South Korean memory chips lift national exports in January for a strong start to 2024

South Korean memory chips lift national exports in January for a strong start to 2024

South Korean exports maintained growth momentum in January in a positive start to 2024, as demand for semiconductors continued to improve. Shipments adjusted for working-day differences increased 5.7 per cent from a year earlier, according to data released Thursday by the customs office. Headline exports rose 18 per cent, compared with economists’ forecasts for a … Read more

How to change your mouse cursor in Windows

How to change your mouse cursor in Windows

You can change your mouse cursor in Windows to create a new aesthetic, have a more visible pointer, or make it more colorful to pop on certain backgrounds. In other words, changing your mouse cursor pointer is equally important for visual style and accessibility. Making your mouse cursor bigger and green makes it easier to … Read more

Apple’s Vision Pro to get Microsoft 365 apps at launch

Apple’s Vision Pro to get Microsoft 365 apps at launch

Microsoft Apple’s Vision Pro is just a couple of days from landing on people’s heads, with many speculating as to how much of a success — or not — the tech giant can make of its most important product launch in years. A key factor is expected to be the level of interest that developers … Read more

Qualcomm (QCOM) earnings report Q1 2024

Qualcomm (QCOM) earnings report Q1 2024

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon responds to a question during a keynote conversation at CES 2024, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 10, 2024. Steve Marcus | Reuters Qualcomm reported fiscal first-quarter results on Wednesday that topped analysts’ estimates as sales of handset chips jumped 16% from a year earlier. … Read more

ByteDance CEO berates staff for reacting too slowly to ChatGPT, new tech trends

ByteDance CEO berates staff for reacting too slowly to ChatGPT, new tech trends

The chief executive of ByteDance, owner of TikTok and its mainland sibling Douyin, berated employees for “not being sensitive enough” to the emergence of new technologies such as ChatGPT. In an internal meeting on Tuesday, CEO Liang Rubo said staff only began discussing ChatGPT in 2023, according to excerpts of his speech published by ByteDance … Read more

Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max review: delivering the goods

Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max review: delivering the goods

Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M3 Max) MSRP $1,999.00 “The MacBook Pro’s upgrade to the M3 Max ensures that it remains the best in class.” Pros Space Black is the new king GPU performance gets big upgrade XDR display is even brighter Speakers are fantastic Decent webcam Cons Storage and RAM is soldered on M3 model … Read more

How to remove Meta Quest 3’s facial interface and clean it

How to remove Meta Quest 3’s facial interface and clean it

Meta The Meta Quest 3 is an exceptional VR platform that can provide thousands of hours’ worth of fun in games and virtual spaces, and it’s easy to lose track of time when you’re having such a great experience. However, wearing the headset on your face for so many hours leads to a bit of … Read more

CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media firms testify at hearing on child safety

CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media firms testify at hearing on child safety

Mark Zuckerberg, Linda Yaccarino, Evan Spiegel and other leading social media executives are facing a grilling from lawmakers concerned about child exploitation and safety on their services. The three CEOs—who lead Meta, X (formerly known as Twitter) and Snap, respectively—are in Washington on Wednesday alongside TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and Discord CEO Jason Citron, … Read more

Chinese selfie apps giant Meitu sees profits triple in 2023 on back of new generative AI-powered tools

Chinese selfie apps giant Meitu sees profits triple in 2023 on back of new generative AI-powered tools

Chinese selfie apps giant Meitu said new image-and-video-editing tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) helped the company triple its profits last year, in stark contrast to how many other firms struggle to monetise the technology through their own generative AI initiatives. Citing its preliminary assessment of unaudited accounts, Hong Kong-listed Meitu estimated net profit last … Read more

This HP gaming laptop with an RTX 4070 is $450 off right now

This HP gaming laptop with an RTX 4070 is 0 off right now

HP HP’s Winter Savings Blowout is giving gamers the chance to buy the HP Omen 16 gaming laptop with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card for a much cheaper price. From $1,800 originally, the machine will be yours for $1,350, for savings of $450 that you can spend on video games and accessories. The … Read more