Samsung details the ProVisual Engine behind the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s cameras

Samsung has published an infographic detailing the advancements it was able to achieve with the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s new Quad Tele camera system and the ProVisual Engine that drives it. It all starts with the improved Nightography on the tele end. The S24 Ultra’s new 5x zoom camera has twice as big of a sensor […]

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Samsung details the ProVisual Engine behind the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s cameras

Samsung has published an infographic detailing the advancements it was able to achieve with the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s new Quad Tele camera system and the ProVisual Engine that drives it. It all starts with the improved Nightography on the tele end. The S24 Ultra’s new 5x zoom camera has twice as big of a sensor […]

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Microsoft Begged Apple to Adopt Bing as Safari’s Default Search Engine

Microsoft repeatedly attempted to persuade Apple to switch to Bing as the default search engine for Safari or even buy it outright, it has emerged. The information was disclosed in documents as part of Google’s ongoing antitrust case against the U.S. Justice Department (via CNBC). According to the filings, Microsoft approached Apple in 2009, 2013, […]

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iPhone 16’s processor is getting a more powerful AI neural engine

2024 is all about generative AI features on smartphones and you can bet your bottom dollar that Apple will be jumping on the bandwagon as well when it finally unveils the iPhone 16 series later this year. Samsung has already taken the spotlight with the Galaxy S24’s Galaxy AI so Apple has no choice but […]

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iPhone 16’s hugely improved Neural Engine will work with iOS 18’s generative AI features

In case there was any doubt – let’s take it all away right now in one fell swoop. AI is definitely the buzzword of this year, even though it kind of, sort of also was the buzzword of last year. But there’s an important distinction – last year it was the buzzword generally in tech. […]

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iPhone 16 Rumored to Feature ‘Significantly’ Upgraded Neural Engine for iOS 18’s Generative AI Features

Apple’s next-generation A18 and M4 chips for future iPhone and Mac models will feature an upgraded Neural Engine with “significantly” more cores, according to a report today from the Taiwanese publication Economic Daily News. An upgraded Neural Engine would improve performance for AI/machine learning tasks. iOS 18 is rumored to have new generative AI features […]

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Wallpaper Engine vs. Lively Wallpaper: Can free be better?

Wallpaper Engine Wallpaper Engine has been the de facto ‘best’ live wallpaper application available for a while. It allows deep customization, and the library of user-generated content keeps it relevant. It has best-in-class performance optimization, allowing the user to set frame rates and the quality of animations or videos. It will also pause the wallpaper […]

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Disney invests $1.5 billion in Fortnite and Unreal Engine creator Epic Games

What you need to know Epic Games is the video game publisher and developer best known for creating Fortnite, as well as the uber-popular game development kit Unreal Engine.  Disney is investing big in games, acquiring a stake in Epic Games for $1.5 billion.  The investment will see Disney and Epic Games collaborate on “an […]

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Mozilla is ‘Extremely Disappointed’ With Implementation of Apple’s EU Browser Engine Change

In iOS 17.4, Apple is making a number of changes to iOS to comply with the Digital Markets Act in the European Union. One of these updates will see Apple allowing alternate browser engines, with WebKit no longer required for third-party browsers like Firefox and Chrome. While support for alternative browser engines sounds like a […]

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Google gets ready for the European DMA and details how you’ll be able to choose Microsoft Edge and Bing as your default search engine

What you need to know Google has highlighted several measures and changes it intends to make in compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) after being listed as a gatekeeper by the European Commission. Some of the changes include additional consents for linked services, which will let users decide whether they want to continue sharing […]

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Google Pixel Launcher will let you choose the default search engine

Like most other popular Android launchers, the Pixel Launcher features a universal search function that can dig through your phone’s settings, apps, contacts, and online for results, all in one convenient place. The recently-launched Android 14 QPR 2 Beta 3 has a new version of said launcher and a pretty interesting hidden settings menu called […]

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Zelda Ocarina of Time : ce fan travaille sur un remake sous Unreal Engine depuis 8 ans et c’est somptueux

Il y a quelques jours, le développeur CryZENx a partagé les avancées effectuées sur son plus gros projet à date : un remake complet d’Ocarina of Time, l’un des opus de Zelda les plus acclamés sous tout le temps, en 4K sous Unreal Engine. Après 8 ans de travail, ce dernier comment à sérieusement ressembler à quelque […]

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Oppo’s HyperTone Image Engine coming to Find N, Reno 11 series with update

Oppo’s all-new HyperTone Image Engine is a cool new feature of the newly unveiled Find X7 Ultra flagship, but it’s also coming to Oppo’s other camera-centric devices eventually. Oppo announced that HyperTone will come to other product lines – the Oppo Find N3 and N3 Flip, and the upcoming Reno11 Pro – via an update. […]

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Google spent $26.3 billion in 2021 to ensure search engine dominance over Bing

What you need to know The US v. Google antitrust trial is now in full swing As part of the trial, it was made known that in 2021, Google paid $26.3 billion to be the default search app.  This included being the default app in Safari, Firefox, and on Samsung devices.  With much of the […]

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Google Pays Apple $18B to $20B a Year to Be Default iOS Search Engine

It’s widely known that Apple and Google have a considerable monetary agreement that ensures Google’s position as the default search engine on Apple’s iOS devices, but neither company reveals the amounts involved. In 2021, financial advisor Bernstein suggested Google was paying Apple as much as $10 billion a year to maintain the status quo. However, […]

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Apple Considered Making DuckDuckGo Default Search Engine in Safari Private Browsing Mode

Back in 2018, Apple held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Google as the default search engine in private browsing mode, but ultimately rejected the idea, according to transcripts unsealed by the judge overseeing the US government’s antitrust trial against Google in Washington. Testifying in closed sessions, DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg said that his company had […]

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Report: Fortnite and Unreal Engine developer Epic Games is laying off hundreds of employees

What you need to know Epic Games is the developer and publisher of Fortnite, as well as the team responsible for developing and maintaining Unreal Engine.  According to Bloomberg, Epic Games is laying off 870 employees, or around 16% of its total workforce.  Epic Games is also reportedly divesting two prior acquisitions, selling music website […]

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Google stopped Samsung from making it easier to change search engine on Galaxy phones

Google is the default search engine on most modern smartphones, including Android and iOS. It has been in the dominant position for many years, but it started to see some competition from Microsoft Bing earlier this year after it launched ChatGPT-powered conversational search. There were rumors that Samsung might switch to Bing as the default […]

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Apple’s Eddy Cue Explains Why Google is iPhone’s Default Search Engine

Apple’s services chief Eddy Cue today testified in the antitrust trial between the U.S. Department of Justice and Google, answering questions about a deal that sees Google set as the default search engine on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. According to a report from The Verge today, Google pays Apple billions of dollars per year […]

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Unreal Engine 5.2, Nvidia annonce son plug-in DLSS 3.0

Unreal Engine Nvidia poursuit la démocratisation de sa technologie d’upscaling DLSS. Elle est aujourd’hui prise en charge par 300 jeux et applications. Une nouvelle étape est annoncée avec la sortie du plug-in DLSS 3 dans l’Unreal Engine 5.2 d’Epic Games. En parallèle Forever Skies et Trepang2 sont les derniers jeux à bénéficier de l’amélioration des […]

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