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As the time of writing the Honor MagicBook 14 (2022) is not yet available in the UK, although French and German buyers can find it online with a starting price of €999.90 (~$1,064). This buys you a 12-core (4 Performance, 8 Efficient) Intel Core i5-12500H processor, integrated Iris Xe Graphics, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. A model with discrete Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 graphics costs €1,199.99 (~$1,276). The MagicBook 14 is also available in China and Malaysia, but not officially in the US....

The overwhelmingly positive response to the celebration inspired Woodson, an author, publisher, and historian, to choose February to honor the birthdays of two people who influenced Black American history: Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Woodson would go on to found the organization known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). The weeklong observance grew over the decades in individual schools, communities, and cities....

What happens when not running your own IT infrastructure no longer makes financial sense? Analysts from noted tech investor firm Andreessen Horowitz have raised a flag about public cloud spending that’s becoming more apparent as the industry matures. SEE: IT Data Center Green Energy Policy (TechRepublic Premium) At some point in a software startup’s journey, after it has scaled up and gained millions of users, there might come a point at which the cost of cloud harms margins, which may prompt companies to start repatriating computing infrastructure....

We gathered the most recent data from top schools to show you what you can expect to pay for an MBA. Below, we cover tuition, extra expenses, and payment options. How much is an MBA? The NCES reported the average annual cost for graduate programs as $19,792 for the 2019-2020 school year. However, many schools have program-specific tuition for MBA degrees, raising the overall cost. Using data from colleges located across the U....

Typically, you have to open and check each app one at a time to see if an important or critical update is waiting to be installed. Well, instead of checking each program manually, there’s an easier way, namely by using a software updater. The best software updaters will check all your Windows applications for updates and then install them for you. Such tools as Patch My PC Home Updater, Adlice Software’s Ucheck, and IObit Software Updater will automatically update the programs on your PC....

Credit reports and credit scores will play important roles in your life, and college is the perfect time to start improving them. [This article was first published on The Simple Dollar in 2020. It was updated in July 2022.] However, your credit can impact you right now, determining your interest rate for student loans. Plus, if you’re thinking about consolidating your loans after graduation, a good credit report could land you a better interest rate....

It’s well known that content reigns supreme online. Fresh content is absolutely necessary for all websites that want to achieve high page rankings organically. But content creation can be time-consuming and difficult. Fortunately, Autowriterpro’s artificial intelligence can help you create better content more quickly, and you can currently get a lifetime subscription for only $39.99. Autowritepro has a multitude of resources. Its AI-powered copywriting tools, for instance, include both a rewriter tool and an article generator....

However, there are features that most new users probably won’t work with, either because they aren’t aware of them or they are too unfamiliar. Also: KDE Neon gives you the latest and greatest KDE Plasma desktop There is one feature that most users won’t have a problem understanding, simply because they’ve become so accustomed to mobile devices that include widgets. What are widgets? Simply put, a widget is a tiny application you can add to the desktop that either adds an interactive component or displays at-a-glance information....

The bad news is that while the rise of online shopping and banking has made life easier for us, it has also made conducting fraud much simpler – and in the worst case scenario, a cyber criminal could gain access to your personal finances simply by stealing your username and password. One of the most common methods cyber criminals use to steal usernames and passwords for bank accounts is phishing attacks, where they’ll send an email – or an SMS message – claiming to be from a bank or retailer....

A Kindle is a great way to carry all your books in one single package. A handy device that is lighter than a tablet and relatively inexpensive, the Kindle makes it easy to buy, borrow, and keep your books safe. How to share or loan a Kindle book There are two simple ways to share a Kindle book: by loaning it to someone else or by sharing it through your family library....

Also: How does ChatGPT work? Contrary to popular opinion, ChatGPT can do a lot more than just write an essay for you (which could be called plagiarism). What is more useful is how it can help guide your writing process. If you are a looking for ways to use ChatGPT to support your writing, here are five different ways to explore. How ChatGPT can help you write an essay Also: I wish I had ChatGPT when I was in college....

