A Coalition including Qualcomm, Intel, and Google is developing an alternative to Nvidia's CUDA
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NVIDIA earned its $2.2 Trillion market cap by producing AI chips that power Generative AI features of companies like Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, etc.

Nvidia’s CUDA software platform, with nearly 20 years' worth of code, “helps make competition with the company nearly impossible” as over 4 million developers globally rely on CUDA to build AI and other apps.

A software developed by Intel called OneAPI, the UXL Foundation (a consortium of tech companies) are developing an alternative to NVIDIA's Cuda Platform by year-end by building a suite of software & tools that will be able to power multiple types of AI accelerator chips

The open-source project aims to make computer code run on any machine, regardless of what chip and hardware powers it.

Companies like Microsoft and AMD have worked on replacing Cuda together for a while along with OpenAI

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Canva acquires Affinity to fill the Adobe-sized holes in its design suite

Web-based design platform Canva has acquired the Affinity creative software suite, positioning itself as a challenger to Adobe’s grip over the digital design industry. Canva announced the deal on Tuesday, which gives the company ownership over Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher.

While announcing the deal, Canva said:

While our last decade at Canva has focused heavily on the 99 percent of knowledge workers without design training, truly empowering the world to design includes empowering professional designers too. By joining forces with Affinity, we’re excited to unlock the full spectrum of designers at every level and stage of the design journey.

Affinity applications will remain separate from Canva’s platform, but that some small integrations should be expected over time.

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Apple Teases WWDC 2024 Event

Apple announced that its 35th annual Worldwide Developers Conference is set to take place from Monday, June 10 to Friday, June 14.

WWDC 2024 will be an online event that is open to all developers at no cost and also host the in-person event this year.

Apple will show-off iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, macOS 15, watchOS 11, and visionOS 2.

Apple’s marketing boss Greg Joswiak says the event will be “Absolutely Incredible.”
Get it? (A)bsolutely (I)ncredible…

Apart from AI, the biggest change coming to iOS 18 is, Apple users will now be able to place apps anywhere on their homescreen and will offer more customization as well
iOS 18 will also bring RCS support in iMessage

There will be NO Apple GPT Chatbot with iOS 18.
However, Generative AI features will come to other apps like Apple Music, Shortcuts, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote

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Poco C61 launched in India

POCO has launched C61 which is nothing new just rebranded Redmi A3 launched one month ago in February

The design is exactly the same with just the Poco Logo instead of the Redmi
The specifications are also the same which include a 720p HD+ resolution and a MediaTek Helio G36 12nm SoC in 2024 by Xiaomi

It also features eMMC 5.1 storage, 6GB turbo RAM to make you think it features 12GB RAM, and a "0.08MP" Ultra-useless Secondary AI lens

Poco C61 is 10$ cheaper than Redmi A3 because it was launched 1 month later once again with just a different name

Smartphone values decrease after one month, thus Xiaomi relaunched the same smartphone with an already decreased value

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) Launched

Samsung has launched Galaxy Tab S6 lite for the 3rd time now

The original launched in 2020 with an Samsung Exynos 9611 chipset then there was a 2022 re-release with Snapdragon 720G SoC and now there is a 2024 model with Samsung Exynos 1280 SoC

Other Specifications remain the same, which are as follows:

• 10.4-inch (2000x1200 px) WUXGA+ resolution TFT Display
• Samsung Exynos 1280 SoC
• 4GB RAM with 64/128GB storage
• MicroSD Card Slot

• 8MP Single rear camera
• 5MP Front camera
• 7040mAh battery
• Dual Speakers tuned by AKG
• 3.5mm Headphone Jack; Dolby Atmos
• LTE & Wi-Fi versions
• Runs One UI 6.1 based on Android 14
• Metal Frame
Colors: Oxford Gray, Chiffon Pink & Mint

FREE Galaxy S-Pen which features 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity

In Taiwan, the prices are as follows:

4GB+64GB (Wi-Fi) = NTD 10,900 (~340$)
4GB+128GB (Wi-Fi) = NTD 11,900 (~370$)
4+64GB (LTE) = NTD 12,900 (~400$)

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Realme GT Neo6 SE to offer 6,000nits peak brightness 💀

We saw OnePlus 12 coming with 4500nits peak brightness then it was overthrown by Honor with 5000nits peak brightness in its Magic 6 series

Now Realme has partnered with BOE Display to offer 6000nits peak brightness which will help a lot in fooling people because it is the local peak brightness that will get to 6000nits in direct sunlight or light hitting ambient sensor + only on 10% display + while playing HDR videos like on YouTube PIP Mode

Auto-brightness is just 1600nits only and manual brightness will be maximum of 1000nits

Display Specifications:
• 1.5K Resolution BOE S1 Panel
• 8T circuit LTPO OLED Display
• 0.5Hz~120Hz Variable refresh rate
• Pro-XDR Display
• 2160Hz PWM dimming
• 2500Hz High Touch Sampling Rate

