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First ARM Macs will be MacBook Pros and an all-new iMac: report

The Verge

The analyst expects the new ARM machines to outperform their Intel predecessors by 50 to 100 percent, though the actual performance will of course depend on what Apple decides to prioritize with the new designs. As such, it’s likely that actual ARM-based consumer Mac hardware won’t be shown off at WWDC 2020.

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Apple Music is missing one major thing: a classic iPod to go with it

The Verge

Earlier this year, I did something weird: I bought an iPod 5th generation, originally manufactured back in 2006. It should keep the click-wheel of course, but I can’t stop thinking about how good an iPod, designed for the age of music streaming, AirPods, and high-res displays would be. That doesn’t happen with my 2006 iPod.

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Nintendo explored making a portable Switch-style GameCube, leak suggests

The Verge

Of course, Nintendo never followed through with these plans, and instead released the Nintendo Wii in 2006. The Wii offered a unique motion-based control scheme, and hardware that was limited to standard-definition graphics.

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO Business Intelligence

Then in 2006 Nvidia introduced a new GPU architecture, CUDA, that could be programmed directly in C to accelerate mathematical processing, simplifying its use in parallel computing. Nvidia says its hardware, software, and services can cut early-stage drug discovery from months to weeks.

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Robotics pioneer Yoky Matsuoka’s Panasonic venture debuts personal assistant service in Seattle

GeekWire

Yoky Matsuoka was a University of Washington professor from 2006 to 2011. The goal was to create technology to help families, leveraging Panasonic’s hardware expertise. Hardware and related services are still part of the long-term plan, but in the meantime, the pandemic has created different priorities.

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Analogue Pocket review: Game Boy games have never looked so good

The Verge

Analogue has made a name for itself by releasing a stream of high-end hardware designed to play old games. The concept is simple: while many of these older games have aged well, the hardware hasn’t, and Analogue is creating a way to preserve them by making them playable on modern televisions. There are a few changes, of course.

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The M1 chip saved the MacBook — but now Apple has to win back the Pros

The Verge

And, of course, the extremely fragile keyboard, which was prone to breaking on contact with dust or debris. If you want a more powerful laptop or desktop, then you’re still getting the old Intel models — models that, while still not on Apple Silicon hardware, also haven’t been updated with new Intel hardware in over a year and a half either.

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