Apple's MacBook Neo has two USB-C ports with different specs: one is USB-C 3 with up to 10 Gb/s transfer speeds, and the other is USB-C 2, limited to 480 Mb/s
what are the trade-offs?Zac Hall /9to5Mac:MacBook Neo will warn you if you plug a display into the wrong USB-C portJuli Clover /MacRumors:MacBook Neo Can Only Drive One External Display at 4K 60HzRaja...
Apple's MacBook Neo has two USB-C ports with different specs: one is USB-C 3 with up to 10 Gb/s transfer speeds, and the other is USB-C 2, limited to 480 Mb/s
but limitations abound. Most egregious is the two USB-C ports, as reported by MacRumors, are USB 3.0 (10 Gbps), and USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). Both support charging, but only the USB 3.0 port supports Displa...
Google launches Gemini 3 Pro Image, aka Nano Banana Pro, with more control, improved text rendering, and enhanced world knowledge, for free in the Gemini app
except when it gaslit me Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica : Google's new Nano Banana Pro uses Gemini 3 power to generate more realistic AI images Robert Hart / The Verge : Google's new AI image creator too...
Canva launches a foundational design model that generates editable layered designs, expands Canva AI, makes Affinity free for all users, and more
Here's what all this means for creators Jess Weatherbed / The Verge : Affinity's new design platform combines everything into one app Ronil Thakkar / KnowTechie : Canva wants to be your all-in-one cre...
Signal announces a backup feature that includes 100MB of storage for texts and the past 45 days' worth of media for free, or 100GB of storage for $1.99/month
Location of your choosing is coming later. As well as cross-platform support. — signal.org/blog/introdu... Meredith Whittaker / @meredithmeredith : *For Android beta users. Soon, for everyone ❤️ F...
Google announces Gemma 3 270M, a compact model designed for task-specific fine-tuning with strong capabilities in instruction following and text structuring
ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/c... Tim Duffy / @timfduffy.com : Google just released a 270M parameter Gemma model. As a tiny model lover I'm excited. Models in this size class are usually barely coherent...
MediaTek unveils its 3nm Dimensity 9400 mobile SoC, featuring a CPU with eight “Big” cores and its eighth-gen NPU, claiming “80% faster LLM prompt performance”
chip reportedly ready for tape-out this month MediaTek : MediaTek Dimensity 9400 — Power. To The Core — Delivering next-gen in all areas … Pranav Dixit / Business Today : MediaTek unveils Dimensi...
Anthropic announces Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, aiming to reduce AI model hallucinations; Opus and Sonnet are available now, and Haiku in the coming weeks
Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3 Sonnet, and Claude 3 Haiku—set new industry benchmarks across reasoning, math, coding, multilingual understanding, and vision. [image] Flo Crivello / @altimor : Claude v3's sco...
SpaceX launches its first six Starlink satellites capable of offering mobile phone service as part of its Direct to Cell service in partnership with T-Mobile US
On Tuesday, January 2 at 7:44 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites … T-Mobile : First SpaceX Satellites Launch for Breakthrough Direct to Cell Service with T-Mobile Jean-Pierre Joosting /...
Mastodon releases Mastodon 4.2, which makes it easier for users to get started, use its network even when logged out, more easily search for content, and more
As Mastodon continues to grow, we'd like to make sure we're doing … Simon Sharwood / The Register : Mastodon makes a major move amid Musk's multiple messes Threads: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Com...