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First Look at the POCO F6

Redmi K70 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC will debut globally as Poco F6 Pro

Redmi has canceled the Redmi Note 13 Turbo naming scheme, thus Turbo will change its name in China
Globally, it will debut as Poco F6 which will be powered by Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC

NOTE: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is WAY Better than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

So do NOT think like any average Xiaomi user that Poco F6 is more powerful than Poco F6 Pro

Poco F6 Specifications:
• 1.5K Resolution display from Tianma or TCL
• 120Hz refresh rate
• Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC
• 50MP main (Sony IMX 882 = Sony LYT-600)
• 8MP UltraWide (IMX 355)
• 2MP Useless camera
• 5000mAh Battery with 90W Fast charging

The smartphone will launch in May in China, thus the Poco F6 will debut in June in India and worldwide

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The GitHub Dashboard
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Every time you push code, you appear on this real-time wall at the GitHub Headquarters in San Francisco, USA

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Vivo TWS 4 and TWS 4 Hi-Fi Launched in China

Vivo announced the TWS and TWS 3 Hi-Fi, which are the successors to the TWS 3 and 3 Pro that were announced last year.

Vivo TWS 4: Qualcomm S3 Gen 2 Sound Platform
Vivo TWS 4 Hi-Fi: Qualcomm S3 Gen 3 Sound Platform (Latest platform introduced just 2 days ago)

Other specifications are the same, which are as follows:
• 12.2mm dynamic driver
• 16Hz-48kHz audio range
• LDAC, aptX adaptive, AAC, SBC, LC3 codec
TWS 4 Hi-FI: aptX Lossless support

• 55dB Active Noise Cancellation (ANC)
• 5000Hz ultra-wideband noise reduction
• 360-degree spatial audio
• 44ms low latency
• Four different spatial sound effect modes
• Intelligent dynamic noise reduction/ dual transparency mode
• Bluetooth 5.4v

54mAh battery in earbuds for 11h (ANC off) / 6h (ANC on) standalone
45h (ANC off) / 26h (ANC on) with charging case (ANC off)

Pricing
TWS 4: 399 CNY (~55$)
TWS 4 Hi-Wi: 499 CNY (~69$)

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Vivo Pad3 Pro launched in China

Specifications:
• 12.95-inch (3096×2064 px) IPS LCD Display
• 30/48/60/90/120/144Hz adaptive refresh rate
• HDR10
• 900nits peak brightness

• MediaTek Dimensity 9300 SoC
• LPDDR5X RAM with UFS 4.0 storage
• 37,000mm² Graphite Heat Dissipation System

• 13MP Single Rear camera
• 8MP Front camera
• 11500mAh battery with 66W fast charging
• Wi-Fi 7; Bluetooth 5.4v
• 8-Speakers system; USB-C 3.2 Gen 1
• OriginOS 4 based on Android 14

It also comes with Vivo's in-house BlueLM AI model for Image and text generation

It also supports Vivo’s office suite with support for remote access to Windows and Mac computers and the ability to use the tablet as an extended screen.

Pricing
• 8GB + 128GB = 2,999 CNY (~415$)
• 8GB + 256GB = 3,2999 CNY (~455$)
• 12GB + 256GB = 3,599 CNY (~500$)
• 16GB + 512GB = 3,999 CNY (~555$)

Vivo Pencil 2 Stylus: 499 CNY (~69$)
Vivo Smart Touch Keyboard: 599 CNY (~83$)

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Vivo X3 fold
• Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC
• 50MP main (f/1.75 lens with OIS)
• 50MP UltraWide
• 50MP Portrait (f/1.85)
• Vivo V3 Imaging Chip
• 5700mAh battery with 80W Fast charging
• Side mounted Fingerprint Scanner
• IPX8 Splash resistant

Pricing
• 12GB + 256GB = 6,999 CNY (~970$)
• 16GB + 256GB = 7,499 CNY (~1040$)
• 16GB + 512GB = 7,999 CNY (~1110$)
• 16GB + 1TB = 8,999 CNY (~1245$)

Vivo X3 Fold Pro:
• Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC
• 50MP main (OV50H; OIS)
• 50MP UltraWide (JN1)
• 64MP 3X Telephoto (OV64B)
• Zeiss Optics & Zeiss T* Coating
• Vivo V3 Imaging Chip
• 5700mAh battery
• 100W wired + 50W wireless charging
• 3D ultrasonic dual-screen fingerprint
• IPX8 Water resistant

Pricing
• 16GB + 512GB = 9,999 CNY (~1385$)
• 16GB + 1TB = 10,999 CNY (~1525$)

Vivo X3 Fold Pro will debut in International markets including India and Indonesia

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Circle to Search is rolling out to the Google Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, and Pixel 7a and will be coming soon to the Fold and Tablet!

It's also rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy S23 series, Galaxy Z Fold 5, Galaxy Z Flip 5, and Galaxy Tab S9 series with the One UI 6.1 update!

Soon, Circle to Search will also be able to translate text in-line!