TECH

Spotify HiFi, announced over a year ago, has yet to launch. But what is it ? And how can you get it.Online music streaming makes more efficient use of available bandwidth by compressing the audio stream. While there are a few distinct approaches, all of them use 'lossy' compression.Spotify, for example, employs the use of the audio…

Starlink, the low-cost satellite internet service managed by Elon Musk, has amassed 1 million paying customers. This number now includes those who use private planes, cruise ships, boats, and other types of transportation.In October, SpaceX revealed that some aircrafts would soon be able to use its Starlink Aviation satellite internet…

The smartphone chipset market is very competitive, with many vendors vying for the top spot in terms of both performance and market share.Although Qualcomm and Apple are currently the most powerful smartphone manufacturers, MediaTek still has the largest market share, as shown by research by COUNTERPOINT into the global smartphone…

The Windows Subsystem for Android ("WSA") for Windows 11 in the latest version 2211.40000.10.0 now for the first time also relies on a current Android 13 as a basis, which should also benefit the performance – especially when booting – and the stability of the subsystem.Windows Subsystem for Android gets optimizations In addition to the…

Allegedly, Intel has provided technical documentation for its next desktop CPU socket, the LGA1851, in the form of a plain URL as part of its development process with industry partners and OEMs.Since June of 2021, we have had a premonition that LGA1851 would replace LGA1700, but this is definitive proof.There will be more pins in the…

In the ranking of the highest-grossing integrated circuit companies, Broadcom jumped from 4th to 2nd place over the summer. It leapfrogged AMD and Nvidia, which had long held above it.The "Top 10 IC Design Houses" ranking, maintained by analytics company TrendForce, brought one surprise.Broadcom, which was still the…

It is expected that artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing will be the two most important technologies in the foreseeable future, with the latter having the greatest impact on our advancement.In contrast to the rapid progress being made in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) thanks to several open source projects, quantum…

Chrome OS Flex, a new operating system from Google, aims to convert your existing PC or Mac into a Chromebook.To increase its share of the desktop operating system market, Google has announced Chrome OS Flex, a new Chrome OS-based operating system that the Mountain View tech giant claims is 'quick,' 'simple to operate,' and'secure.' Chrome…

On Friday, the oldest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, lost 1.5 percent on national and international exchanges, falling to $17,406.At the present price level, Bitcoin has effectively lost up to $328 in the last 24 hours.For the last two months, the cryptocurrency has struggled to trade above $18,000. Cryptocurrency prices fell more than they…

Starlink from SpaceX provides fast internet to rural and unserved locations through satellite. A network of small satellites in a low Earth orbit provides broadband internet.By September 2022, over 3,000 satellites has been deployed, and over 12,000 will be added by 2024.The service has over 500,000 members as of June 2022, but Elon…