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It’s been about a month since the HP OmniBook X was crowned the laptop battery life champion, and now that champion has been beaten.HP’s Snapdragon X Elite-powered notebook lasted an impressive 16 hours and 22 minutes in Tom’s Guide’s battery life test, easily beating both the MacBook Air 13-inch M3 and the MacBook Air 15-inch M3 by more than an hour.That’s an incredible feat for a Windows 11 laptop, and one we didn’t expect to see beaten for a while, but we’ve just reviewed another Windows laptop, the new Dell XPS 13 (2024), which outlasted any MacBook or consumer laptop…

Thousands of cryptocurrencies are launched every week. Some have the potential to grow, while others have become popular due to social media hype. In this article, we will discuss cryptocurrency presales, the best tokens to watch in 2024, and how to find the best presale projects to make your investment profitable. These cryptocurrency presales range from virtual worlds to financial systems to trading protocols. If you think the blockchain industry has a future, read on to find out the best cryptocurrency presales to invest in. A list of the top cryptocurrency presales that are getting the experts’ attention Below is…

Image caption, Performers are concerned that generative AI could be used to recreate their voice and appearance Article information Author, João da Silva Role, Business Reporter 26 July 2024, 05:01 BSTUpdated July 26, 2024 05:44 BSTMajor video game makers including Activision, Warner Bros. and Walt Disney are facing a strike by Hollywood actors over their use of artificial intelligence (AI).This follows a year and a half of negotiations over a new contract between the two companies and the union representing more than 2,500 video game performers.While the two sides say they have agreed on several key issues, such as wages…

Credit: Anna Shvets (Pexels) A new study from Bentley University’s Center for Science and Industry Integration finds that differences in the financial structures of large pharmaceutical companies and smaller emerging biotechnology companies are creating synergies that are contributing to a pipeline of innovative new products in response to the anticipated lower drug prices under the Inflation Control Act (IRA). While large pharmaceutical companies are likely to cut R&D spending in response to declining product revenues, small and mid-sized biotechnology companies are unlikely to see a decline in R&D spending and may be able to maintain both corporate profits and new…

Microsoft has warned that it could cut investment in Britain’s digital infrastructure if the competition watchdog decides to make changes to the cloud computing sector.In a recent clash with UK regulators investigating the market, the tech group said: “Interference in a well-functioning market could have significant consequences, including higher prices for cloud users (relative to global peers) and reduced investment in cloud infrastructure services by both Microsoft (including in UK data centres and cloud applications) and customers.” The committee also harshly criticised the Competition and Markets Authority’s previous analysis, saying the report “failed to address direct and consistent evidence of…

IBM’s second-quarter 2024 revenue rose 2% year over year to $15.8 billion, beating Wall Street expectations, as its hybrid cloud and AI strategy helped the company boost software sales by 7% and profits rose 16% to $1.83 billion. Software revenue was $6.74 billion, consulting revenue was down 0.9% to $5.2 billion, small infrastructure revenue was $3.65 billion, up 0.7% from a year ago, and financing revenue was $169 million, down 8.3% from a year ago. The software and infrastructure sector shows a pronounced seasonal pattern, with a notable peak in the fourth quarter. CEO Arvind Krishna said in prepared remarks,…

Expand / The environment in which you dine influences your sense of taste, and space is no exception. Astronauts on the International Space Station tend to like spicy foods and top other foods with things like Tabasco or shrimp cocktail sauce with horseradish. “Anecdotal reports say that food in space is less flavorful, so this is a way of compensating for that,” said Grace Roake, a food scientist at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Roque and his team conducted a study to dig into these anecdotal reports and test whether our perception of taste really does change in an environment…

Billionaire Elon Musk pitches X as a haven for free speech and a better alternative to mainstream media for news and political updates. Under Musk’s ownership, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter has backed off policing misinformation, relying instead on the wisdom of crowds to expose falsehoods.Musk’s critics say the approach favors right-wing politics with which he increasingly identifies. Under Twitter’s previous management, conservatives often complained that the site was more likely to label the content they shared as misinformation than its liberal counterparts.Two false stories that spread on X this week, primarily among left-leaning users, were a…

Search the hashtag of your favorite immersive platform and you’re sure to find snapshots of new maps waiting to be visited and images of fashionistas in their custom avatars. What is it all about? It’s virtual photography, a popular hobby in virtual reality.For those unfamiliar, virtual photography is the act of taking pictures of digital spaces. Photographers have been active in places like Second Life since the mid-2000s, and even before that, the term machinima was used to describe cinematic works created within video games. While the use of machinima is well established today with headsets fully embodied in simulated…

NEW YORK and PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Having grown steadily since its founding in 2012, Gityer Exchange has become one of the leading cryptocurrency trading platforms in the global market. Today, the exchange officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Panama to jointly promote the education and popularization of blockchain technology. This marks an important step in technical cooperation and digital economy education between the two parties and is expected to greatly accelerate the development and application of blockchain technology in Central America. Benefits and Features of Gityer Exchange As an…