Enlarge / We’re not sure why Chromium-based Edge’s branding seems so thoroughly wet. Microsoft This week, Microsoft announced several more features trickling down to Edge Stable from its Beta insider channel. These features include Startup Boost, Sleeping Tabs, Vertical Tabs, and a more navigable History dialog. The company also announced some welcome interface tweaks to Bing—which […]
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Nvidia’s resizable BAR explained: What is it and how can you get a gaming boost?
Laptops and desktops running Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3000 graphics just got a new feature this year called resizable BAR (base address registers). The feature arrived with the debut of the GeForce RTX 3060, and through software drivers coming in March, it will work across Nvidia’s line of 3000 series GPUs on desktop and mobile. For […]
Amazon’s cloud-computing outage on Wednesday was triggered by effort to boost system’s capacity
SEATTLE — The addition of new servers to Amazon’s dominant cloud-computing network triggered a cascading set of errors that took down large swaths of the Web on Wednesday, the company acknowledged. Amazon said in a lengthy and technical blog post Saturday morning that a massive computing network in Northern Virginia began to fail after it […]
ProBeat: PayPal will boost cryptocurrencies while undermining their ethos
The audio problem Learn how new cloud-based API solutions are solving imperfect, frustrating audio in video conferences. Access here PayPal is joining the cryptocurrency market “in the coming weeks.” The digital wallet company will let U.S. customers buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin directly in their account. In early 2021, PayPal […]
Verizon “nationwide” 5G ready for iPhone 12—don’t expect a big speed boost
Enlarge / Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg at Apple’s iPhone 12 event. Apple Verizon today announced “nationwide” 5G coverage along with support for the new 5G-enabled iPhones. But for most consumers, Verizon’s 5G upgrade won’t make much of a difference. The newly enabled 5G runs on the same spectrum bands used by Verizon for 4G, so […]
Facebook gamifies data collection to boost conversational AI
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Facebook once piloted a text-based fantasy role-playing game to improve the conversational models powering things like its chatbots and smart speakers. In a preprint paper, researchers at the company describe a game that iterates between collecting data and retraining models on the collected data, with […]
Can this high-intensity interval bike boost your workout?
Exercise bikes have long been a favourite piece of equipment for exercising but now they are becoming hi-tech. BBC Click’s Lara Lewington put the artificial intelligence bike, CAR.O.L to the test. The bike makes use of high-intensity interval training (HIIT), based around the concept that two 20-second sprints within an eight-minute gentle cycle are just […]