Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy S24 smartphones during a media preview event in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Samsung, the world’s most prolific smartphone maker, is leaning into artificial intelligence as the key to unlocking greater sales this year. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Baidu … Read more
While the win was regarded as strong proof of Korea’s status as a global esports powerhouse, LCK league seems to be getting off on the wrong foot in 2024. Chinese teams dominate in esports matches at Asian Games despite Beijing’s harsh policies As LCK kicked off its spring season last week, Huya, a video game … Read more
A person wearing the Apple Vision Pro overlaid on a screenshot of Half-Life: Alyx. Apple/Valve The Apple Vision Pro is best described as a spatial computer, but it’s also a VR headset with great mixed-reality capabilities. That means that, yes, it should be capable of immersing you in some really fun VR games, and at … Read more
Apple Apple gave the Vision Pro headset incredible clarity. We know this even before the release date because a few people have received an invitation from Apple to try the Vision Pro for a brief time. In a few more days, the Vision Pro will launch more widely, so you can make an appointment at … Read more
Thierry Breton, France’s European Union commissioner for internal market and consumer protection, industry, research and energy. JOHN THYS Apple faces strong action if changes to its App Store do not meet incoming European Union regulations, the bloc’s industry chief said on Friday. In a move designed to comply with the EU’s incoming Digital Markets Act … Read more
An Apple veteran who led work on home devices and helped start efforts to develop an electric vehicle is leaving for Rivian Automotive, marking yet another senior departure for the iPhone maker. DJ Novotney, a vice-president of hardware engineering, informed colleagues Friday of his exit, according to people with knowledge of the matter. He will … Read more
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends AMD’s new RX 7600 XT graphics card isn’t off to a great start, at least according to sales data shared by 3DCenter. The new video card launched on Wednesday alongside Nvidia’s RTX 4070 Ti Super, and even with a relatively poor reception, Nvidia sold nearly 10 times as many graphics … Read more
Luke Larsen / Digital Trends There’s been a lot of talk about why PCs are about to make a comeback this year. Will it be AI that will boost PC sales? What about a big update to Windows? Maybe, maybe not. All I know is there are some exciting laptops that get me pumped to … Read more
A form of cybercrime called “financial sextortion” is rapidly rising in North America and Australia, with a major portion driven by a non-organized cybercriminal group in West Africa who call themselves “Yahoo Boys,” according to a new study from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI). Sextortion is “a crime that involves adults coercing kids and teens into … Read more
Ant Group, the Chinese fintech giant affiliated with Alibaba Group Holding, has set up a new artificial intelligence (AI) unit led by a former engineer at Google, demonstrating its ambitions in applying the fast-developing technology to its expanding business. The new unit – called NextEvo and headed by Xu Peng, a vice-president of engineering at … Read more
