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An image, rumored to be of Apple’s upcoming Mac Pro, was leaked this week. However, specific design details included in the image seem to prove the unreliability of the picture. According to Apple Insider, the leaked image was released via Imgur and appears to be an internal slide from a presentation for the Mac Pro 7.1, photographed on a monitor during a presentation and then shared on the image sharing site. The internal slide included a simple illustration for the overall design of the forthcoming Mac Pro as well as a somewhat lengthy list of specs expected to be included in the Mac Pro. Also, the slide includes a red and white “APPLE INTERNAL” label in the top right corner, the Apple logo in the bottom right corner, and a last modified date of November 7, 2018. The name of the author (of the slide) was blurred out in the image as well. As Apple Insider notes, the validity of the image is questionable considering the list of specs contains details that seem dubious … [Read more...] about A leaked image of Apple’s next Mac Pro offers details on dubious specs

Among a host of other developer-centric announcements at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple plans to announce some improvements to its smart home platform to make them more useful. Among the enhancements are HomePod support for multiple users, as well as an upgraded Home app. The news of Apple’s smart home plans for WWDC 2019 was first reported by Bloomberg, which said Apple plans to tweak the HomePod’s software to allow it to recognize and respond to different users, an often requested feature. Amazon’s Alexa already offers such a feature, which customizes the smart assistant’s responses to the user it hears — for example, customized traffic reports in the morning, or their own customized news or weather reports. Like the Alexa multiuser support, you will likely need to train the HomePod to recognize your voice before using the functionality. In addition to the enhancements to HomePod, Apple also plans to release a redesigned Home app for … [Read more...] about A new Home app, HomePod multi-user support coming during Apple’s WWDC

Falcon Northwest Talon 20th Anniversary Edition Score Details DT Recommended Product “The unstoppable performance of Falcon Northwest's Talon 20th Anniversary Edition makes this gaming PC worth every penny.” Unrivaled build quality Best in class performance Stunning, tasteful LED lighting Dual-GPU option Generous warranty Upgraded configurations are pricey No Thunderbolt 3 20th anniversary. Yup, you read that right. Long before mainstream brands like Alienware, Omen, Legion, and Razer existed, there was Falcon Northwest. Founded in the early 1990s, this boutique firm has not only earned a distinction for being the first manufacturer of gaming PCs, but it’s nurtured a cult-like following for its impressive attention to detail. Falcon has spent the greater part of the past two years refining the mid-size desktop’s chassis and modernizing its design to make this. The 20th Anniversary Edition of the … [Read more...] about Falcon Northwest Talon 20th Anniversary Edition review

This year at its WWDC 2019 keynote presentation, Apple unveiled a totally overhauled Mac Pro desktop. This high-end desktop machine refreshes a line that has not seen any new products since 2013 with a new entry featuring powerful internals including an Intel Xeon processor, expandable memory up to 1.5 TBs, and a Radeon Pro 580X graphics card. As rumors over the past few months have suggested, the modular design and spate of expansion slots address the vocal concerns of many creative users at the speed at which increases in the richness of media outpaces the development of newer, higher octane hardware. Specifically, the Mac Pro boasts 8 internal PCI slots: 4 double-wide slots, 3 single-wide slots, and a half-wide slot. On the subject of expansion, while the Mac Pro ships with some top-tier components, not the least of which are an 8-core Intel Xeon CPU and 32GB RAM, the new machine is optimized for the substitution or addition of new memory units and graphics cards to meet the … [Read more...] about The new $6,000 Mac Pro houses some insane power inside its cheese grater design

You’ll probably never use quantum hardware yourself, but there’s a high chance you’ll benefit from research that couldn’t have been completed without it. The ones and zeros of conventional computers could never accomplish the kind of processing quantum computing is capable of. The possibilities are limitless, yet there’s one important hurdle: If people don’t actually have access to quantum computers, the technology is little more than an intriguing science project. If computer scientists, academic researchers, and others don’t have access to the hardware, the field will never take its next step forward. IBM’s answer to this problem is a cloud platform called IBM Q. Since the program launched in May 2016, it’s given users a way to utilize quantum computation without having direct access to a quantum computer. The hardware itself might not be plentiful — but thanks to IBM Q, it’s ubiquitous. Quantum Build I met Bob Sutor, … [Read more...] about You may never own a quantum computer, but IBM will still let you use one