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Computer-memory company Netlist convinced a federal jury in Texas on Friday to award it more than $303 million (roughly Rs. 2,500 crore) for Samsung Electronics 's infringement of several patents related to improvements in data processing. The jury in Marshall, Texas determined after a six-day trial that Samsung's "memory modules" for high-performance computing willfully infringed all five patents that Netlist accused the Korean tech giant of violating. Representatives for the companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Netlist stock was up 21 percent following the verdict on Friday afternoon. Irvine, California-based Netlist sued Samsung in 2021, alleging Samsung memory products used in cloud-computing servers and other data-intensive technology infringe its patents. Netlist said its innovations increase the power efficiency of memory modules and allow users to "derive useful information from vast amounts of data in a shorter period of tim...

Xiaomi 13 Ultra was launched in China earlier this week as Xiaomi's top-of-the-line flagship for the year. This handset features similar specifications to the Xiaomi 13 Pro that recently made its debut in India, with a few notable upgrades in the camera department. The smartphone is equipped with a 50-megapixel 1-inch primary camera sensor tuned by Leica with variable aperture support. Besides the launch of Xiaomi's flagship phone and Apple's new stores in Delhi and Mumbai, reports suggest that Apple's iPhone 15 series of smartphones won't feature solid state buttons after all, while Google could announce its first foldable device after its upcoming Google I/O event in May. On this week's episode of the Gadgets 360 podcast Orbital, host  Siddharth Suvarna  talks to Senior Reviewer  Sheldon Pinto  and Reviewer Pranav Hegde  about the top stories in technology this week. From rumours surrounding handsets that are yet to be announced — Apple's...

iQoo 12 5G may soon be introduced with support for 200W fast charging technology. In the ever-competitive business of launching innovative capabilities for smartphones, companies have been trying to vie for customers' attention with newer technologies. One of the most popular additions is support for faster charging. Redmi, Realme, Infinix, and Oppo have all joined the race and now seemingly iQoo has also thrown its hat into the ring. A tipster has now claimed that iQoo could soon offer support for one of the fastest charging solutions currently available on smartphones. According to a Weibo post by tipster Digital Chat Station, iQoo is working on a 200W wired fast charging solution which will most likely be paired with a 5,000mAh battery. The company is yet to confirm any details about the handset, but following the launch of the iQoo 11 series of smartphones, they are expected to be succeeded by the iQoo 12 series which may debut later this year. Meanwhile, the rumoured iQoo ...

Acer launched a series of new laptops on Thursday. The devices expanded the company's existing Predator, Swift and Vero series. The new launches include the Acer Predator Triton 17 X, Acer Predator Triton 14, Acer Predator Helios Neo 16, Acer Predator Helios 3D 15 SpatialLabs Edition, Acer Swift X 16, and Acer Aspire Vero 15 laptops. The new Predator lineup and the Vero device are all powered by 13th Gen Intel processors while the Swift series device is backed by an AMD Ryzen chipset. The company also confirmed the prices and launch timelines of the devices. Acer Predator Triton 17 X, Acer Predator Triton 14 price, availability Acer confirmed that the Predator Triton 17 X (PTX17-71) model will go on sale in North America and China in May, starting at $3,799 (roughly Rs. 3,12,200) and CNY 29,999 (roughly Rs. 3,57,700), respectively. The laptop will be available for purchase in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region in June, starting at EUR 4,499 (roughly Rs. 4,05,000). ...

Alphabet is combining Google Brain and DeepMind , as it doubles down on artificial intelligence research in its race to compete with rival systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot. The new division will be led by DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and its setting up will ensure "bold and responsible development of general AI", Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post on Thursday. Alphabet said the teams that are being combined have delivered a number of high-profile projects including the transformer, technology that formed the bedrock of some of OpenAI's own work. Going forward, the Alphabet staff will work on "multimodal" AI , like OpenAI's latest model GPT-4, which can respond not only to text prompts but to image inputs as well to generate new content. Google has for decades dominated the search market, with a share of over 80 percent, but Wall Street fears that the Alphabet unit could fall behind Microsoft Corp in the fast-moving AI race. Technol...

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