It’s part of an ongoing expansion of IBM Cloud Code Engine, first rolled out earlier this year, to become a broad-based platform for automating deployment and running code across a broad spectrum of use cases, from functions to PaaS, batch jobs, and containers-as-a-service. As we’ll note below, extending this up to supercomputing is a marked shift from the far humbler origins of serverless computing. But also, part of the roadmap is having the engine encompass a full spectrum of services, starting with functions as a service that IBM has offered for a number of years....

Insta360 is best known for making 360-degree, pocket-friendly action cameras – in case the name didn’t give it away – but its latest innovation marks the company’s foray into the bustling webcam market. The Insta360 Link is a compact camera that’s powered by a delightfully intelligent AI system and Insta360’s infamous gimbal stabilization, with a listing price of $299 to cover all that tech. That’s a bold ask for a computer accessory....

According to Intel, the need for a centralized LTR Lab became apparent a few years ago when its engineers were forced to search on eBay for an older chip in order to troubleshoot an issue affecting specific configurations. The chips they were searching for included Sandy Bridge CPUs, according to the Wall Street Journal. Intel released Sandy Bridge CPUs in 2011. Though Sandy Bridge was discontinued in 2013, Intel in 2018 was busy patching them and older generation chips with Microcode Updates (MCUs) to address the Spectre speculative execution flaws....

“Neural nets are the new apps,” said Raja M. Koduri, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group, in an interview with ZDNet via Microsoft Teams. “What we see is that every socket, it’s not CPU, GPU, IPU, everything will have matrix acceleration,” said Koduri. Koduri took over Intel’s newly formed Accelerated Computing Unit in June as part of a broad re-organizaton of Intel’s executive leadership under CEO Pat Gelsinger....

Crowdfunding has advantages and disadvantages. The ScoutPro has changed quite a bit from the initial project specs. Mostly that’s an improvement. Instead of 20,000mAh it has the 24,000mAh capacity promised for the ScoutPro Max. And instead of one 60W and one 100W USB-C port, both USB-C ports are labelled 100W. Charging two laptops at once would run the battery down pretty quickly, but having 100W on both ports means you can plug your laptop charger and laptop into the ScoutPro (without worrying about which cable goes in which port) and both the laptop and battery would charge at the same time....

Another feature that’s sure to get a lot of attention is the ability for Face ID to work with a mask or facial covering. This is a huge addition that feels like it’s coming way too late into the pandemic, but there’s no telling if or when another COVID-19 variant will take hold, pushing local governments back to enforcing masking mandates. Not to mention, masks are still required for air travel — so, even if you aren’t wearing a mask every day, if you plan on traveling you’ll be happy you took a couple of minutes to set up this new Face ID feature....

While the company is shifting its focus to larger phones, I’ve been daily driving the petite powerhouse that is the iPhone 13 Mini to test its viability in 2022 and get a greater sense of exactly how much (or how little) users are missing out on by going with Apple’s smaller iPhone. This isn’t a first review by any means – my colleague Jason Cipriani covered the specs and general experience at launch – but a confirmation of just how good (or bad) the iPhone 13 Mini is one full year later....

In a statement on Facebook, Kosovo Economy Minister Artane Rizvanolli said the cryptocurrency mining ban is intended to address both short and long-term energy shortages to protect the country’s economy. Along with the ban, the government will also be allocating resources to identifying cryptocurrency mining locations, Rizvanolli said. The eastern European country has been in a state of emergency since December as cold weather has knocked out local power plants and forced the government to import more energy than usual due to shortages....

The decision-making process shouldn’t be this challenging. In fact, it doesn’t have to be. More than half of all Americans claim to rely on their gut when it comes to making tough calls, but they would be better served relying on data. By using data-driven decision making, you can produce better outcomes, account for factors that would otherwise be missed, and feel much more confident in the fact that you’re making the right call....