This year’s Adobe Max event has seen the company greatly expand its AI offerings, with loads of new tools hitting Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign – all powered by Firefly.Top tools coming to our current pick for the best photo editor around include an upgrade Remove tool, a space for design ideation, and a range of genAI tools now available to all.And, since it’s Adobe Max-mas, the company has also announced a handful of extras for Illustrator and InDesign, too.What’s new in Adobe Photoshop? Photoshop was already no slouch in the artificial intelligence department, filled with tools that streamline editing workflows…
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AMD’s Ryzen 9800X3D processor may not offer the sizeable leap in gaming performance that some leaks have previously suggested, it seems according to some new material shared by German tech site HardwareLuxx (via Tom’s Hardware): namely leaked slides from an MSI presentation.According to the headline at the top of a gaming comparison slide, the Ryzen 9800X3D (referred to as an ‘8-core Ryzen 9000X3D’ CPU) is 11% faster than its predecessor, the 7800X3D, in Far Cry 6. Gains are far more modest in the likes of Shadow of the Tomb Raider (where the 9800X3D is just 4% faster) and Black Myth:…
Recent advancements in quantum computing have revealed that Google’s 67-qubit Sycamore processor can outperform the fastest classical supercomputers. This breakthrough, detailed in a study published in Nature on October 9, 2024, indicates a new phase in quantum computation known as the “weak noise phase.”Understanding the Weak Noise PhaseThe research, spearheaded by Alexis Morvan at Google Quantum AI, demonstrates how quantum processors can enter this stable computationally complex phase. During this phase, the Sycamore chip is capable of executing calculations that exceed the performance capabilities of traditional supercomputers. According to Google representatives, this discovery represents a significant step towards real-world applications…
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzles.The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini Crossword is an entertaining substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier than the old-school NYT Crossword, and you probably can complete it in a couple of minutes. But if you’re stuck, we’ve got the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.The Mini Crossword is far…
Google on Aug. 31 began removing certain Android apps from its Play Store, citing a desire to provide “a stable, responsive, and engaging user experience.” The move, part of the company’s latest updated spam and minimum functionality policy, is one that could affect developers. Apps with “limited functionality and content,” such as those that are static without app-specific functionalities, will be removed. This includes text-only or PDF file apps and apps with a small amount of content that don’t provide an engaging user experience, such as single wallpaper apps, the policy said. Google is also removing apps with broken functionality,…
iQOO 13 — the upcoming flagship smartphone from the Vivo subsidiary — could be launched in India by the end of the year, according to details shared by a tipster. It is expected to be unveiled in China next month, as one of the first handsets to be equipped with Qualcomm’s next-generation chipset. The iQOO 13 has also surfaced on benchmarking website Geekbench, with the purported Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC, that is expected to be unveiled later this month, giving us an idea of what to expect from the upcoming handset.iQOO 13 Could Launch in India in DecemberA Smartprix…
Call center burnout is a real phenomenon that affects your most dedicated employees. The harder someone is willing to work, the greater the chances they eventually burn out. The mediocre-to-average employee? You don’t really have to worry about them burning out — they’re never going to work hard enough to be in danger. That’s the issue. Call center burnout affects the people who show up every day and give it their all. These are the people you don’t want to lose. They are hard and expensive to replace. The good news? Burnout isn’t inevitable. Addressing its root causes can strengthen…
Advanced Micro Devices said on Thursday it plans to start mass production of a new version of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chip called the MI325X in the fourth quarter of the year, as it seeks to bolster its presence in a market dominated by Nvidia.At an event in San Francisco, AMD CEO Lisa Su said the company plans to release its next-generation MI350 series chips in the second half of 2025. These chips include an increased amount of memory and will boast a new underlying architecture that AMD said will improve performance significantly over the prior MI300X and MI250X chips.The…
SpaceX has scripted history with the fifth test of its massive Starship rocket system. The giant rocket launched from the Starbase site in South Texas earlier today, and following a brief trip to space, the reusable spacecraft made a splashdown in the Indian Ocean. But the more remarkable feat was the successful capture of the Super Heavy booster, a fully reusable first stage that stands at a towering 71 meters and draws power from 33 Raptor engines. So far, the boosters have splashed into the water (or got damaged), but this time, SpaceX managed to capture it using giant mechanical…
ZDNETSummer is over, and we have officially entered the holiday shopping season with some of the biggest deal events of the year. Walmart’s holiday shopping event is in full-wing and the best part is that Walmart allows you to shop for deals without a pricey membership. All you have to do is visit the site and start shopping.Another major perk of the sale is that if you prefer in-person shopping, you can do so at Walmart and still take advantage of the sales from today through Sunday. These Walmart deals span every tech item you can think of and lots…