• Paige Howard has a special role in new Nickelodeon show ‘The Astronauts’

    Paige Howard has a special role in new Nickelodeon show ‘The Astronauts’

    Actress Paige Howard plays Matilda, the AI-powered onboard computer interacting with 4 teens accidentally launched into outer space, in Nickelodeon's new series "The Astronauts."
  • Japanese supercomputer ranked as world’s most powerful system

    Japanese supercomputer ranked as world’s most powerful system

    A Japanese supercomputer built with technology from Arm Ltd, whose chip designs power most of the world’s smartphones, has taken the top spot among the world’s most powerful systems, displacing one powered by IBM chips. The Fugaku supercomputer, a system jointly developed by Japanese research institute RIKEN and Fujitsu in Kobe, Japan, took the highest …
  • Apple could announce shift away from Intel chips for Macs

    Apple could announce shift away from Intel chips for Macs

    Apple could announce plans this month to swap out Intel chips with its own processors in Mac computers, a new report says. The tech giant is getting ready to make the switch official at its Worldwide Developers Conference that starts on June 22, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday. The annual event will be held online because …
  • Apple’s new MacBook Pro ditches hated ‘butterfly’ keyboard

    Apple’s new MacBook Pro ditches hated ‘butterfly’ keyboard

    Apple on Monday unveiled a new 13-inch MacBook Pro, officially discontinuing its last remaining model with the much-hated “butterfly” keyboard. The new Pro, which starts at $1,299, features a keyboard modeled after the company’s popular Magic Keyboard that’s based on an older, scissor-like mechanism. Apple four months ago released a 16-inch MacBook Pro model with …
  • Apple sales, profits exceed expectations as Chinese market brightens

    Apple sales, profits exceed expectations as Chinese market brightens

    Apple reported sales and profits that beat Wall Street expectations Thursday, with Chief Executive Tim Cook saying China sales were “headed in the right direction” as that country reopens from the novel coronavirus. But Cook said it was impossible to forecast overall results for the current quarter because of uncertainty created by the virus. Few …