First M5 Max Benchmarks Reveal Fastest Apple CPU Yet
iclarified - The first Geekbench 6 scores for Apple's newly announced M5 Max chip have appeared online, offering an early look at the performance of the company's latest high-end laptop processor.Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Email…
- Architecture & other chips — A18 Pro, on-chip memory questions explored (3)
- M5 MacBook Air gains — noticeable speed boost for everyday users (4)
- M5 Max benchmarks — Apple's M5 Max smokes rivals (3)
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Architecture & other chips — A18 Pro, on-chip memory questions explored
M5 MacBook Air gains — noticeable speed boost for everyday users
M5 Max benchmarks — Apple's M5 Max smokes rivals
OTHER — Unrelated industry news
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The next Xbox is codenamed Project Helix, and yes, it’ll play PC games
Adam Vjestica / theshortcut - Microsoft has given us our first look at the new Xbox console
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MacBook Neo Performs Equal To The iPhone 16 Pro In New Benchmark, Binned A18 Pro Gets A Negligible Penalty In GPU Test
Omar Sohail / wccftech - The A18 Pro found in the newly announced MacBook Neo is slightly different from the silicon powering the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, as Apple has resorted to chip-binning, giving a 5-core GPU to the portable Mac, while its older-generation flagsh…
- Apple courts Windows switchers, expanding down-market with Neo (6)
- Benchmarks: Neo's A18 Pro rivals iPhone chips and older Airs (6)
- Demand: pre-orders selling out, shipping delays, and launch discounts (4)
- Hands-on reviews: design trade-offs, missing features, and verdicts (10)
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Apple courts Windows switchers, expanding down-market with Neo
Benchmarks: Neo's A18 Pro rivals iPhone chips and older Airs
Demand: pre-orders selling out, shipping delays, and launch discounts
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Tens of thousands report Amazon outages
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - If you’ve been having issues with Amazon right now, you’re not alone. Since around 2:30 p.m. ET, more than 20,000 people reported outages on Downdetector. On the site, some people report being unable to sign in or view the correct prices, while others say…
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Teases Project Helix, the Next-Gen Xbox, Promises it Will “Lead in Performance and Play Your Xbox and PC Games”
David Carcasole / wccftech - Asha Sharma, the recently installed chief executive officer of Microsoft Gaming and the new head of Xbox following Phil Spencer's retirement, has just teased the next-generation Xbox console in a post on her personal X (formerly Twitter) account, which we…
- Analysis: Project Helix may blur console and PC ecosystems (6)
- Community buzz: Reddit and social posts react to Project Helix (3)
- On-site: Microsoft teases Project Helix playing Xbox and PC games (9)
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Analysis: Project Helix may blur console and PC ecosystems
Community buzz: Reddit and social posts react to Project Helix
On-site: Microsoft teases Project Helix playing Xbox and PC games
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Apple M5 chips introduce a new "super core" tier in its CPU design
techspot - On the surface, the change might look like semantics. But it reflects a broader evolution inside Apple Silicon that moves beyond the traditional mobile-processor model where "big" cores handle demanding work and "little" cores handle background tasks for …
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Google Now Shows You Which Android Apps Will Drain Your Battery
bgr - Google has revealed it will be changing how it notifies users about apps, and will now clearly identify apps that are using more of your battery than normal.
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 With 9 GB GDDR7 Memory Rumored To Debut At Computex
Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - The "upgraded" GeForce RTX 5050 is expected to arrive in June this year at the Computex event. NVIDIA Will Reportedly Debut its 9 GB RTX 5050 GPU at Computex; Same GPU, but Newer GDDR7 Memory With an Additional Gigabyte of VRAM Instead of increasing the V…
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MacBook Neo launches: Apple’s $599 laptop runs on iPhone 16 Pro chip
Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Apple this week introduced multiple new products including a budget-friendly iPhone, updated iPads, new MacBooks, and display units. The announcements span multiple product lines, indicating Apple’s strategy to refresh its consumer and professional device…
- Display limits: Neo outputs only 4K to Studio Displays (2)
- Hardware controversy: A18 Pro packaging caps RAM at 8GB (2)
- Launch roundup: Neo's debut, market impact, and missing products (6)
- Pricing and promos: EU surcharges, charger removal, preorder deals (5)
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Display limits: Neo outputs only 4K to Studio Displays
Hardware controversy: A18 Pro packaging caps RAM at 8GB
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Pixel 10a Hands-On: Why This $679 Phone is a Problem for the iPhone 17e
Gary Ng / iphoneincanada - We’ve been going hands-on with the Google Pixel 10a (in the Fog colourway with matching case) for less than a week and here’s a short review of our brief time with this phone. It’s basically like the Pixel 9a, but with a flush camera bump. I’ve been reall…
- Hands-on: Pixel 10a courts iPhone switchers with pragmatic features (5)
- On the ground: Pixel 10a feels like last year's phone (5)
- On the ground: Pixel 10a is best bang for $500 (4)
Hands-on: Pixel 10a courts iPhone switchers with pragmatic features
