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9to5Mac

Deals: AirPods Pro 3 hit best price ever at $179, MacBook Pro $300 off, Series 11 $130 off, more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by AirPods Pro 3 dropping even lower to the best price ever at $179 shipped (nearly 30% off) and all five AirPods Max 2 colors hitting the Amazon all-time low . We also have up to $300 off M5 Pro MacBook Pro models joined by Apple’s most affordable 15-inch M5 MacBook Air at $200 off , the most popular Apple Watch Series 11 models up to $130 off, and the…

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9to5Mac

It’s not just Apple – WhatsApp has to allow competing AIs too

One controversy to mar the launch of Siri AI was the news that it will not as yet be available within EU countries . The EU told Apple that it would have to allow third-party AI providers to offer similar functionality on iPhones, and the company has responded by withholding an EU launch for now. We’re now learning that Meta’s WhatsApp is being faced with a similar demand …

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9to5Mac

Siri demos in keynote were a little slow, but that’s good-ish news

A number of people have been complaining that the new Siri demos during the keynote videos were a little on the slow side. There were notable lags of several seconds between Siri requests and the task being carried out. But while the ideal we’re aiming for is for AI tasks to be carried out as quickly as possible, what we saw is kind of good news …

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ScienceDaily

After 20 years, scientists finally shrink a powerful laser onto a chip

Researchers at EPFL have developed a chip-scale ultrafast laser that performs on par with traditional tabletop femtosecond lasers. The innovation could make advanced laser technologies far smaller, cheaper, and more accessible for applications ranging from medical diagnostics to atomic clocks.

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ScienceDaily

New 3D silicon chip breakthrough could extend Moore’s Law for years

As traditional chip miniaturization slows, researchers have found a way to pack more computing power into the same space by stacking silicon circuits in multiple layers. The new process uses ultra-thin silicon membranes and low-temperature manufacturing techniques to overcome a major obstacle that has long blocked the production of true 3D chips.

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IEEE Spectrum

Finding Success in Industry as a Chip Designer

I have been an application-specific IC (ASIC) designer for almost three decades. Over that time, I’ve moved through the full academic trajectory, from graduate student to full professor; later, I transitioned to industry after an unsuccessful stint at entrepreneurship. When I made the switch to the private sector in 2019, I began focusing on a critically important aspect of the electronic…

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