Google’s Emoji Kitchen, a feature that allows users to mix and match different emojis to create new combinations, was previously only available on Android devices through the Gboard keyboard. However, it is now accessible on any device through Google search. This means that users can now create unique and personalized emojis by combining different emojis … Read more
Microsoft recently updated its official support page to highlight the end of support for older versions of Windows, such as Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. The page now focuses on Windows 10, which will reach end of life in October 2025. Users are encouraged to upgrade to Windows 11 for continued support and security updates. … Read more
Russia has reportedly moved some combat forces from Africa to help with its latest offensive operations in northeastern Ukraine, as per Western intelligence sources. The African Corps, a military formation created by the Russian defense ministry last year, consists of over 2,000 soldiers, officers, and mercenaries with past ties to the Wagner Group. These units … Read more
Microsoft has announced the commencement of WHCP hardware certification for the upcoming Windows feature update, version 24H2. This certification process ensures that the system requirements for Windows 11 24H2, including supported CPUs, are maintained by hardware partners such as AMD and Intel. Old processors without PopCnt and SSE4.2 instructions will not be eligible for Windows … Read more
Intel engineers recently launched the Intel NPU Acceleration Library v1.1, a Python library designed to work with Intel’s Neural Processing Unit (NPU) in the new Core Ultra (Meteor Lake) processors. This library simplifies interfacing with the Intel VPU/NPU kernel driver and allows for accelerated AI operations. The latest version of the Intel NPU Acceleration Library, … Read more
Google has partnered with Japanese renewable energy providers to construct solar farms that will exclusively supply electricity to the company’s data centers in Japan. This agreement, which involves corporate power purchase agreements with Clean Energy Connect (CEC) and Shizen Energy, represents Google’s first foray into such contracts within Japan. By partnering with these renewable energy … Read more
The Minisforum AtomMan X7 Ti was put to the test by Notebookcheck, featuring an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor, 32 GB of RAM, and 1,024 GB of SSD storage. This compact yet powerful mini PC showed impressive performance during the review. Measuring in at a small size, the Minisforum AtomMan X7 Ti delivers big … Read more
Intel has made the decision to remove support for Xeon Phi in the upcoming LLVM/Clang 19 compiler release, following the deprecation of support in LLVM/Clang 18 earlier this year. This move mirrors GCC’s decision to deprecate and then remove Xeon Phi support in their recent releases as well. The removal of support for Xeon Phi … Read more
Microsoft has recently unveiled a new laptop slate called Copilot+ PC, powered by an Arm-based Snapdragon chip. Despite these chips not using Intel or AMD architecture, Microsoft claims that the laptops offer improved compatibility with Windows games and applications. To help users determine if their favorite games run on these new laptops, a new website … Read more
Meta’s Chief Technology Officer Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth expressed interest in having Discord integration into the Quest in the future, depending on Discord’s willingness. The lack of certain popular services on the Quest platform, such as Spotify, Google Chrome, and TikTok, has been noted. While some services can be accessed through SideQuest or web browsers, the … Read more