What you need to knowDuring Snapdragon Summit 2025, Honor highlighted its new “Dual-Engine” era approach to on-device AI for its Magic 8 Pro and Magic Pad 3 Pro.The keynote highlighted Magic Color, a new on-device AI engine capable of helping everyday users and creators make professional-like edits to photos.The company is also looking to advance its gaming capabilities, introducing capabilities similar to DLSS on gaming PCs.Honor’s Magic 8 Pro and Pad 3 Pro will launch in China in October.Snapdragon Summit 2025 is underway, and Honor’s recent appearance marked a turning point in its AI solutions, thanks to Qualcomm’s newest chip.Honor…
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YouTube is giving users the option to disable video recommendation pop-ups following years of complaints Despite this highly-requested change, you’ll have to enable it every time you watch a new video The platform is also removing the hover-to-subscribe button from channel watermarksOne of YouTube’s most complained-about features are the video recommendation pop-ups that appear at the end of every video, which users find obstructive during the final moments of a piece of content – but a fix is finally on the way.YouTube has announced that it’s introducing a new Hide button for users to rid their screens of the overlaying…
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Logitech has launched a new solar-powered keyboardThe Logitech Signature Slim Solar+ K980 retails at $99.99It’s charged either by sunlight or artificial light and comes with a swappable batteryLogitech has released a new solar-powered keyboard which is charged purely by light – either sunlight, or the artificial variety – and can last for a surprising amount of time when juiced up.The Logitech Signature Slim Solar+ K980 retails at $99.99 in the US, as The Verge reportsand it doesn’t offer a USB port for a charging alternative. You can either power it up in the sun or by using indoor lighting (if…
YouTube will finally allow you to hide the pop-up recommendations that appear at the end of videos, the company announced on Wednesday. Now, when you see an end screen, you can tap a new “Hide” button in the top-right corner of the video player to hide the pop-ups from the current video you’re watching. Selecting this button will only hide end screens for the current video you’re watching, not for all videos on the platform, the company notes. If you want to bring the end screen back, you can tap the “Show” button. The decision to let users hide end…
Arrow Video has become the Blu-ray distributor for ’90s hits lately, and its next release is smokin’. That’s right, The Mask is getting a new 4K Blu-ray restoration and it’s now available to preorder for $35 (was $60) ahead of its November 11 release. If you preordered for the full $60 MSRP, Amazon will automatically adjust your order total to reflect the 42% discount. $35 (was $60) | Releases November 11 Released in 1994, The Mask was one of three blockbusters starring Jim Carrey that year, cementing his status as the next breakout star in Hollywood. It’s hard to imagine…
Say hello to the Xiaomi 15T Pro, the brand’s latest “flagship killer.” Like its predecessor, it’s the higher-end in the T series and features a beautiful design complete with a unique color, a big battery, a potent SoC, and great cameras. Here is the Xiaomi 15T Pro, pictured alongside its sibling, the 15T. They share the same footprint with a 6.83-inch display and a 5,500mAh battery, but differ in a few key areas – the Pro has a more powerful Dimensity 9400+ chipset, a faster 144Hz display, and nicer cameras. Xiaomi 15T, left, Xiaomi 15T Pro, right…
Does it seem like more people around you are in their own little audio world? Are you buying AirPods to upgrade old ones every couple of years like you’d replace a worn-out wallet? Companies that make headphones and earbuds, including some of the world’s largest tech companies such as Apple, Samsung and Sony, can expect boom times ahead, according to a new report. S&S Insider, a market research firm, predicts that worldwide sales of these portable audio products will nearly double from where they were last year, $58.41 billion, to $114.81 billion in 2032. In the US, sales are expected…
Still, developers say that bringing code from Nvidia’s CUDA to ROCm isn’t a smooth process, which means they typically focus on building for just one chip vendor.“ROCm is amazing, it’s open source, but it runs on one vendor’s hardware,” Lattner told the crowd at AMD’s Advancing AI event in June. Then he made his pitch for why Modular’s software is more portable and makes GPUs that much faster.Lattner’s talk at AMD is representative of the kind of dance that Lattner and Davis need to do as they spread the Modular gospel. Today, Nvidia and AMD are both crucial partners for…
As Google’s project manager for developer tools, Ryan Salva has a front-row seat to the ways AI tools are changing coding. Formerly of Github and Microsoft, he’s now responsible for tools like Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assistnudging developers into the new world of agentic programming. His team released new third-party research on Tuesday showing how developers actually use AI tools – and how much progress is left to make. I sat down with Salva to talk about the report and his personal experience with AI coding tools. This interview was edited for length and clarity. Every year, Google does…