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(Image credit: Future/Jacob Krol) Apple has delayed the smarter, AI-infused Siri and says it will arrive “in the coming year.” Since Apple Intelligence’s debut, we’ve been waiting to try the smarter Siri with access to Apps ” It’s going to take us longer than we thought to deliver on these features” We’ve all been waiting for Apple to drop the significant Siri upgrade that was supposed to arrive at some point within the iOS 18 lifecycle. It goes beyond Siri’s colorful glow all around the screen that’s been here since the iPhone 16 lineup launched in September of 2024 […]

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(Image credit: OpenAI & Google) The release of GPT-4.5 for ChatGPT naturally leads to questions about how the model compares to its many rivals. After comparing it to GPT-4o and getting somewhat ambiguous results as to which model is preferable, I decided to go for a more direct competitor, Google Gemini, specifically the most recent Google Gemini Flash 2.p GPT-4.5 claims to be better at emotional understanding and to offer fewer hallucinations than has been the case previously. Gemini Flash 2.0, meanwhile, is Google ‘s latest iteration of its quite successful set of AI models capable of juggling text, […]

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There are all kinds of reasons to prefer Macs over Windows-based PCs. Gaming isn’t one of them. That isn’t to say that you can’t game on a Mac— modern Apple Silicon computers are fairly powerful. The problem is that many popular games don’t offer downloads that will run natively on a Mac. Search the Mac App Store or Steam and you’ll find a bunch of games for Mac—just not necessarily the specific ones you want.

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(Image credit: AMD) Both the AMD Ryzen 9900X3D and 9950X3D are releasing on March 12, 2025 The respective MSRPs for both CPUs are $599 and $699, similar to previous gen The former features a 120W TDP whereas the latter uses a 170W TDP instead Several months after first being announced at CES 2025, AMD has now officially confirmed the price and release date for its Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D processors. They’re billed as the “world’s best processor for gaming and content creation”. Both the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D processors will be available starting March 12, 2025. The […]

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Nintendo The Nintendo Switch 2 is officially on the way , and more details are starting to trickle out. FCC filings have revealed that the console will support WiFi 6 and NFC, according to reporting by The Verge . This means that the WiFi in the Switch 2 should be much speedier when compared to the OG model, as that console only supported WiFi 5. The filings do indicate that the Switch 2 won’t offer support for WiFi 6E. Additionally, the FCC only mentioned tests for 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks, and not the faster 6GHz band. WiFi 6 isn’t […]

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AMD AMD has announced that it’s releasing its newest Ryzen X3D processors on March 12. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D were both introduced back at CES 2025 , and are currently the most powerful gaming-focused processors the company sells. The 9950X3D has 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, a max boost speed of 5.7GHz and second-generation 3D V-Cache tech for more efficient performance. In contrast, the 9900X3D comes with a more modest 12 CPU cores and a max boost speed of 5.5GHz. AMD’s 3D V-Cache tech is still the standout feature on these chips. The company introduced […]

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(Image credit: Shutterstock) AMD is rumored to be planning a faster take on its RX 9070 models This ‘Ultimate Navi 48’ GPU is supposedly being readied for a Q2 release AMD is apparently aiming for a performance level of between the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080 AMD could be releasing a faster take on its RX 9070 GPUs as soon as Q2 2025, according to a fresh rumor. Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID) has a new video out on YouTube which discusses a range of topics across AMD’s new RDNA 4 GPUs, with the excellent RX 9070 XT […]

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(Image credit: Future) A new Geekbench 6 benchmark hints at the M3 Ultra for the Mac Studio only being slightly faster than the M4 Max The benchmark reveals the M3 Ultra’s supposed 8% performance lead in multi-core processes over the M4 Max Its 80-core GPU may be the highlight, specifically for gaming Apple has finally introduced a new Ultra chip , not yet for its recent M4 lineup but rather for the M3 family. The new Mac Studio is slated for launch on March 12, with configurations using both the M4 Max and the new M3 Ultra – however, […]

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(Image credit: Shutterstock) If there’s one thing that entices music lovers to sign up to Spotify Premium, it’s the seamless ad-free listening. However, a recent bug in the Spotify app has snuck in ads in between music streams, proving that even the best music streaming services have their faulty moments. First reports of the bug surfaced online four weeks ago in the Spotify Community forum , and it quickly proved to be a common occurrence for a lot of Premium subscribers, causing significant frustration among those who pay to hear ad-free music. A few days following the online complaints, […]

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(Image credit: Ebay/Cafe.Electronics) AMD ’s most powerful processor to date, the EPYC 9965, is being offered on eBay and other online retailers , at the time of writing, with discounts of up to 47%. Compared to other similar instances I tracked before, the big difference is that there are far more EPYC 9965 on sale in the US than before and all the CPUs are brand new. Launched in October 2024, the EPYC 9965 is AMD’s most expensive CPU with a suggested retail price of $14,813 and its most powerful as well with 192 Zen 5c cores and 384 […]

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