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iPhone Fold just tipped for 2 big advantages over Galaxy Z Fold 7
Apple’s first-ever foldable iPhone may finally arrive next year, if many leaks and analysts are to be believed. And now, the Apple whisperer, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, claims that the newest folding device will have a few key upgrades over rivals. He primarily focused on the folding mechanism. Over the years, it’s been rumored that Apple’s struggle to release a folding…
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How big tech skewed AI rankings on Chatbot Arena – Computerworld
A handful of dominant AI companies have been quietly manipulating one of the most influential public leaderboards for chatbot models, potentially distorting perceptions of model performance and undermining open competition, according to a new study. The research, titled “The Leaderboard Illusion,” was published by a team of experts from Cohere Labs, Stanford University, Princeton University, and other institutions. It scrutinized…
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Little Kitty, Big City Arrives on PlayStation May 9
Cat lovers have been eating well lately. From Stray to the Cat Quest series, there’s no lack of great games starring cats from recent years, and Little Kitty, Big City is one of the best. Little Kitty, Big City originally released a year ago on PC, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. On May 9–the little kitty’s one-year birthday–gamers…
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Mother’s Day golf deals — save big on clothing, clubs and more
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, which means you still have time to order your mom the cool products she wants. If your mother, wife, or whoever else you need to buy gifts for is a golfer, we’ve found some of the best golf deals you can get right now. If your mom is looking for clubs, clothing, accessories,…
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Andor season 2 brings Star Wars back in a big way
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 80, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you had better luck than I did preordering a Switch 2, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about The Telepathy Tapes and extremely online…
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Software deployments are plagued by delays: Rampant skills shortages and underinvestment are slowing down processes – and it’s costing businesses big
UK software deployments are running an average of four months beyond schedule, new research shows, with delays affecting more than eight-in-ten businesses. According to a new study by Gearset, deployments were 26% more likely to be delayed than delivered early, with these delays costing organizations an average of £107,000 per year. The average organization doesn’t deploy all that often –…
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‘TPUs just work’: Why Google Cloud is betting big on its custom chips
Google’s investment in tensor processing units (TPUs) is necessary to meet growing demand for AI inference, according to an expert at the firm. At Google Cloud Next 2025, the cloud giant unveiled ‘Ironwood’, its seventh generation TPU, which it billed as a market-leading solution for running AI workloads at scale. The chip will power Gemini and other AI models within…
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Big trouble, big changes for Apple’s iPhone 17 – Computerworld
You’ll see Apple’s C-series 5G modems begin to proliferate across the iPhone range, potentially with a C2 variant with slightly wider 5G band support. Software improvements will include iOS 19, which is also being billed as a huge change in the system and the introduction (we hope) of contextually aware Apple Intelligence. Roll it all together and you have the biggest iPhone…
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Google is Betting Big on Nuclear Energy – Here’s Why
Google’s Lucia Tian at Data Center World 2025 in Washington, D.C. Image: Drew Robb/TechnologyAdvice Google has unveiled plans to lead the way in the adoption of nuclear energy for the data center. At Data Center World 2025 in Washington D.C., the company explained some of the details of its partnership with Kairos Power to develop up to 500 MW of…
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Big Tech cozied up to Trump — it’s not getting much in return
For a while, it looked like President Donald Trump was going to have Big Tech’s back. Now, the tech industry is collateral damage in his global trade war. On Thursday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floated the idea of placing “a levy on the advertising revenues of digital services” if tariff negotiations with the US go south. This…
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