Apple Buys Virtual-Reality Streaming Upstart NextVR
Apple Inc. has acquired virtual-reality streaming company NextVR Inc., a signal of the tech giant’s continued ambitions in virtual- and augmented-reality technologies. Apple confirmed the deal Thursday but didn’t disclose the terms of the transaction. In a statement, a company spokesman said, “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do …. Read More
Nvidia ditches Intel, cozies up to AMD with its new DGX A100
Yesterday, we described mysterious hardware in Huang’s kitchen as likely “packing a few Xeon CPUs” in addition to the new successor to the Tesla v100 GPU. Egg’s on our face for that one—the new system packs a pair of AMD Epyc 7742 64-core, 128-thread CPUs, along with 1TiB of RAM, a pair of 1.9TiB NVMe …. Read More
HomePod ‘Sold Out’ on Apple’s Online Store [Updated]
Apple’s $299 HomePod is no longer able to be purchased from the online store because it’s been out of stock since this morning. Both the white and space gray versions of the HomePod are currently listed as “Sold Out” on Apple’s website, perhaps due to supply chain issues. There’s no word on when the HomePod …. Read More
Forget Samsung’s Galaxy S20 And Note 10, This Is The Smartphone To Buy
There’s a lot to like about Samsung’s Galaxy S20 (details), Galaxy S20+ (details) and Galaxy S20 Ultra (details). But now we know the smart money should wait. And this is why. In a new interview, well connected Samsung insider Ross Young has revealed Samsung will give the Galaxy Note 20 major biometric and performance upgrades …. Read More