Here is collection of some predictions for year 2023. This is a collection of links to prediction articles followed by a short quote or quotes of what I see the main points in them.
Ennuste vuodelle 2023: Ongelmat helpottavat
“After a couple of exceptional years, the electronics market, challenged by the pandemic and pent-up demand, has signs of a calmer ride on the horizon. Mouser’s Mark Burr-Lonnon predicts slower, but more predictable growth”
“According to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics, the global semiconductor market will grow by 13.9 percent in 2022 and continue to grow by 4.6 percent in 2023. While these statistics show that global demand for semiconductors is slowing, they still show steady growth in all key regions of the world as the electronics industry begins to settle into a more manageable state of equilibrium.”
AMD, Intel, and Nvidia Reportedly Slash Orders with TSMC
“Large customers revise orders to TSMC due to the economy slowdown.”
“According to the report, virtually all TSMC clients will experience a downturn and have to cut orders, so TSMC’s utilization will decline significantly in Q1 2023. For example, the utilization rate of TSMC’s N7-capable lines (7nm, 6nm-class technologies) will decline to around 50% in early 2023. Furthermore, even TSMC’s N5/N4-capable lines will be underutilized”
Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2023
“Big layoffs at Meta, Amazon, Snap and others? A global crypto fraud set in the Bahamas? Elon Musk buying and running Twitter? Look, not even Nostradamus could have seen all that coming.”
“The Metaverse, Now More Than Just Meta. For the last two years, we’ve said this is the year for virtual and augmented reality. But in 2023 we’re confident: headsets that give you a choice of VR (where you’re in a virtual world) and AR (where the virtual is overlaid in your real world) are coming. And they won’t just be from Meta, current holder of 90% of the VR market, according to research firm IDC.”
“Tech companies and their investors are grappling with the industry’s biggest downturn since at least 2008. The result is layoffs and hiring freezes at companies large and small. The PC and chip industries in particular have been clobbered by the biggest drop in sales in more than two decades. And while many survivors of past tech downturns preach that cuts should be deep, fast and early, it appears that the pain for tech workers will continue into 2023.”
“Account moochers, beware: The Netflix password crackdown is coming in early 2023. Netflix is the first streamer with an enforcement policy.”
“China and the U.S. are so interdependent—for manufacturing of smartphones and other electronics, for EV batteries and solar panels, for raw materials and intellectual property—it seems impossible they could go their separate ways with their own parallel supply chains and production bases. Yet it’s happening.”
“Artificial Intelligence Finds Real Use”
“Smart Home Gets Easier-ish”
“European Union legislation is changing Apple’s smartphones.”
Digipelaaminen ja e-pelimediat entistä suositumpia – kännykkäpelaaminen ei kasva enää
“Digital gaming and the consumption of game-related media content is increasingly popular, according to the Gamer Barometer 2022 study conducted at the University of Tampere. An increasing proportion of Finns play digital games at least occasionally, but the number of active mobile players is no longer growing at the previous pace.
Active mobile gaming has for the first time in the history of Gamer Barometers turned into a slight decrease, but still 59 percent of Finns still occasionally play mobile games.”
Xiaomin uusin sisältää tekniikkaa, jota ei ole vielä edes standardoitu
“Wi-Fi 7 support is of course interesting, when the IEEE standard is apparently not being completed until around 2024. Next year, however, a number of Wi-Fi 7-compatible smartphones will be introduced to the market. Xiaomi’s 13 Pro will probably be the first of them. Its arrival in Finland and prices will be revealed later.”
The tech IPO market collapsed in 2022, and next year doesn’t look much better
3 views: Predicting 2023’s key startup themes
“Anna Heim: The rise of API-first startups will continue in 2023
I am convinced that API-first will be a major trend in 2023, with this approach being both more widespread than it was previously, as well as more successful than less API-heavy options.
That APIs are on the rise isn’t exactly new — but API-first startups are a subgroup in this world, and one that is enjoying tailwinds.”
“The software company Tiobe measures the popularity of programming languages with its famous index, which measures search engine searches. Changes on the list happen slowly, but in December something happened right at the top of the list. C++ became the third most popular language over Java.”
“It’s not a trivial change, as C++ overtook Java for the first time in history. The top of the list is unchanged. Python and C are clearly in a class of their own.”
Sanna Marin: EU:n pitää katkaista teknologinen riippuvuus Kiinasta
“In an interview with Slush CEO Eerika Savolainen, Marin demanded that Europe break its technological dependence on China.
- We cannot depend on China. Economic relations should not be severed, but we cannot be in a position where an authoritarian country operating with a different logic is able to blackmail us, Marin said.
- I am afraid that we will make the same mistake with technology and digitality as with energy. We thought that a close economic relationship would prevent war, but we were wrong.”
Kyberturvan ammattilaisista on huutava pula
“There is an acute shortage of cyber security professionals. There is an estimated global shortage of three million professionals.”
Innovators 2023
These are some of the innovators and leaders in the electronics technology space.
Ennuste vuodelle 2023: Ongelmat helpottavat
“the demand for smarter and more networked products and systems has also spread to business-to-business sectors, where digitization and the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution have begun to take over the sector. For example, in manufacturing, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), characterized by interconnected sensors, communication/data transfer, and advanced data analytics, has transformed the efficiency of production processes in the factory. The IIoT depends on highly advanced integrated circuits that provide intelligence for sensing, measurement and monitoring, power management, control and communication.”
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Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:
Sources: President Biden plans to sign an EO in the coming weeks limiting new investments by US businesses in China, focused on chips, AI, and quantum computing
Biden Aims to Unveil China Investment Curbs With G-7 Backing
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-20/biden-to-unveil-china-investment-curbs-before-g7-summit-in-may?leadSource=uverify%20wall
US wants key allies to endorse concept at May summit in Japan
Order will focus on chips, AI, quantum investments in China
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Monica Chin / The Verge:
US PIRG Education Fund: Chromebooks are less sustainable and more costly for schools than other devices due to their short lifespans and lack of repairability
Schools bought millions of Chromebooks in 2020 — and three years later, they’re starting to break
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/21/23691840/us-pirg-education-fund-report-investigation-chromebook-churn
The US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund has found that cheap Chromebooks, due to their short lifespans and lack of repairability, are both less sustainable and more expensive for schools than pricier devices might be.
