The deactivation of codec hardware by OEMs also comes as associated costs for the international video compression standard will increase in January, as indicated by license manager Access Advance. announced in July. By a breakdown of the administration of the patent pool VIA Licensing AllianceRoyalty rates for HEVC for over 100,001 units are increasing from…
Best Buy has some new deals on Apple’s M4 MacBook Air this week, including an all-time lowest price match on the laptop, plus a free $25 Best Buy gift card with purchase. You can get the 13-inch, 256GB model for $749.00below $999.00, as well as discounts on all other 13-inch models. Note: MacRumors is a…
Enshittification is an unavoidable fact of life. Once great apps and services fail in the constant need to maximize shareholder profits, which comes at the cost of user experience. Very few apps escape the march of enshittification, but there are some that have gotten significantly worse this year. reddit Reddit has had a lot of…
Over the past decade, progress in artificial intelligence has been measured by scale: larger models, larger data sets, and more computing. That approach produced striking advances in large language models (LLM); YoIn just five years, AI has jumped from models like GPT-2, which could hardly imitate coherence, to systems like GPT-5 that can reason and…
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Stardust Solutions believes that it can solve climate change—for a price. The Israel-based geoengineering startup has said it expects nations will soon pay it more than a billion dollars a year to launch specially equipped aircraft into the stratosphere. Once they’ve reached the necessary altitude, those planes will disperse particles engineered to reflect away enough…
Electronic waste has become a global problem. Unfortunately, most discarded used technology, known as e-waste, is landfilled or processed under unsafe conditions. Around 78% of electronic products are not recycled properly and the pile of trash continues to grow. In 2024, the world will produce 1.22 billion smartphones. If we add this to the billions…
Aqara’s extended holiday sales event will allow Apple Home users to revamp their security with up to 48% off smart locks and cameras, including the popular Smart Lock U100 and the affordable Doorbell Camera Hub G410. Aqara holiday deals can make gift-giving easier. Image source: Aqara Get started on your new smart home or upgrade…
For the first time, YouTube is offering A complete summary showing the entire year of viewing in one place. Previously focused only on music and games, the feature now covers your entire viewing history and presents it through small cards that show your interests and top creators. It is available in India and will be…
Pixel Camera 10.2 update is now available Contrary to what was initially said, it doesn’t seem like much has changed. The Pixel 10 uses the camera app slightly differently The main reason many people choose one of the best Pixel phones is to take advantage of the photo-taking capabilities, something these phones are famous for,…