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Hardware

Unlocking the Full Potential of Your CPU: Flow’s Revolutionary Chip and the Magic of Elbow Grease

Flow is a spinout of VTT, a Finland state-backed research organization that’s a bit like a national lab. You can’t just magically squeeze extra performance out of CPUs across architectures and code bases. But Flow has been working on something that has been theoretically possible — it’s just that no one has been able to pull it off. What Flow claims to have done is remove this limitation, turning the CPU from a one-lane street into a multi-lane highway. The chef still only has two hands, but now the chef can work ten times as fast.

Dylan Williams
June 11, 2024

Apps

Experience Monday’s Solar Eclipse with The Eclipse App: The Top Pick on the App Store

Now at the top of the App Store, The Eclipse App is a great companion for Monday’s solar eclipseA well-designed app designed to optimize your viewing of the total solar eclipse on Tuesday has surged to the top of the App Store. The app began its App Store climb late on Sunday, gaining 35,000 downloads on the App Store and starting to move up the charts. The app is currently ranked first in its category (Travel) and ninth Overall in the U.S. App Store and eighth in its category via Google Play. Reviews are mostly positive on the App Store: There are 40 5-star reviews vs. 22 1-star reviews, Appfigures says. You can also check your local forecast and subscribe to local events and check out other local points of interest.

Max Chen
April 8, 2024

Media & Entertainment, Robotics & AI

Google’s Deepmind AI learns to be your ultimate video game ally

AI models that play games go back decades, but they generally specialize in one game and always play to win. From this data — and the annotations provided by data labelers — the model learns to associate certain visual representations of actions, objects, and interactions. AI agents trained on multiple games performed better on games they hadn’t been exposed to. But of course many games involve specific and unique mechanics or terms that will stymie the best-prepared AI. And simple improvised actions or interactions are also being simulated and tracked by AI in some really interesting research into agents.

Zara Khan
March 13, 2024

Enterprise

Discover the Ultimate Search Partner: Arc’s Revolutionary iPhone Browser

The Browser Company launched the Arc’s first iPhone companion app last year, allowing users to save links for consumption on the desktop application later. The firm has now released a new mobile app, called Arc Search, that aims to focus on the search experience. type a search query and tap “browse for me” – we'll then go read 6 webpages on your behalf… …and create THE PERFECT TAB to answer your query. Notably, last week, the Browser Company announced that users can set Preplexity as their default search engine on the Arc’s desktop client. Arc Search browser also archives tabs after 1 day (this is customizable) to save you from tab overload.