Wall Street: Wall Street shares close up as megacap tech stocks rally

NEW YORK, – U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, buoyed by a rally in megacap growth stocks following robust quarterly results from technology heavyweights Alphabet and Microsoft in addition to moderate inflation data. Investors cheered Alphabet’s first-ever dividend, its $70 billion stock buyback program, and better-than-expected first-quarter results. Its shares jumped 10% and reached a …

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Apple finally has a way to defeat ChatGPT

Yugandhar Bonde / Pexels OpenAI needs to watch out because Apple may finally be jumping on the AI bandwagon, and the news doesn’t bode well for ChatGPT. Apple is reportedly working on a large language model (LLM) referred to as ReALM, which stands for Reference Resolution As Language Modeling. Made to give Siri a boost …

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite could be all that, according to new benchmarks

Benchmark scores for Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon X Elite chip have emerged online, lending credence to the company’s boasts about its power. Spotted by Twitter/X users @techinamul, a Lenovo device sporting the Snapdragon X Elite was benchmarked using Geekbench 6, with the scores showing up in Geekbench’s online database. MobileSyrup was able to track down the Geekbench score …

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This new RAM-saving feature makes Edge ideal for PC gamers

Microsoft Microsoft Edge is already jam-packed with features that other web browsers don’t have, but a new one might well help your PC run faster while gaming. The default Windows web browser now has the option to limit the amount of RAM it uses, helping you prioritize RAM access to other applications or games. The …

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How much does an AI supercomputer cost? Try $100 billion

Microsoft It looks like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Sora, among other projects, are about to get a lot more juice. According to a new report shared by The Information, Microsoft and OpenAI are working on a new data center project, one part of which will be a massive AI supercomputer dubbed “Stargate.” Microsoft is said to …

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How Intel and Microsoft are teaming up to take on Apple

Igor’s Lab / Intel It seems like Apple might need to watch out, because Intel and Microsoft are coming for it after the latter two companies reportedly forged a close partnership during the development of Intel Lunar Lake chips. Lunar Lake refers to Intel’s upcoming generation of mobile processors that are aimed specifically at the …

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Apple dismisses Microsoft monopoly comparisons

A week after finding itself at the business end of a landmark lawsuit from the United States Department of Justice, Apple is staunchly denying any parallels between itself and Microsoft in the 1990s. It’s a comparison into which the U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland leaned heavily in last week’s filing. While portions of the United …

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Microsoft just discovered the next big evolution in displays

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Microsoft is working on a new patent that aims to bring unprecedented levels of control to displays. The new tech, dubbed Pixel Luminesce for Digital Display, allows you to micromanage every single pixel of your display, adjusting the brightness as needed. If and when this makes it out of the …

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