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In a nutshell: The complexity of Apple’s recently released Vision Pro AR headset required iFixit to split its analysis into two parts, with the second installment soon to reveal the overall repairability score. However, this initial examination uncovers some strengths and weaknesses, including the trade-offs involved in Apple’s unique EyeSight Display. The first comprehensive teardown […]

A hot potato: The JPEG XL image format is a royalty-free standard supporting lossy and lossless compression. The standard was designed to replace the older JPEG format. However, browser companies seem hesitant to implement it despite a significant interest among developers. The JPEG XL “Image Coding System” ISO standard is a new universal image format

In context: Kioxia was spun off from Toshiba in June 2018. In the early 1980s, while it was still part of the Japanese conglomerate, the company was credited with the invention of flash memory. Now Kioxia is bringing that very same storage technology into orbit. Working in partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Kioxia recently

What just happened? Comcast has reluctantly agreed to discontinue its use of “10G” branding when referring to Xfinity network speeds, following complaints from rival wireless providers. The National Advertising Review Board (NARB), the appellate advertising body of BBB National Programs, recommended Comcast abandon its “10G” branding. At the very least, the board said, the branding

In brief: As generative AI gobbles up more and more capacity, the evolution of high-bandwidth memory products will be key to its continued functioning. Suppliers are rolling out second generation HBM3 products but real change will come with HBM4. SK Hynix’s newest high-bandwidth memory product, HBM3E, is currently in mass production and will be introduced

TL;DR: Spotify has inked a fresh multi-year partnership with Joe Rogan, the podcaster whose blockbuster show will soon expand its reach to other platforms like YouTube and Apple Podcasts. The deal is a gamble for Spotify, as it risks alienating some of its users and advertisers who disagree with Rogan’s views and content. But the

Bottom line: Better information allows for better predictions – this new drone will help scientists fill in the blanks on our maps of Antarctica, improving our estimates of how the continent will respond to changing climates. A new, autonomous drone has arrived at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica as part of the British Antarctic Survey

What just happened? There’s been plenty of controversy over the $3,500 price tag that Apple slapped on its Vision Pro headset, but here’s some good news for rich Cupertino fans intending to buy one: the device is a lot more durable than you’d imagine. With the Apple Vision Pro finally going on sale two days

The big picture: The two GPU rivals may argue over who has the more powerful AI acceleration graphics card, but there’s no doubt about which hardware is more expensive. Nvidia has been selling its high-powered AI chips at ridiculous margins for months, and new estimates put AMD’s prices at a fraction of those costs. Citigroup

WTF?! Theoretically, you can create a PDF that could cover half the area of Germany. One software developer set out to discover if that is true and realized she could go much, much bigger. Have you heard the one about the maximum size for a PDF? Namely, that a single PDF can ‘only’ cover about