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Taiwan’s titans bullish on challengers to x86 in the datacenter and beyond

Computex Taiwan’s annual Computex exhibition grew up as the world’s premier forum for everything to do with PCs, and later became a celebration of the island’s outsized role in the ecosystem. The territory’s tech industry has diversified since, and has added outsized influence on enterprise hardware and semiconductors. But the event’s show floor nonetheless remains…

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Binance Australia’s Fiat Ramp Closure Triggers $5K Discount on Bitcoin Prices

Binance Australia offers a discount of $5,000 on Bitcoin sales via the country’s fiat currency. Currently, the trading price of Bitcoin is $22,000 for traders engaging on the exchange with Australian dollars. Crypto traders are rushing to cash out their holdings in Australian dollars and partake in the price drop for BTC trades. The sudden move is…

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Nest Wifi Pro vs. Eero Pro 6E: Which Wi-Fi 6E Mesh Router Is Best?

Why You Can Trust CNET Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. How we test routers Upgrading to a mesh router that uses multiple devices to relay a better Wi-Fi signal throughout your home…

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The Download: how to talk about AI, and Montana’s TikTok ban

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How to talk about AI (even if you don’t know much about it) Everyone is talking about AI, it seems. But if you feel overwhelmed or uncertain about what the hell people are…

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20 awesome new Windows 11 features coming to your PC

Trying to keep up with all of the latest Windows 11 features can be confusing, especially during the Microsoft Build rush in May when Microsoft releases new features, then announces others. This year was no different, with Microsoft unleashing a torrent of new Windows 11 features ranging from practical to fantastical. But what’s coming, and…

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What I use to measure device power consumption (and what you should use instead)

The Hopi HP-9800 power meter. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETAs part of my work, I test a lot of devices that are mains-powered (or wall-powered), and one of the tests I carry out is power consumption. I’ve had a lot of questions about the devices I use for this task, so here I’ll outline the tools I use,…

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Two years in, Bose’s first CMO outlines his plan for the brand

CMOs don’t have the best reputation in the boardroom. Bose’s top marketer seems to have bucked the trend. Maybe it’s because there was a clear need for one back in 2021 when the role was created for the first time in the brand’s 60-year history. Or perhaps, it’s because Bose’s CEO Lila Snyder, pushed for it…

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Qualcomm imagines constellation of Snapdragons sharing AI workloads

Computex Qualcomm has used its Computex keynote to pitch the ubiquity of its Snapdragon platform as its challenge to x86 CPUs as the engine of PCs – by enabling more efficient AI through offloading workloads to a constellation of devices. Senior veep and general manager for mobile, compute, and XR Alex Katouzian opened with a…

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Driving secure-by-design principles

Errors can and will occur in code – the key is to minimise the impact and ensure you streamline remediation By Cliff Saran, Managing Editor Published: 29 May 2023 It is largely recognised among the IT security community that there is a direct correlation between the quality of code – as a percentage of coding…

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Scape Principals Team With APG, Bouwinvest for $980M Aussie BTR Venture

Scape has been moving beyond its student housing roots with projects like Scape Living Aurora in Melbourne The principals of Scape Australia, Stephen Gaitanos and Craig Carracher, have formed a A$1.5 billion ($980 million) partnership with Dutch fund managers APG and Bouwinvest to develop and acquire assets in the emerging build-to-rent sector Down Under. The…