On the ground: Pixel 10a feels like last year's phone
On the ground: Pixel 10a is best bang for $500
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Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max with 18-core CPU, up to 40-core GPU, and 4x AI performance
Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has announced M5 Pro and M5 Max, its most advanced chips yet for the MacBook Pro. Built on a new Apple designed Fusion Architecture, the chips focus heavily on AI compute, graphics performance, and higher unified memory bandwidth for...Read more at …
- Hands‑on: performance impressions of M5 Air and M5 Pro (3)
- Inside Apple’s M5: Fusion architecture and AI power (3)
- New MacBooks unveiled: storage, Wi‑Fi 7, and memory options (3)
- Retail rush and market reaction: preorders, deals, stock slide (4)
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Hands‑on: performance impressions of M5 Air and M5 Pro
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New MacBooks unveiled: storage, Wi‑Fi 7, and memory options
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Apple unveils updated Studio Display and new Studio Display XDR with mini-LED and 120Hz
techspot - The new Apple Studio Display, succeeding 2022's alternative to the original Pro Display XDR, maintains its predecessor's 27-inch 5K (5,120 x 2,880) screen but enhances its speakers and the 12MP Center Stage camera's microphones. Meanwhile, the new Studio …
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Accenture Acquires Ookla, Downdetector As Part of $1.2 Billion Deal
BeauHD / slashdot - Accenture is acquiring Downdetector parent company Ookla from Ziff Davis in a $1.2 billion deal to bolster its network analytics and visibility tools for telecoms, hyperscalers, and enterprises. "The deal, which will transfer all of Ziff Davis's Connectiv…
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OpenAI Ships GPT-5.3 Instant With 27% Fewer Hallucinations and a Less Preachy Tone
Marcus Schuler / implicator - GPT-5.3 Instant rolls out to all ChatGPT users with up to 26.8% fewer hallucinations, reduced refusals, and a less defensive tone.
- On site: model sheds 'cringe', curbs caveats and moralizing (4)
- On the ground: GPT‑5.3 Instant rolls out with core improvements (5)
- Other: comments, product pages, and everyday‑usability notes (2)
- Reporter: improved web search and better web-sourced answers (2)
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On site: model sheds 'cringe', curbs caveats and moralizing
On the ground: GPT‑5.3 Instant rolls out with core improvements
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Google Chrome shifts to two-week release cycle for increased stability
Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - Google Chrome will shift from a four-week to a two-week release cycle to roll out new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements more frequently. [...]
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Apple (AAPL) Stock: New MacBook Air M5 Debuts With 512GB Base Storage at $1,099
Trader Edge / parameter - Apple (AAPL) launches MacBook Air M5 at $1,099 with 512GB storage, 4x faster AI performance, Wi-Fi 7, and availability starting March 11. Pre-orders open March 4.The post Apple (AAPL) Stock: New MacBook Air M5 Debuts With 512GB Base Storage at $1,099 appe…
- Apple unveils M5 MacBook Air: faster chip, 512GB, Wi‑Fi 7 (17)
- Price pain: MacBook Air base price rises, global market reaction (7)
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Apple unveils M5 MacBook Air: faster chip, 512GB, Wi‑Fi 7
Price pain: MacBook Air base price rises, global market reaction
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MacBook Pro jumps to M5 Pro and Max silicon, faster storage, and higher prices
digitaltrends - Apple has updated the 14 inch and 16 inch MacBook Pro with its new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, delivering faster CPU and GPU performance, improved AI acceleration, quicker SSD speeds, and support for Wi Fi 7 and Thunderbolt 5, though the upgrades come with h…
- Fusion Architecture & Core Design: Apple fuses two dies for AI-focused M5 chips (14)
- MacBook Pro Refresh & Hardware: On stage: MacBook Pros gain M5 chips, faster SSDs, Wi‑Fi7 (17)
- OTHER: Unrelated deep-dive — SSD review and peripheral coverage (1)
- Pricing, Storage & Availability: Higher prices, 1TB base storage, RAM shortages bite (12)
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Fusion Architecture & Core Design: Apple fuses two dies for AI-focused M5 chips
MacBook Pro Refresh & Hardware: On stage: MacBook Pros gain M5 chips, faster SSDs, Wi‑Fi7
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Apple unveils new iPad Air with M4 chip
Wayne Williams / betanews - Apple has introduced a new iPad Air powered by its M4 silicon. It raises unified memory to 12GB, adds Wi-Fi 7 and updated cellular hardware, and keeps the same $599 starting price. The upgrade increases performance over the previous M1 and M3 models, whil…
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Hands on: Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro is the closest you can get to an iPad Pro on Android
mashable - Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro is a dead ringer for Apple's iPad Pro, and that includes the accessories.
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FSR 4-Derived New PSSR for PS5 Pro Unveiled; Resident Evil Requiem Is the First Game to Get It
Alessio Palumbo / wccftech - Sony has just announced that the highly anticipated new version of the PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) upscaler for PlayStation 5 Pro is ready and will roll out next month, with CAPCOM's Resident Evil Requiem (out today and already doing well…
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