details about the wearable device. Apple headset render created by Ian Zelbo based on The Information reporting For starters, one of the headset’s marquee […]

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Machine Learning Framework PyTorch Enabling GPU-Accelerated Training on Apple Silicon Macs

In collaboration with the Metal engineering team at Apple, PyTorch today announced that its open source machine learning framework will soon support GPU-accelerated model training on Apple silicon Macs powered by M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, or M1 Ultra chips. Until now, PyTorch training on the Mac only leveraged the CPU, but an upcoming version […]

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Join your friends in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands by enabling crossplay

While crossplay wasn’t available in Borderlands 3 at launch, it will be in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Even better, crossplay in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands will be enabled across all platforms, allowing those on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC to play together. Enabling crossplay in Wonderlands is fairly simple because of an opt-in window that everyone will be […]

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Enabling Data Security with Homomorphic Encryption

Regardless of the strength of data’s encryption, more and more potential vulnerabilities surface in data security as more people are granted access to sensitive information. However, a relatively new encryption protocol poses a unique solution to these types of mounting privacy exposures. Homomorphic encryption enables users to edit data without decrypting it, meaning the broader […]

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