Back in early 2020, as the covid pandemic drove classrooms online, school districts found themselves needing to bulk purchase affordable laptops that they could send home with their students. Quite a few turned to Chromebooks.
Three years later, the US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund concludes in a new report called Chromebook Churn that many of these batches are already beginning to break. That’s potentially costing districts money; PIRG estimates that “doubling the lifespan of Chromebooks could result in $1.8 billion in savings for taxpayers.” It also creates quite a bit of e-waste.
One of the big problems is repairability. Chromebooks are harder to upgrade and repair, on average, than Windows laptops. That’s in part, the PIRG found, because the replacement parts are much harder to come by — especially for elements like screens, hinges, and keyboards that are particularly vulnerable to the drops, jolts, jostles, and spills that come from school use.
For example, researchers found that nearly half of the replacement keyboards listed for Acer Chromebooks were out of stock online and that over a third cost “$89.99 or more, which is nearly half the cost of a typical $200 Chromebook.” Some IT departments, PIRG reports, have resorted to buying extra batches of Chromebooks just for their components.
“These high costs may make schools reconsider Chromebooks as a cost-saving strategy,” the report reads.
While Google currently guarantees eight years of automatic updates to Chromebooks, that period officially begins when Google certifies a Chromebook — not when a school actually gets that Chromebook in hand, which is a process that can take much longer. By the time a school has successfully purchased, received, set up, and deployed a fleet of student Chromebooks, it’s common for expiration to be “four to five years away,” the report found.
“When the software expires just a few years into a device’s use, schools are left with boxes of computers with working components that end up as electronic waste, and the need to buy even more Chromebooks,” the paper warns.
Those short expiration dates also make it more difficult for schools to resell their devices, meaning that some have to pay even more to recycle them.
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PIRG estimates that “doubling the lifespan of the 31.8 million Chromebooks sold in 2020 could cut emissions by 4.6 million tons CO2e, equivalent to taking 900 thousand cars off the road for a year.”
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Roman Feeser / CBS News:
A look at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Merlin Bird ID app launched in 2014 that can identify 6,000+ bird species on six continents by a picture or by song
Sunday Morning
What’s that bird? Merlin Bird ID app works magic
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/merlin-bird-id-app-cornell-lab-of-ornithology/
Barry said, “The idea for this app came from just wanting to help people answer the simple question, what’s that bird I’m seeing? Because you might be outside, or you look in the backyard and you’re like, Hey, what is that? And we wanted Merlin to be able to give a list of possibilities without having to go back to a field guide, where maybe if you don’t even have a bird book, and if you do have a bird book, there’s all these choices, and you might not even know where to start.
“So, Merlin was all about helping you figure out what’s that bird I’m seeing in a quick and simple way.”
The app allows users to identify birds by a picture, or by songs and calls, and can create a digital scrapbook of the birds you discover.
Originally launched in 2014, early versions of the app could ID 400 North American species. Today, the app (available free for both iPhone and Android) can identify more than 6,000 bird species across six continents.
Apple: Merlin Bird ID runs on iPhones and iPads with iOS 15 or newer, and M1/M2-equipped Apple computers.
Android: Merlin Bird ID runs on devices with Android 6 or newer.
“I found the technology to be really useful,” said Denver amateur birder Vicki Miles. “I was really a novice birder when it came to anything outside of my backyard.
“If you see a small bird with some yellow on it,” she said, “you can narrow it down to five or six possibilities and not have to know whether to look for a warbler or look for a virio or look for a gold finch. Merlin just puts them right in front of you.”
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Uusi elektrolyytti kiinalaisen ihmeakun takana
https://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14869&via=n&datum=2023-04-20_14:57:06&mottagare=30929
Kiinalainen Contemporary Amperex Technology eli CATL on yksi maailman suurimpia sähköautojen akustojen valmistajia. Auta Shanghai -näyttelyssä se esitteli uuden akkutekniikan, joka kaksinkertaistaa nykyisten akkujen energiatiheyden.
Jopa 500 wattituntia yhtä kiloa kohti energiaa varastoiva akku voisi kasvattaa sähköauton kantaman merkittävästi nykyistä suuremmaksi. Puhutaan ainakin tuhannen kilometrin ajomatkasta nykyisiin litiumioniakkuihin verrattuna. Lisäksi CATL uskoo, että tekniikka avaa markkinat sähköiselle lentomatkailulle.
Akun salaisuus on uudessa elektrolyyttimateriaalissa, tarkemmin sen rakenteessa. Yhtiön mukaan elektrolyytti koostuu ”biomimeettisistä” rakenteista, jotka asettunut mikrotasolla itse muotoon, jossa kennojen johtokyky paranee. Lisäksi rakenne parantaa litiumionien kuljetuksen tehokkuutta.
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https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14846-sirujen-tuotantolaitteita-myytiin-ennaetysmaeaerae
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https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14848-vihdoin-haevioettoemaet-langattomat-kuulokkeet-wi-fi-yhteydellae
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https://www.mwrf.com/resources/industry-insights/article/21263050/1nce-2023-when-tech-buzzwords-go-stale?utm_source=RF+MWRF+Today&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS230331054&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.identpull=omeda|7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
A look at “the flattening”: tech companies laying off middle managers to improve efficiency and cut costs after hiring them in droves during the pandemic boom
‘The flattening’: tech sector calls time on middle managers
https://www.ft.com/content/21ccfe54-88f2-4360-a67e-d3fe1e7df1e5
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PC-myynnistä katosi kolmannes tammi-maaliskuussa
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14881-pc-myynnistae-katosi-kolmannes-tammi-maaliskuussa
Takavuosina PC-tietokone oli pitkään koko puolijohdealan kasvun tärkein veturi. Ei ole enää. Vuoden ensimmäisellä neljänneksellä myytiin 56,9 miljoonaa PC-tietokonetta, mikä on lähes 30 prosenttia vähemmän kuin vuotta aikaisemmin.
