Official Google Pixel 9 case It’s pricey and the lack of magnets is a bummer, but the Official Google Pixel 9 case is a nice silicon case that looks and feels very premium. Official Google Pixel 9 case review: At a glance What is it? The official Google Pixel 9 case is a thin silicone case with a soft-touch finish. …
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Nvidia partners with Abu Dhabi-based G42 to create a climate tech lab and develop AI to improve weather forecasting accuracy using Nvidia's Earth-2 platform (Abeer Abu Omar/Bloomberg)
Abeer Abu Omar / Bloomberg: Nvidia partners with Abu Dhabi-based G42 to create a climate tech lab and develop AI to improve weather forecasting accuracy using Nvidia’s Earth-2 platform — – Companies will use Nvidia’s Earth-2 system to predict weather — It’s the chipmaker’s first partnership with UAE’s top AI firm
Read More »Nintendo Is Suing ‘Palworld’ Creator Pocketpair
Palworld, colloquially known to fans as “Pokémon with guns,” is in hot water. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company announced Thursday that they’ve filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Tokyo against Pocketpair, the company behind the game, claiming Palworld “infringes multiple patent rights.” The lawsuit isn’t completely unexpected. In Palworld, players catch creatures by weakening them and trapping them in Pal …
Read More »What Is Virtualization? | TechRepublic
Virtualization lets organizations run multiple isolated workloads from the same hardware platform, saving money, and enabling more efficient scaling. It is also used by cloud providers to deliver on-demand computing resources for multiple customers using shared hardware. It’s what allows businesses to pay for only the cloud computing resources they need and quickly (or even automatically) scale up and down …
Read More »FTC report assails social networks’ privacy, safety practices
The Federal Trade Commission said social media and streaming companies including YouTube, Amazon and Facebook fail to adequately protect consumer privacy.
Read More »How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers
The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse.
Read More »Deal: I’d rather save money on an iPhone 13 than get an iPhone 16
Eric Zeman / Android Authority I am all about saving money, and based on the current economy, I’m sure I am not alone. All these fancy new phones are fantastic, including the brand-new Apple iPhone 16 series, but do you really need the latest and greatest? The iPhone 13 is still a great device that will keep most users happy, …
Read More »Sources: Google tried to end an EU antitrust probe by offering to sell its ad marketplace AdX, or Ad Exchange, but European publishers rejected the proposal (Reuters)
Reuters: Sources: Google tried to end an EU antitrust probe by offering to sell its ad marketplace AdX, or Ad Exchange, but European publishers rejected the proposal — Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google took a major step this year to end an EU antitrust investigation with an offer to sell …
Read More »22 Amazon Prime Perks You Might Not Be Using
Finally, we’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about Amazon’s members-only event, Prime Day. The annual “holiday” has outperformed both Black Friday and Cyber Monday in years past, but not every Prime Day deal is actually a bargain. The WIRED Gear team always covers the event to make good deals easier to find—our coverage is unique in that we only …
Read More »Australian IT Spending to Surge in 2025: Cybersecurity & AI Focus
New Gartner forecasting suggests that IT spending in Australia will surge 8.7% to AU$147 billion in 2025. This boost in spending is projected to be driven by a “perfect storm” of interest in AI, ongoing requirements around cyber security, and the need to refresh hardware as Windows 10 goes out of service, Gartner representatives say. Strategic investments in cyber security …
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