As usual, Nvidia had a raft of product announcements ready for its annual GTC conference which started today. Among the standouts were the Grace data centre CPU, a next-generation BlueField DPU, Omniverse Enterprise for 3D collaboration, and updates to the company's Drive platform.



Although there's about six months to go before the iPhone 13 range arrives, plenty of people are still buying existing iPhone models, with Telstra's flash sale delivering discounts of up to $150.

Freeview Australia's enhanced HbbTV service provides more seamless integration between broadcast and on-demand BVOD services.

With over 10% of gaming revenue coming from in-game gambling such as loot boxes, the University of Sydney says game developers are operating in an increasingly competitive sphere and are looking to in-game gambling to increase revenue, arguably to detriment of players.

You might have thought Microsoft was buying Nuance to deliver a voice control system into Windows 10 to rival that which Apple offers for its iPhones, iPads and Macs, but the company says the acquisition will combine solutions and expertise to deliver new cloud and AI capabilities across healthcare and other industries.

The Brave browser will not support Google's experimental new technology for ad targeting, known as Federated Learning of Cohorts, two senior officials from the organisation behind the browser say.

The latest data from Canalys shows continued strength in the worldwide PC market in the first quarter of 2021, with shipments of desktops and notebooks, including workstations, up 55% year on year.

And of course, there's plenty more today, so for all the news, please visit www.itwire.com.

Stephen Withers, Morning Newsletter Editor, iTWire


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