Viime vuonna PC-myynti kutistui jyrkimmin kuin koskaan aikaisemmin 2000-luvulla. Negatiivinen trendi jatkui viime vuonna. Statistan ja IDC:n tietojen mukaan maailmanlaajuiset PC-toimitukset olivat 80,2 miljoonaa konetta vuoden 2022 ensimmäisellä neljänneksellä eli 4,5 miljoonaa yksikköä vähemmän kuin vuoden 2021 vastaavalla neljänneksellä. Seuraavien kolmen kuukauden aikana maailmanlaajuiset PC-toimitukset putosivat vielä 11 prosenttia 71,3 miljoonaan.
Laskeva käyrä jatkui syksyn ja vuodenvaihteen yli. Tammi-maaliskuun myyntiluvut laskivat vielä 15 prosenttia edellisestä, joten tuloksena oli 56,9 miljoonaa myytyä konetta.
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Tekoäly tulee nyt vauhdilla piirien suunnitteluun
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14883-tekoaely-tulee-nyt-vauhdilla-piirien-suunnitteluun
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Kuka maksaa mobiilivideon siirron kustannukset?
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14884-kuka-maksaa-mobiilivideon-siirron-kustannukset
Tällä hetkellä operaattorin tehtävä on huolehtia siitä, että tilaajat voivat ladata älypuhelimiinsa mobiilivideoita. Mutta pitääkö näiden kustannusten kuulua operaattorille? Tästä on alkamassa laaja keskustelu, jossa kustannuksia halutaan jakaa.
Mobiilioperaattorien MOVIC-komitea järjesti aiemmin tässä kuussa Enean aloitteesta keskustelun, jossa asia nostettiin pöydälle. Mukana oli yli 90 operaattoria ja valmistajaa eri puolilta maailmaa, mukaan lukien Orangen ja Deutsche Telekomin kaltaisia jättioperaattoreita.
Miksi tämä on ongelma? Euroopan komissio on esittänyt “digitaalisen vuosikymmenen” suunnitelmia – suunnitelman ottaa käyttöön gigabit-yhteys kaikille ja varmistaa, että 5G-peitto on saatavilla kaikkialla, mutta kestävällä tavalla, jossa kustannukset ja vastuu jaetaan yhdessä digitaalisen ekosysteemin kesken. Keskustelu oli animoitu, ja Amy Cameron ilmaisi huolensa.
Ongelmaan on esitetty ratkaisuja. Yhdessä mallissa sisällöntuottajat maksaisivat liitäntäverkoista. STL Partnersin tutkimusjohtaja Amy Cameron pitää sitä ongelmallisena. – Mallilla ei saavuteta sitä, mitä haluamme. Pelkään, että sillä voi olla tahattomia seurauksia. Suurilla teknologiajätteillä ei ole vaikeuksia maksaa, mutta pienten startupien kilpailu vaikeutuu.
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GNSS Receivers and Antennas Shrink Size, Power in Positioning Devices
April 22, 2023
The latest generation of GNSS chipsets makes devices smaller and enables longer operational periods with enhanced accuracy.
https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/power/article/21264507/antenova-gnss-receivers-and-antennas-shrink-size-power-in-positioning-devices?utm_source=EG+ED+Analog+%26+Power+Source&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS230419119&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.identpull=omeda|7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
What you’ll learn:
How the power requirements for GNSS receivers are changing.
When GNSS receivers consume power.
How a patch antenna compares with an SMD antenna in a GNSS design.
During 2022, the manufacturers of GNSS receiver modules brought their latest generation of products to market using the latest chipsets, bringing improvements in specifications that can make a real difference in a design. The key criteria for choosing a GNSS module used to be performance, cost-effectiveness, and time-to-first fix (TTFF). The latest GNSS products also offer a smaller footprint, enhanced accuracy, and lower power consumption.
Reducing power consumption is often a game changer. If power consumption is less, a device can run on a smaller battery, so the whole design can shrink down yet have the same battery life.
These changes could trigger something of a revolution in designs for IoT as well as positioning devices and trackers. Foremost, they create interesting opportunities for designers working on smaller designs for battery-powered tracking devices and wearable technology.
How New GNSS Modules Fix Position More Accurately
TTFF is therefore a key metric in GNSS receivers. Most GNSS modules use the combined data from the GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and Baidu constellations simultaneously to obtain greater accuracy and more reliable positioning.
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NFC Chip Enables Battery-Free Locks
April 24, 2023
Infineon’s near-field communication tags use short-range RF technology to empower wireless tagging of consumer products as well as support functionality in IoT devices.
https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/communications/iot/video/21264517/electronic-design-nfc-chip-enables-batteryfree-locks
Infineon Technoiogies’ near-field communication (NFC) tags use short-range RF technology to empower wireless tagging of consumer products as well as support functionality in IoT devices.
Important for the development of passive smart devices that need to operate with high accuracy, efficiency, and design convenience, NFC-based sensing controllers with energy-harvesting capabilities are critical for a wide range of IoT applications. The NGC1081 is a single-chip solution for low-cost, miniaturized, smart edge computing/sensing devices, enabling them to be controlled and powered by mobile phones.
The tag-side controller supports a dual power-supply function, operating in battery-free passive mode using energy harvesting, or in battery-powered mode as a self-contained sensing node using a 3- to 3.3-V external power supply. Its galvanically isolated sensing interface can create innovative sensing use cases that require no batteries with minimal maintenance. It’s based on a low-power Arm Cortex-M0 microcontroller that’s NFC front-end-compliant with the ISO 14443 type-A standard and a motor-control driver that employs an H-bridge circuit with a current drive capability of up to 250 mA.
