Technology News for Tuesday 26th March 2024

1. Microsoft picks company veteran Pavan Davuluri to lead Windows and Surface

Davuluri, who joined Microsoft in 2001 and has been corporate vice president for almost three years, is taking on additional responsibilities after Panos Panay decamped to Amazon last fall. Davuluri's promotion comes a week after Microsoft said it was ...

2. Digital Games Seed Development Program

Targeted at emerging and small-medium enterprise digital game creators, grants of up to $30,000 are available. The initiative was announced as part of the NSW Government's Creative Communities policy and will deliver vital support to the rapidly growing ...

3. Snoopy MoonSwatch: Release date, pricing, and everything you need to know

How much will the Snoopy Moonswatch cost? The new Omega x Swatch release will retail at $2,400 each. Where can I buy the new Snoopy Moonswatch in Hong Kong? Watch enthusiasts can ...

4. Ring Battery Doorbell Pro Review: A Little Large and (Mostly) in Charge

The new Ring Battery Doorbell Pro is an effort to combine the security camera features Ring has developed in the past several years into one high-end video doorbell. That's an effective array of cam capabilities, especially for those who want to adjust ...

5. MIT scientists have just worked out how to make the most popular AI image generators 30 times faster

Scientists have built a framework that gives generative AI systems like DALL·E 3 and Stable Diffusion a major boost by condensing them into smaller models — without compromising their quality. Comments (0). Stock image showing colorful horizontal lines ...

6. How to Disable Journal Suggestions on Your iPhone

I like to write down my thoughts and feelings pretty much all the time, but I do it in the Notes app on my iPhone. Apple introduced the Journal app not too long ago, to provide a space to reflect on your day, and while I initially thought I would use ...

7. Extreme Land Rover Defender Octa due this year with snarling V8

It will be the first car to wear the new Octa badge, which JLR says will be used for all future range-topping Defender models. The name is said to come from the octahedron shape of a diamond, the hardest naturally occurring mineral on Earth - a reflection, ...

8. I Applied to Be a NASA Astronaut. You Can Too

The rise of the private space sector and the beginning of NASA's Artemis lunar program could similarly turbocharge things in 2024. Not every one of the applications in 2015 was entirely serious, and things are likely to be the same now.

9. As the Snoopy Omega Lands, Cartoon Luxury Goes Boom

Snoopy, Popeye, and Miss Piggy are no longer relegated to bargain-basement merch, as Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Fendi, and other high-end brands tap into comic connections.

10. Apple announces its big annual conference, where it could reveal its AI strategy

Apple on Tuesday announced that its annual developers conference, WWDC, will take place June 10 through June 14. Apple typically reveals the latest versions of its iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV software at WWDC via a "keynote" video on the first day, ...

11. Rise of the R?nin review — the fighting is fun but its world is overstuffed

In your first mission, your upstart samurai and their partner or “Blade Twin” set out on a mission to investigate the Black Ships bringing Americans to Japanese shores, culminating in a gory fight with Commodore Perry, one of many ...

12. In-Video-Game Ad Spend to Reach $11.5 Billion by 2027

“This is the first large-scale quantitative analysis of brands and agencies with experience purchasing games advertising,” IAB research and insights senior vice president Jack Koch said. “The study found that advertisers view games ...

13. How Google's entry into in-game advertising puts a spotlight on an industry in flux

AdMob announced its expansion into in-game ads via a blog post on March 12. Like other in-game ad companies, AdMob's offerings are immersive, taking the form of traditional digital banner ads overlaid on in-game objects such as street signs or billboards.

14. The best white noise machines

The LectroFan Evo won an NBC Select Wellness Award for best sound machine last year. It is a compact model with ten fan sounds, ten white, pink and brown noise variations and two ocean sounds. The ...

15. Researchers uncover new security threat against routers and smart devices

Illustration of top down view of opened laptops in a grid pattern. Illustration: Rae Cook/Axios. A hacking campaign infected more than 6,000 Asus routers in less than 72 ...

16. Pilates studio, diner & bar coming to downtown Raleigh's Smoky Hollow District

JETSET Pilates, Tucker Street Diner and a new neighborhood bar by the team behind Madre will be the latest establishments to join the expanding roster of businesses in the Glenwood South area, Kane Realty Corporation announced Tuesday.

17. Metamaterials and AI converge, igniting innovative breakthroughs

A research team, comprising Professor Junsuk Rho from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Chemical Engineering, and the Department of Electrical Engineering, and PhD candidates Seokho Lee and Cherry Park from the Department of ...