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HDMI 2.1 specs published, highlight improved HDR, resolutions up to 10K

It’s a bit down the line, but the HDMI Forum’s details for the HDMI 2.1 spec, which were released today, look pretty nifty. The big takeaways include higher resolution, Dynamic HDR and the additions of support for high frame rate 4K and 8K video. HDMI 2.1 will work with 8K video at refresh rates up […]

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Rumor: Apple working on augmented reality headset for 2020 release

It looks like Apple may be betting on an augmented reality headset. The company is said to be working to have the technology ready for an augmented-reality headset in 2019 and could ship a product as early as 2020. Unlike the current generation of virtual reality headsets that use a smartphone as the engine and […]

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2017 iPad Pro marks the first Apple device to use a chip built on TSMC 10 nanometer manufacturing process

This is pretty neat. The pros have gotten their hands on Apple’s A10X Fusion processor that shipped with the new iPad Pro and have confirmed that this is the first chip in a device using TMSC’s FinFET 10nm chip fabrication process. The breakdown, published by Tech Insights, discovered a 96.4 square millimeter die size as […]

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Apple releases first macOS High Sierra public beta

If you’re feeling brave, the macOS High Sierra Public Beta has just been released. Apple on Thursday seeded the first macOS High Sierra public beta, allowing non-developers to download and test the update for the first time since it was introduced at the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 5. The first public beta of macOS […]

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Apple announces High Sierra, points out forthcoming changes

macOS High Sierra is coming. macOS 10.13, also known as macOS 10.13 High Sierra, was announced today at WWDC, complete with Apple executive Craig Federighi highlighting the following changes: Safari: Apple benchmarked a new version of Safari, which offered 80 percent better performance on modern JavaScript, blocking of auto-play videos and Intelligent Tracking Prevention using […]