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https://www.edn.com/arms-prototype-chips-what-it-means-for-the-ic-industry/
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Jo puolet käytetyn puhelimen ostajista valitsee Applen
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14886-jo-puolet-kaeytetyn-puhelimen-ostajista-valitsee-applen
Kännykkämarkkinat eivät oikeastaan enää kasva, mutta käytettyjen puhelimien myynti kyllä. Counterpoint Researchin mukaan käytettyjen puhelimien myynti kasvoi viime vuonna viisi prosenttia. Joka toinen ostetuista puhelimista oli iPhone.
Applen osuus käytettyjen puhelimien markkinoista oli 49 prosenttia. Samsung ylsi 26 prosenttiin. Myydyistä käytetyistä puhelimista 13 prosenttia toimi 5G-verkoissa.
Toisaalta käytettyjen myynti laski 17 prosenttia maailman suurimmilla puhelinmarkkinoilla Kiinassa.
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Victoria Song / The Verge:
Amazon shuts down its health-focused Halo division, discontinues its Halo Band, Halo View, and Halo Rise devices, and plans to lay off portions of the team — Amazon has decided to shutter its health-focused Halo division, The Verge has learned. Amazon has stopped selling its three Halo products …
Amazon shuts down Halo division and discontinues all devices
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/26/23699459/amazon-layoffs-halo-fitness-tracking-sleep-tracking
/ The Halo Band, Halo View, and Halo Rise are no longer available on Amazon.
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Reuters:
Samsung reports Q1 operating profit down 95% YoY to ~$478.6M, its lowest since 2009, revenue down 18% YoY to ~$47.6B, and a ~$3.4B loss for its chip division — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) flagged a gradual recovery for chips in the second half of the year after its semiconductor business reported …
Samsung flags H2 recovery after $3.4 bln chip loss in Q1
https://www.reuters.com/technology/samsung-electronics-reports-95-plunge-first-quarter-profit-2023-04-26/
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) flagged a gradual recovery for chips in the second half of the year after its semiconductor business reported a record $3.4 billion loss on Thursday, driven by a chip glut from weak demand for tech devices.
A global downturn in semiconductor purchases amid an economic slowdown and corporate belt-tightening sent chip prices plummeting in the first quarter, triggering production cuts across the sector.
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Bloomberg:
A profile of ASML, the most valuable tech company in Europe, as the US-China chip war escalates; ASML’s next apartment-sized machine ships in 2025 for $380M+
ASML, Europe’s Most Valuable Tech Firm, Is at the Heart of the US-China Chip War
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-26/asml-europe-s-most-valuable-tech-firm-to-define-us-china-chip-war?leadSource=uverify%20wall
The low-profile firm has become crucial to a half-trillion-dollar global industry.
In 1984, Martin van den Brink, a young Dutch engineer, joined a newly created venture in a quiet corner of the Netherlands. Little did he know then that about 40 years on the company would be so crucial to the $580 billion semiconductor industry that it would be the epicenter of a US-China chip war.
ASML Holding NV, where Van den Brink is now the chief technology officer, practically owns the market for a critical piece of equipment needed to produce the brains of everything that makes modern life possible — from cars and smartphones to computers, microwaves and airplanes. With the company’s high-end machines churning out chips that can also go into state-of-the-art weapons and artificial intelligence devices, ASML is effectively being treated as critical infrastructure for US national security and has become a target of industrial espionage for China.
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Asus toi uuden kämmenpelikoneen, ja se toimii Windows 11:lla
https://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14892&via=n&datum=2023-04-26_15:13:08&mottagare=31202
PC-valmistaja Asusin pelibrändi ROG on esitellyt uuden kannettavan pelikonsolin. ROG Allyn erikoisuus on se, että se perustuu Windows 11 -käyttöjärjestelmään.
Windows 11 tarkoittaa, että pelaajat voivat käyttää kaikkia julkaisijakirjastojaan ja pelien suoratoistopalveluita yhdellä ja samalla laitteella. Markkinointi on selvästi suunnattu Steamin Deck-konsolin suuntaan, jossa pelaajat ovat sidottuja Steamin alustaan.
Ally perustuu AMD:n Ryzen Z1 -sarjan prosessoriin, LPDDR5-muistia on 16 gigatavua ja PCIe-liitäntäistä tallennustilaa jopa 512 gigatavua. Laite painaa 608 grammaa ja 7 millisekunnin latenssilla oleva 7-tuumainen näyttö virkistyy 120 kertaa sekunnissa.
Ally on designiltaan perinteinen käsikonsoli. Ohjaus tapahtuu kahdella perinteisellä tikulla. Niillä voidaan myös navigoida Windowsissa. Laitteen hintaa Asus ei ole vielä kertonut. Se esitellään laajemmin toukokuun aikana.
Kannettavien pelikonsolien markkinat olivat viime vuonna 16,8 miljardia dollaria.
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Ensimmäinen satelliittipuhelu tavallisella älypuhelimella
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14897-ensimmaeinen-satelliittipuhelu-tavallisella-aelypuhelimella
Syksyllä 1999 olin Genevessä Telecom-messuilla ja pääsin soittamaan Suomeen Iridium-satelliittipuhelimella. Laitteessa oli pienen sateenvarjon kokoinen antenni, mutta puheyhteys toimi ihan hyvin. Nyt sama onnistuu aivan tavallisella älypuhelimella. Ensimmäinen puhelukin soitettiin jo Teksasista Japaniin.
Asialla oli AST Spacemobile -niminen yritys, joka rakentaa ensimmäistä ja toistaiseksi ainoaa avaruudessa toimivaa mobiililaajakaistaverkkoa, johon pääsee suoraan tavallisilla matkapuhelimilla.
