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Apple unveils first touchscreen MacBook Pro
Apple introduces the MacBook Pro with a touch-enabled PROLED XDR display, powered by M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. It arrives in Malaysia on 6 November from RM11,999.
Full story at SoyaCincau ↗ - Chips & hardware · Smartphones & apps
Apple opens preorders for iPad mini, iMac, MacBook Pro
Preorders are open for Apple's new iPad mini, iMac and MacBook Pro, arriving in stores on November 6. The iPad mini gets an 8.5-inch OLED display and the iMac an M6 chip.
Full story at AppleInsider ↗ - Chips & hardware · Operating systems
Apple launches MacBook Pro with OLED touchscreen
Apple has unveiled its first MacBook Pro featuring an OLED display with touch support. The update also revives the glowing Apple logo on the lid.
Full story at AppleInsider ↗ - Chips & hardware · Artificial intelligence
Nvidia introduces RTX Spark for AI and gaming PCs
Nvidia has launched RTX Spark, a new Windows PC platform aimed at AI development and gaming in compact devices. It pairs a Blackwell RTX GPU with a Grace CPU and up to 128 GB of unified memory.
Full story at NVIDIA Developer ↗ - Chips & hardware
Apple releases updated chargers and travel adapter kit
Apple has started selling redesigned 70W and 140W power adapters along with a new World Travel Adapter Kit. All plugs now feature the new AC Connector 2 and are available through Apple's online store.
Full story at MacRumors ↗ - Chips & hardware
New MacBook Pro tops out at $14,549
Apple's new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display can cost up to $14,549 when fully configured with 16TB storage, 128GB RAM and an M5 Max chip. This makes it one of Apple's most expensive laptop configurations ever.
Full story at XDA ↗ - Smartphones & apps · Artificial intelligence · Chips & hardware
Amazon brings new Alexa+ Echo devices to Canada
Amazon has unveiled three new Echo devices powered by Alexa+, including a revamped Echo Dot, an Echo Studio with visual intelligence, and the Echo Time smart clock. Echo Time is the first alarm clock with Alexa and offers hundreds of clock faces.
Full story at MobileSyrup ↗ - Programming & dev tools · Artificial intelligence · Chips & hardware
Junie Local gets 70% faster on Mac M5
Junie Local now runs at about 70 tokens per second on M5 Max, up from 40, thanks to the new Splash inference engine and DFlash2 draft model. This means faster local AI-assisted coding for developers using Mac hardware.
Full story at blog.jetbrains.com ↗ - Chips & hardware · Operating systems
RTX Spark laptops now come from six makers
NVIDIA says RTX Spark laptops are now available from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI. They combine a Blackwell RTX GPU and a Grace CPU in one superchip with up to 128GB of unified memory.
Full story at nvidia.com ↗ - Chips & hardware · Smartphones & apps
Apple refreshes MacBook Pro, iMac and iPad Mini
Apple released an iPad Mini with an A20 chip and OLED display, an iMac with M6 chip and a 14-inch MacBook Pro base model with M6. They were announced ahead of the "Pro and Tell" event.
Full story at OS X Daily ↗
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