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Intel on Tuesday unveiled its ' Meteor Lake ' processors that will make their way to computers by the end of the year. The new Intel Core Ultra chips are built using the company's 7nm "Intel 4" technology and are the first processors from Intel to be equipped with a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU) for improved on-device AI performance. Like rivals AMD and Qualcomm, Intel's upcoming chips use chiplets — or tiles for different components on the same chip. Intel has also touted the ability of its chip to run generative AI tools more efficiently on a laptop. Launching on December 14, the upcoming Meteor Lake processors from Intel will succeed the firm's Raptor Lake CPUs that were announced last year. The chipmaker says that Meteor Lake represents the biggest architectural shift in the company's processor design in four decades, and the top-of-the-line chip is called the Intel Core Ultra — Intel appears to have switched to a new moniker for its h...

Britain urged Meta not to roll out end-to-end encryption on Instagram and Facebook Messenger without safety measures to protect children from sexual abuse after the Online Safety Bill was passed by parliament. Meta, which already encrypts messages on WhatsApp , plans to implement end-to-end encryption across Messenger and Instagram direct messages, saying the technology re-enforced safety and security. Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she supported strong encryption for online users but it could not come at the expense of children's safety. "Meta has failed to provide assurances that they will keep their platforms safe from sickening abusers," she said. "They must develop appropriate safeguards to sit alongside their plans for end-to-end encryption." A Meta spokesperson said: "The overwhelming majority of Brits already rely on apps that use encryption to keep them safe from hackers, fraudsters and criminals. "We don't thin...

Alphabet 's Google said on Tuesday that Bard, its generative artificial intelligence, will have the ability to fact-check its answers and analyze users' personal Google data as the tech giant scrambles to catch up to ChatGPT in popularity. The release last year of ChatGPT , a chatbot from Microsoft -backed OpenAI , sparked a race in the tech industry to give consumers access to generative AI technology. At the time, ChatGPT was the fastest-growing consumer application ever and is now one of the top 30 websites in the world. Bard has not taken off in the same way. In August, it received 183 million visits, 13 percent of what ChatGPT received, according to website analytics firm Similarweb.  As it seeks to gain ground in the fast-moving AI space, Google is rolling out Bard Extensions, enabling users to import their data from other Google products. For instance, users could ask Bard to search their files in Google Drive or provide a summary of the user's Gmail inbox. Fo...

Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2 is all set to make its debut at the company's upcoming Autumn 2023 event. The tablet will be launched on September 25. The company has confirmed the release of the device on the Chinese social media platform Weibo with a teaser poster. It has also shown the glimpse of the design and suggested a few key specifications of the device. Huawei's tablet has also been confirmed to come with NearLink StarLight connectivity support. The official poster suggests that the MatePad Pro 13.2 will have a narrow bezel around the screen. Huawei has shared a teaser poster of the upcoming Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2, which is claimed to get the largest display among tablets from the company. Huawei has confirmed that the tablet will debut on September 25 at the company's Autumn 2023 flagship product launch event. In the teaser poster, the device is teased to sport narrow bezels around the display with curved edges on all corners. It has also been confirmed to come with a...

Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2 is all set to make its debut at the company's upcoming Autumn 2023 event. The tablet will be launched on September 25. The company has confirmed the release of the device on the Chinese social media platform Weibo with a teaser poster. It has also shown the glimpse of the design and suggested a few key specifications of the device. Huawei's tablet has also been confirmed to come with NearLink StarLight connectivity support. The official poster suggests that the MatePad Pro 13.2 will have a narrow bezel around the screen. Huawei has shared a teaser poster of the upcoming Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2, which is claimed to get the largest display among tablets from the company. Huawei has confirmed that the tablet will debut on September 25 at the company's Autumn 2023 flagship product launch event. In the teaser poster, the device is teased to sport narrow bezels around the display with curved edges on all corners. It has also been confirmed to come with a...

Google is holding a Pixel hardware event on October 4 to unveil the much-awaited Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones. The tech giant is expected to pack the next generation Tensor G3 SoC on the Pixel 8 lineup as an upgrade over the Tensor G2 SoC that powers the Pixel 7 series. Google is yet to confirm details about the new in-house chip, but ahead of it, we are hearing about next year's Pixel 9 series. Google's next-generation branded SoC — Tensor G4 — is expected to power the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro. It is expected to come with a marginal upgrade compared to the Tensor G3 SoC. Google's fully custom Tensor chip could debut in the 2025 Pixel 10 series. As per a report by Android Authority's Kamila Wojciechowska, the Tensor G4 SoC, codenamed "Zuma Pro" will power next year's Pixel 9 lineup. It will reportedly come with minor performance upgrades over the nine-core Tensor G3 SoC, which is internally known as "Zuma". The Tensor G4 SoC could be a ...

AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) truly wireless stereo (TWS) earphones were introduced last year at Apple's 'Far Out' launch event, and the iPhone maker is now updating its second-generation Pro headset with a few new features. The AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) arrived three years after the first model was launched and featured a new H2 chip with improved noise cancellation and transparency modes compared with its predecessor. Alongside the iOS 17 update that rolled out on Monday, Apple is also introducing new features on its wireless earphones. Announced at WWDC 2023 in June, the first feature that has arrived on the AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) alongside the latest iOS 17 update, is Adaptive Audio. This mode dynamically combines the active noise cancellation (ANC) and transparency modes in real time, depending on the kind of environment the wearer is present in, according to the company. The feature will automatically be enabled and disabled, based on what they are doing an...

Elon Musk opened up a discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by staunchly defending himself against accusations of antisemitism. “Obviously I'm against antisemitism. I'm against anti-anything that promotes hate and conflict,” Musk said in a broadcast conversation with Netanyahu at Tesla's offices in Fremont, California, and streamed on X , the social media platform owned by Musk and formerly known as Twitter . Musk has been in an escalating row with the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights group he accuses of undermining X's advertising revenue. The ADL has, together with other civil rights watchdogs, highlighted a rise in extremist content on the platform after Musk took it over last year and fired most of its staff. Musk earlier this month threatened to sue the ADL and has liked X posts that used a “BantheADL” hashtag.  Netanyahu said he hoped Musk would find it “within the confines of the First Amendment to limit antisemitism and hate,...