Testissä puhelimena oli Samsungin Galaxy S22 -malli ja ensimmäinen äänipuhelu soitettiin Midlandin alueelta Teksasin alueelta Rakutenin verkkoon Japaniin. Puhelu välittyi AT&T:n verkosta BW3-testisatelliitin kautta Rakutenin verkkoon.
AST Spacemobile on aiemmin kertonut, että kaupallisessa toiminnassa verkko tuo kaikkialle 120 megabitin datanyhteydet 20-40 millisekunnin latenssilla. Kyse on siis vähintään 4G-tasoisista yhteyksistä. Yhtiö ei aio rakentaa maanpäällistä verkkoa vaan tarjoaa satelliittejaan suurten operaattorien tilaajien käyttöön.
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AMD Ryzen 7000 Burning Out: EXPO and SoC Voltages to Blame (AMD Responds)
By Paul Alcorn published 3 days ago
Impacts all motherboard makers and all Ryzen 7000 chips.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-7000-burning-out-root-cause-identified-expo-and-soc-voltages-to-blame
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Emerson Acquires NI
April 19, 2023
Emerson sees value in merging NI’s test and software products with its automation technology.
https://www.mwrf.com/technologies/test-measurement/article/21264285/machine-design-emerson-acquires-ni?utm_source=RF+MWRF+Today&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS230421082&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.identpull=omeda|7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
Emerson announced on April 12 its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire NI (formerly known as National Instruments). It currently owns about 2.3 million shares of NI.
The acquisition of NI and its software-connected automated test and measurement systems will help to enhance Emerson’s automation capabilities said Lal Karsanbhai, President and Chief Executive Officer of Emerson, in the company’s press release announcing the acquisition.
“Emerson will…gain a broader set of customers that relies on NI’s solutions at critical points along the product development cycle. These capabilities provide Emerson industry diversification into attractive and growing discrete markets like semiconductor and electronics, transportation and electric vehicles, and aerospace and defense that are poised to benefit from secular growth trends. NI’s business is well-aligned with our vision for automation and we look forward to working together to bring more comprehensive and innovative solutions to our customers, accelerate growth and position Emerson to deliver significant shareholder value,” said Karsanbhai.
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https://nitor.com/fi/artikkelit/nitor-developer-survey-2023-results-top-trends-and-technologies?fbclid=IwAR3XIkYN2o7uLXNW-V4j4uUlJeGY9rZEZUkBqrYSDV_zv35X1zeVxFE-Cs0_aem_AQuNseEH6UwJsrJ7Xoc6Wjg3TfDyGHJkiudCu3JEa9OEWSrJ9p_qLGOWIsrr6gNsIIjVvEsdo_9XS1L9GKip64RxnZu2MnGqikEH4wahvgK9R-_m-NPReIGUJh4Soc4b-hk
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hothardware.com/news/intel-patent-details-adamantine-l4-cache
Tomi Engdahl says:
Intel Posts Largest Loss in Its History as Sales Plunge 36%
By Anton Shilov published 2 days ago
Intel expects a modest recovery in 2H 2023 but will keep losing money in Q2.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-posts-q1-fy-2023-results
While Intel’s sales beat its own expectations in the first quarter, the company on Thursday posted the largest loss in its history as its margins plunged to a new low over the last several years. The company expects its short-term results to continue suffering from weak demand for PCs and servers but remains optimistic about its prospects in the coming years once its next-generation products hit the market.
Intel’s revenue for the first quarter dropped to $11.7 billion, which is $200 million higher than the company predicted back in January, but which is still down 36% year-over-year. The company lost $2.8 billion during the quarter as its gross margin declined to 38.4%. Despite posting the largest loss in its history, Intel paid $1.5 billion in dividends.
Client PC and Mobile Eye Business Units Make Profits, Others Bleeding
Intel’s Client Computing Group (CCG) retained its position as the company’s largest source of revenue, but in Q1 FY2023 it only earned $5.8 billion (down 38% YoY), a sharp decline from $9.3 billion in the same period of 2022. The company blames lower revenue on the declining total available market (TAM), continued inventory corrections by PC OEMs, and the increasing popularity of inexpensive CPUs as consumers remain cautious about their spending. CCG was still a profitable
In Q1 2023, Intel’s Datacenter and AI Group (DCAI) experienced a whopping 39% year-on-year decrease in sales of data center hardware, with revenue falling from $6.1 billion in Q2 2022 to $3.7 billion last quarter. The unit lost some $580 million
While Intel’s Network and Edge Group (NEX) was able to sustain its revenue in recent quarters, in Q1, its sales dropped to $1.5 billion, and it lost $300 million. The gross margin of this business unit decreased to -20%.
Having earned $458 million in sales in Q1 2023, Intel’s Mobileye division was the company’s only unit that demonstrated year-over-year revenue growth of 16%. Meanwhile, its operating income declined 17% YoY to $123 million as it increased investments in new products.
As for Intel Foundry Services business, it posted a 24% YoY revenue drop as its sales totaled $118 million, and lost $140 million, more than it earned, because of increasing fab startup costs.
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Kate Morgan / Wall Street Journal:
Some Gen Zers in the US are buying flip phones like the $75 TCL Classic or the $90 Nokia 2780, seeking a break from endless social media and email notifications
Gen Zers Are Snapping Up Flip Phones. They Might Be Onto Something.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gen-z-flip-phones-might-be-onto-something-c4744796?mod=djemalertNEWS
Modern models are a bit smarter than those from the early 2000s, but still offer a needed break from endless notifications
WHEN SAMMY Palazzolo goes out, people constantly ask to see her phone. The 18-year-old often obliges, flipping it open and handing it over.
In late 2022, Ms. Palazzolo and some of her dorm-mates at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were bemoaning their smartphone addictions. “We were talking about how we [felt] like slaves to our phones, like robots who keep scrolling and scrolling, even when we’re out at parties.” The group hatched a plan to do something about it. The next day, they went flip-phone shopping at Walmart. Ms. Palazzolo ended up with a $40 AT&T T 0.12% Cingular Flex.
