Nokian unveils winter tire with retractable studs powered purely by material science
The tire's innovation lies in its material science. Studded tires have been around for generations, prized for their ability to grip frozen pavement. But they've always come with a tradeoff: noisy rides and road damage when the studs grind against asphalt on warmer days.
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Diamond-cooled AMD Instinct MI350X servers get major $300 million customer
The buyer hasn't been named, but reports says the order came from an undisclosed US-based customer, likely a tech firm or data center operator.
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Apple unveils updated Studio Display and new Studio Display XDR with mini-LED and 120Hz
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 Display XDR drops the "Pro" moniker along with its 32-inch 6K screen,...
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Speedtest and Downdetector sold to Accenture as part of $1.2 billion deal
The deal, which includes Ekahau and RootMetrics and all of their assets, comes more than a decade after Ziff Davis bought Ookla for $15 million in 2014 – it bought RootMetrics in 2016.
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Apple accidentally reveals "MacBook Neo," the long-rumored low-cost MacBook
The document itself offered no technical specifications or images, but the appearance of the term "MacBook Neo" has intensified speculation around Apple's long-rumored plan to release a lower-cost MacBook.
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Leaked government-grade iPhone hacking tools now used to steal crypto and data from users
According to new technical analyses from Google and mobile security firm iVerify, Coruna's technical core comprises five complete exploit chains and 23 distinct iOS vulnerabilities that bypass most of the major software defenses Apple has shipped in versions 13 through 17.2.1, effectively turning a web page into a silent infection...
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South Korea's tax office lost millions in crypto after accidentally posting the wallet's master key
South Korean authorities made a serious blunder as they sought to showcase their crackdown on online fraud and cybercrime. According to local reports, Seoul's National Tax Service (NTS) released a press statement detailing an on-site investigation targeting 124 high-profile tax fraud suspects. In the process, it also published a photo...
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Apple announces updated MacBooks with M5 Pro and Max chips
The new MacBook Pro will be offered in 14-inch and 16-inch configurations, both featuring Liquid Retina XDR displays with up to 1600 nits of peak HDR brightness. Storage capacity starts at 1 TB for the M5 Pro model and 2 TB for the M5 Max variant.
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A rewritable hard drive made of DNA? Researchers say it's possible
According to Li-Qun Gu, DNA is an extremely compact, stable package of information. Natural DNA strands encode the biological blueprints of all life on Earth but Mizzou researchers are exploring ways to repurpose molecular biology as a digital storage medium.
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Jolla Sailfish pitches a "European phone" for users wary of Google and Apple
Jolla's return to the smartphone market follows a turbulent decade during which the company nearly collapsed, pivoted to licensing its Sailfish OS platform, severed business ties with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, and later reorganized under the new corporate structure Jollyboys. The reset produced a device assembled in Salo,...
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