There are a few reasons why publications such as The Verge called the 2021 MacBook Pro models with Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips “the most powerful laptops” they’ve ever tested. In a recently published blog post, the folks at DataBase as a Service (DBaaS) provider Unum pit an M1 Max-equipped 16″ 2021 MacBook Pro with 64 GB of RAM, against an Intel-powered 16″ 2019 MacBook Pro with 16 GB of RAM and a $50,000 USD server with an AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX and a whopping 1 TB of RAM, through a series of memory-heavy workloads.

Apple plans to update its Apple silicon chips every 18 months, compared to the annual upgrade cycle of the iPhone and Apple Watch, according to a new report from the Taiwanese Commercial Times.

Lightelligence, a Boston-based photonics company, revealed the world's first small form-factor, photonics-based computing device, meaning it uses light to perform compute operations. The company claims the unit is "hundreds of times faster than a typical computing unit, such as NVIDIA RTX 3080." 350 times faster, to be exact, but that only applies to certain types of applications.

The RISC-V Summit is over - here's what you need to know

Michael Reiser is, as he puts it, “fanatical about timing”. A neuroscientist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, Reiser studies fly vision. Some of his experiments involve placing flies in an immersive virtual-reality arena and seamlessly redrawing the scene while tracking how the insects respond.

It's become increasingly clear that quantum computers won't have a single moment when they become clearly superior to classical hardware. Instead, we're likely to see them becoming useful for a narrow set of problems and then gradually expand out from there to an increasing range of computations. The question obviously becomes one of where the utility will be seen first.

Samsung is planning to use Qualcomm’s chipsets for near half of the smartphones and tablets it launches in 2022, TheElec has learned.According to Samsung’s smartphone shipment plan for 2022 seen by TheElec, the tech giant is planning to launch a total of 64 models of smartphones and tablets.

The trick is to use data from the brain to synthesize speech in real time so users can practice and the machine can learn. New BCI systems are getting there.

Longtime Ars readers probably remember some of the many cases in which overly onerous DRM prevented game owners from playing their legitimate purchases. We're seeing that situation play out again today, this time thanks to how some DRM systems interact with the unique features of Intel's 12th-generation "Alder Lake" CPUs.

A new method for quantum computing algorithms achieved an unprecedented efficiency that's 2,500% more effective! And it could change everything.

Intel says that ongoing chip shortages mean that PC vendors expect to prioritize more expensive models during the holiday shopping season.

When it comes to Intel's recent manufacturing problems, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger places the blame squarely on his predecessors — many of whom he notes were not engineers deeply steeped in chip technology, as he is.

Could regular gaming breaks be the key to maximizing productivity? One of the few silver linings of the pandemic is that it has thrown into stark relief the problems with working culture that have gone unaddressed for decades.

Researchers have discovered a new technique that can make reservoir computing a million times faster on specific tasks.

Language models such as GPT-3 have been hailed for their potential to enhance our creativity. Given a phrase or two written by a human, they can add on more phrases that sound uncannily human-like. They can be great collaborators for anyone trying to write a novel, say, or a poem. GPT-3 is a smart and poetic AI. Unfortunately, it also says terrible things about Muslims.

Advancements in the storage segment are the unsung heroes in today's world of computing. While many users tend to focus on the speed of their CPU, GPU or even the higher refresh rate of their displays, the increasingly quick solid state drives are in part responsible for the performance improvements of Sony's and Microsoft's next-gen consoles.

Android enjoys the largest market share among operating systems, but what's the programmers' favorite desktop OS? Find out the surprising answer here.

Creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum and the less commercially successful C5 died after a long illness

Scientists have spent decades searching for faster, more energy-efficient memory technologies for everything from large data centers to mobile sensors and other flexible electronics. Among the most promising data storage technologies is phase-change memory, which is thousands of times faster than conventional hard drives but uses a lot of electricity.

Google is edging closer to rolling out its own central processing units, or CPUs, for its Chromebook laptops, according to a report from Nikkei Asia on Wednesday that cites people familiar with the matter.