Now the freshman advertising major evangelizes flip phones on TikTok, with posts about bringing her “dumb” phone to social events instead of her iPhone. Nokia recently sent her its $90 2780 for free, plus 44 more to give away to friends and social-media followers.
While some Gen Zers might be buying smartphones that flip and fold, like the $1,000 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, the chatter online centers on “dumb” models with few capabilities. These devices are experiencing a renaissance as budget second phones—allowing you to detach from constant notifications and the lure of infinite scroll, without losing the ability to send texts and make calls in an emergency.
‘No work emails, no Instagram updates, nothing from Facebook.’
Young people aren’t the only fans. Nokia sells tens of thousands of its flip phones each month in the U.S., according to Lars Silberbauer, chief marketing officer of HMD Global, the Finnish manufacturer of Nokia phones. Sales are growing across demographics, he said. “It’s not a small trend.”
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Qualcomm reports Q2 revenue down 17% YoY to $9.28B, vs. $9.1B est., net income down 42% YoY to $1.7B, and forecasts Q3 revenue below estimates; QCOM drops 5%+ — – Qualcomm reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that were in line with analyst expectations but saw sales from handset chips …
Qualcomm gives light forecast, phone chip sales fall 17%
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/03/qualcomm-qcom-earnings-report-q2-2023.html
Qualcomm reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that were in line with analyst expectations.
Sales from handset chips, a core business for the company, declined 17% from a year earlier.
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon blamed a challenging environment in a statement, and the company said it had not seen evidence that smartphone sales are recovering in China.
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Reuters:
Experts say Nvidia’s H800 chip for China will likely take 10%-30% longer to carry out some AI tasks and could double some costs compared to its H100 chip — U.S. microchip export controls imposed last year to freeze China’s development of supercomputers used to develop nuclear weapons …
China’s AI industry barely slowed by US chip export rules
https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-ai-industry-barely-slowed-by-us-chip-export-rules-2023-05-03/
May 3 (Reuters) – U.S. microchip export controls imposed last year to freeze China’s development of supercomputers used to develop nuclear weapons and artificial-intelligence systems like ChatGPT are having only minimal effects on China’s tech sector.
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Bryce Baschuk / Bloomberg:
Microsoft Chief Economist Michael Schwarz says AI will be used by “bad actors”, but lawmakers should wait until the tech causes “real harm” before regulating AI
Microsoft Economist Warns Bad Actors Will Use AI to Cause Damage
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-03/ai-will-cause-real-damage-microsoft-chief-economist-warns?leadSource=uverify%20wall
Danger of election interference cited by Michael Schwarz
He sees ‘clearly’ a need to regulate Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence will be dangerous in the hands of unscrupulous people, according to Microsoft Corp. Chief Economist Michael Schwarz.
“I am confident AI will be used by bad actors, and yes it will cause real damage,” Schwarz said during a World Economic Forum panel in Geneva on Wednesday. “It can do a lot damage in the hands of spammers with elections and so on.”
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Google releases a brief teaser video showing off the Pixel Fold, confirming that it will be officially revealed on May 10 during the Google I/O 2023 event — / This is Google’s first foldable phone. More details are coming at Google I/O on May 10th.
Google announces the Pixel Fold / This is Google’s first foldable phone. More details are coming at Google I/O on May 10th.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23711353/google-pixel-fold-announced
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Microsoft is helping finance AMD’s AI chip expansion and working with the chipmaker on Microsoft’s own processor for AI workloads, codenamed Athena — Microsoft Corp. is working with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on the chipmaker’s expansion into artificial intelligence processors …
Microsoft Working With AMD on Expansion Into AI Processors
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-04/microsoft-is-helping-finance-amd-s-expansion-into-ai-chips?leadSource=uverify%20wall
Software maker will help boost AMD’s supply of in-demand parts
Companies need AI processing power amid ChatGPT-fueled boom
An Advanced Micro Devices Inc. processing chip.
An Advanced Micro Devices Inc. processing chip. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Microsoft Corp. is working with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on the chipmaker’s expansion into artificial intelligence processors, according to people with knowledge of the situation, part of a multipronged strategy to secure more of the highly coveted components.
The companies are teaming up to offer an alternative to Nvidia Corp., which dominates the market for AI-capable chips called graphics processing units, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. The software giant is providing support to bolster AMD’s efforts, including engineering resources, and working with the chipmaker on a homegrown Microsoft processor for AI workloads, code-named Athena, the people said.
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Ilya Banares / Bloomberg:
Shopify reports Q1 revenue up 25% YoY to $1.5B, vs. $1.43B est., GMV up 15% YoY to $49.6B, vs. $47.7B est., and plans to cut ~20% of its staff; SHOP jumps 20%+ — Shopify Inc. cut jobs for the second time in less than a year and agreed to sell the majority of its logistics business …
Shopify Cuts Jobs Again, Sells Most of Logistics Business to Flexport
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-04/shopify-cuts-jobs-for-the-second-time-in-less-than-a-year?leadSource=uverify%20wall
Shopify Inc. is cutting jobs for the second time in 10 months and selling the majority of its logistics business to Flexport Inc. to focus on its core e-commerce platform business.
