If you’re doing anything with networking, iPerf3 is a useful addition to your metaphorical toolkit. A regenerated and rewritten version of the classic iPerf, iPerf3 is one of the essential network benchmarking and diagnostic tools you should be aware of. It is useful for testing the speed and throughput of a network link between two devices or locations. We’ll take a look at what makes it so powerful, where you might want to use it, and the history of this vital tool.
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The Swift 14 AI is Acer's first Snapdragon X Elite laptop, and it has a hideous AI logo
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptops are finally here, and Acer is one of the many companies introducing its first devices today. The company is introducing the new Acer Swift 14 AI, a new version of its flagship laptop that seemingly replaces the Intel models of years past. Acer never updated the Swift 14 with Intel Core Ultra, so this is the direct successor to last year's model. Source: … [Read More...]
The real Surface Pro 10 is finally here, with OLED displays and a Snapdragon X Elite
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Apple’s new iPhone and iPad update fixes a bug that resurfaced deleted nudes
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeiOS 17.5 arrived last week with one of the weirder problems we’ve seen — users reported that deleted photos … [Read More...]
Google thinks the public sector can do better than Microsoft’s ‘security failures’
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The Yoga Slim 7x is Lenovo’s attempt at a MacBook Air
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HP Omnibook X hands-on: Vintage branding in the new era of AI
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Acer joins Microsoft, Dell and others in announcing a Copilot+ PC
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Here are Dell’s five new Copilot+ PCs
Today, Microsoft is making a major push into AI with the launch of its Copilot+ PC classification. So to get in on the action, Dell is releasing one of the biggest portfolios of compatible laptops with a total of five devices. However, unlike other notebook manufacturers, all of Dell’s new Copilot+ PCs are revamps of existing models instead of all-new systems, so here’s a rundown of what the … [Read More...]