The moves mean the company will shrink by more than 2,000 people. “I don’t want to bury the lede: after today Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics; this means some of you will leave Shopify today,” Chief Executive Officer Tobi Lütke said in a memo to staff. “I recognize the crushing im
‘Our numbers were unhealthy,’ CEO Lutke says in staff memo
Company expects up to $150 million in severance charges
Tomi Engdahl says:
Apple:
Apple reports Q2 revenue down 3% YoY to $94.84B, declining for a second quarter in a row but beating estimates of $92.96B, and net income down 3% YoY to $24.16B — Services revenue reaches new all-time high iPhone revenue sets March quarter record — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today …
Apple reports second quarter results
Services revenue reaches new all-time high
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-reports-second-quarter-results/
iPhone revenue sets March quarter record
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple Q2 revenue: iPhone up 2% YoY to $51.33B, Mac down 31% YoY to $7.17B, iPad down 13% YoY to $6.67B, and Wearables, Home, and Accessories down 1% to $8.76B — – Apple reported second-fiscal quarter earnings on Thursday that beat Wall Street’s soft expectations for sales and revenue …
Apple reports better-than-expected quarter driven by iPhone sales
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/04/apple-aapl-earnings-report-q2-2023.html
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Piikiekkoja myytiin selvästi vähemmän
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14917-piikiekkoja-myytiin-selvaesti-vaehemmaen
Piikiekkoja myytiin tammi-maaliskuussa selvsti vähemmän kuin edellisen neljänneksen aikana tai vuotta aikaisemmin. SEMI SMG:n hallituksen puheenjohtaja ja Okmeticin kaupallisena johtajana toimivan Anna-Riikka Vuorikari-Antikaisen mukaan lasku heijastaa puolijohteiden kysynnän heikkenemistä tämän vuoden alusta.
Piikiekkojen toimitukset putosivat ensimmäisellä neljänneksellä 9,0 prosenttia loka-joulukuun lukemista 3,265 miljoonaan neliötuumaan. Ala vastaa noin 2,1 neliökilometriä. Viime vuoden vastaavasta ajasta toimitukset laskivat 11,3 prosenttia.
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Nyt se tapahtuu: 30 gigabitin Wi-Fi tulee
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14922-nyt-se-tapahtuu-30-gigabitin-wi-fi-tulee
IEEE vasta viimeistelee uutta seitsemännen sukupolven Wi-Fi-standardia, mutta piirien valmistus voi alkaa. Tätä tukemaan mittauslaitevalmistaja Anritsu ja MediaTek ovat onnistuneesti varmentaneet, että taiwanilaisyrityksen Filogic-piirisarja toimii tulevissa IEEE802.11be-verkoissa.
IEEE802.11be eli lyhyesti Wi-Fi 7 -standardin ehdotetaan saavuttavan vähintään 30 Gbps:n siirtonopeus. Wi-Fi 7 ponnistaa vanhoista nykyisten Wi-Fi-laitteiden tukemista tekniikoista, kuten 4096 QAM -modulaatio, 320 MHz kanavat ja Multi-RU joka pienentää latenssia mnikäyttäjäverkossa jopa 25 prosenttia.
Lisäksi Wi-Fi 7 ottaa käyttöön myös uusia teknologioita, kuten Multi-Link Operation eli MLO, jonka avulla laite voi samanaikaisesti lähettää ja vastaanottaa tietoja eri taajuuskaistoilla ja kanavilla.
Anritsun testerien verkkotila emuloi todellista toimintaa RF-ominaisuuksien arvioimiseksi.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2023/05/03/nokialta-ip69k-luokiteltu-kestopuhelin/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Source: API marketplace Rapid laid off 82% of its staff in under two weeks, reducing its headcount from 230 to 42; the startup had a $1B valuation in March 2022
RapidAPI headcount down 82% from fresh layoffs less than two weeks after cutting 50% of staff
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/05/rapidapi-headcount-down-82-from-fresh-layoffs-less-than-two-weeks-after-cutting-50-of-staff/
Rapid (previously known as RapidAPI), a startup that built out an API marketplace valued at $1 billion last year, has laid off another 70 employees less than two weeks after letting go of 50% of its staff, TechCrunch has learned.
An affected employee who wished to remain anonymous told TechCrunch that just 42 people remain at the company — down from 230 in April — reflecting an 82% drop in headcount.
All of the company’s remaining workers in Europe, and some based in the U.S., were impacted by the latest round, according to the source.
Founded in 2015 by then-17-year-old Iddo Gino, RapidAPI built a platform that helps businesses find and integrate third-party APIs, as well as manage their own usage of their own internal APIs. It raised $150 million in March of 2022 in a Series D round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2. Other backers include Qumra, Andreessen Horowitz, M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), Viola Growth, Green Bay Ventures and Grove Ventures.
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Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop
“You are no longer licensed to use the software,” Adobe told them.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xk3p/adobe-tells-users-they-can-get-sued-for-using-old-versions-of-photoshop
Adobe is warning some owners of its Creative Cloud software applications that they’re no longer allowed to use older versions of the software. It’s yet another example of how in the modern era, you increasingly don’t actually own the things you’ve spent your hard-earned money on.
Adobe this week began sending some users of its Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Premiere, Animate, and Media Director programs a letter warning them that they were no longer legally authorized to use the software they may have thought they owned.
“We have recently discontinued certain older versions of Creative Cloud applications and and a result, under the terms of our agreement, you are no longer licensed to use them,” Adobe said in the email. “Please be aware that should you continue to use the discontinued version(s), you may be at risk of potential claims of infringement by third parties.” Users were less than enthusiastic about the sudden restrictions.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Maailman ensimmäinen kolmiulotteinen DRAM-muisti
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14939-maailman-ensimmaeinen-kolmiulotteinen-dram-muisti
DRAM-muisteja on hyvin vaikea skaalata 16 gigabittiä suuremmaksi. NEO Semiconductor katsoo, että ainoa keino saada DRAM-piireistä tiheämpiä on tehdä niistä kolmiulotteisia. Yhtiön kehittämä 3D X-DRAM on maailman ensimmäinen 3D NAND -tyyppinen DRAM-soluryhmä, joka on suunnattu ratkaisemaan DRAMin kapasiteetin pullonkaula.
3D X-DRAM perustuu kondensaattorittomaan kelluvaan solun rakenteeseen. Se voidaan valmistaa nykypäivän 3D NAND -flashien kaltaisella prosessilla, ja se tarvitsee vain yhden maskin bittilinjan reikien määrittämiseen ja solurakenteen muodostamiseen reikien sisällä.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/08/can-you-use-a-post-card-with-a-modern-bios/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google pumppaa Chromen kilpailijaan 500 miljoonaa dollaria vuodessa – käyttäjäkunta kutistuu siitä huolimatta
8.5.202319:59
Firefoxin tulevaisuus näyttää Bloombergin mukaan huolestuttavalta.
https://www.mikrobitti.fi/uutiset/google-pumppaa-chromen-kilpailijaan-500-miljoonaa-dollaria-vuodessa-kayttajakunta-kutistuu-siita-huolimatta/29dd7654-d2c4-44a0-aeab-b9312cdd7cde
Firefox-selaimen käyttäjäkunta on pienentynyt ja sen kehittäjäorganisaatio ei ole onnistunut luomaan uusia suosittuja ohjelmistoja yrityksistään huolimatta. Google maksaa Firefoxia kehittävälle Mozillalle 500 miljoonaa dollaria vuodessa siitä, että Google on sen sivuilla oletushakukoneena.
Bloomberg uutisoi, että Mozilla-säätiöllä on yli miljardin dollarin käteisvarallisuus. Vuonna 2021 näistä Googlen maksuista kertyi 83 prosenttia säätiön tuloista.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-05/google-chrome-dominance-has-mozilla-firefox-searching-for-answers
Tomi Engdahl says:
Chinese PC Maker Powerstar Rebrands Intel CPU as the P3-01105
By Mark Tyson published 3 days ago
It is more than a passing resemblance, with the substrate QR code thought to match.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/chinese-powerstar-p3-01105-cpu-is-a-dead-ringer-for-the-intel-core-i3-10105
Tomi Engdahl says:
Intel’s new laptop chips could leave the MacBook in the dust – here’s how
By Christian Guyton published 1 day ago
Meteoric in more ways than one
https://www.techradar.com/news/intels-new-laptop-chips-could-leave-the-macbook-in-the-dust-heres-how
Intel’s had a fairly rough start to 2023, but there could be good news on the horizon for the company: namely, the upcoming Meteor Lake CPUs. According to well-respected hardware leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead (MLID) on YouTube, inside sources have suggested that the new chips could be among the best processors ever made – and cause problems for all of Intel’s key competitors, but in very different ways.
In terms of graphical performance, that places the new Meteor Lake chip somewhere between the Nvidia GTX 1650 and RTX 3050. Sure, the 1650 might be three years old at this point, but it’s the most popular GPU at the time of writing according to Steam’s Hardware Survey.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Sam Rutherford / Engadget:
Google unveils the $1,799 Pixel Fold with a 120Hz 7.6″ main screen, a 5.8″ exterior screen, a Tensor G2, and 12GB of RAM, for preorder now and arriving in June — Google’s first foldable phone feels like what I always wanted from the Surface Duo to be. — I’ve been using some version …
Google Pixel Fold hands-on: Finally, a real rival for Samsung’s foldables
Google’s first foldable phone feels like what I always wanted from the Surface Duo to be.
https://www.engadget.com/google-pixel-fold-hands-on-finally-a-real-rival-for-samsungs-foldables-185253034.html
Google’s foldable phone features a different design than most. It has a wider 5.8-inch exterior screen with a 17.4:9 aspect ratio. This makes a huge difference, giving you a more usable screen on the outside allows the Pixel Fold to function like a more full-featured device before you ever open it up. In comparison, Galaxy Z Fold 4’s small cover screen feels like it’s designed mainly for doing simple tasks like looking up directions or responding to texts. And in your hand, the Pixel Fold’s wider dimensions make it feel different too. It’s shaped more like a Passport than Samsung’s skinnier baton–like handset.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Brady Snyder / XDA Developers:
Google launches a dedicated Labs page, where users can sign up to test Google’s early ideas for features and products, including Search and Workspace AI tools — Google is using artificial intelligence to improve its existing products, and you can sign up to try them in Labs now. Here’s how to get started.
https://www.xda-developers.com/join-waitlist-google-generative-ai-tools/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google on YouTube:
A video of the Google I/O 2023 keynote, where the company announced the Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet, its PaLM 2 general-use LLM, Search updates, and more — Tune in to find out how we’re furthering our mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Google Keynote (Google I/O ‘23)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNfINi5CNbY
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
Google Cloud announces a new A3 GPU supercomputer VM powered by Nvidia’s H100 GPUs, built to deliver “the highest-performance training for today’s ML workloads” — As we’ve seen LLMs and generative AI come screaming into our consciousness in recent months, it’s clear that these models …
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-cloud-announces-new-a3-supercomputer-vms-built-to-power-llms/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Google announces new features for cars with native Android including YouTube, Waze, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex by Cisco, and more video games from Google Play — Google announced a slew of new features that will be available to cars with native Android software, including YouTube, Waze …
Google is bringing YouTube, Waze, and Zoom to cars with native Android software / People who own vehicles with Google built-in are getting more stuff to play with while parked and stuck in traffic. But driver distraction remains a serious risk.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/10/23717309/google-android-built-in-car-youtube-waze-zoom-io
Google announced a slew of new features that will be available to cars with native Android software, including YouTube, Waze, and video conferencing apps like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Webex by Cisco. Video games are coming to Android-equipped cars. The company also announced plans to create an “Android for Car Apps Library” for third-party developers to build their own apps for Android-equipped cars.
But the announcement that streaming video and virtual meeting tools are coming to infotainment screens is sure to pique the most interest among Android users.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google unveils Immersive View for Routes in Google Maps, offering traffic simulations, parking, and more, starting in 15 cities including NYC, London, and Paris
Google Maps is getting a new ‘Immersive View for Routes’ feature
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-maps-new-immersive-view-for-routes-feature/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
YouTube is running a “small experiment” globally that shows a pop-up urging users with ad blockers to allow ads on YouTube or consider subscribing to Premium — YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/youtube-tests-blocking-videos-unless-you-disable-ad-blockers/