Edge introduces VSR video super resolution technology
The latest Canary Channel version of Microsoft Edge browser introduces Video Super Resolution (VSR), an AI-based video enhancement feature developed by Microsoft Research.

This feature requires that the device is connected to AC power and has one of the following GPUs: Nvidia RTX 20/30/40 series or AMD RX5700 – RX7800 series GPUs. technologies such as PlayReady or Widevine.

Currently 50% of Canary channel users will receive this feature, which can be enabled by turning on edge://flags/#edge-video-super-resolution.

Twitter suffers another massive outage
On March 6, Twitter experienced a massive hyperlink failure, with affected users tweeting images and links that did not open properly, and clicking on them resulted in an error indicating that the API could not access the endpoint. The problem lasted about an hour and was fixed. CEO Elon Musk said a “small API change” caused the problem, saying Twitter’s code needed a rewrite because it was “extremely fragile for no reason. It’s worth noting that a large number of test department employees were fired during the previous layoffs.

Sony Announces IMX611 Smartphone SPAD ToF Depth-of-Field Sensor
Sony Semiconductor Solutions announced on March 6 the upcoming release of the IMX611 image sensor, a dToF SPAD depth-of-field sensor for smartphones with a 1/8.1-inch size, 23,000 effective pixels, and 28% photon detection efficiency, enabling accurate distance measurement to objects, as well as support for 3D spatial recognition, AR occlusion, motion capture/gesture gesture recognition and other functions.

Recently, LeicaRumors announced a new Leica release schedule, which shows that the Leica Q3 camera is expected to be released in May to June this year. In addition, the Leica M11 Black & White will be announced this summer, and the Leica M11 Black & White will be released at the end of this year or early next year.

According to information from the Taiwanese media, Apple is currently developing a 5G modem chip that may be imported into the iPhone 16 series product line ahead of schedule. It is reported that Apple’s own 5G modem chip development code name is Ibiza, will use TSMC 3nm process, the supplier plans to start the chip trial production in the second half of this year, the first half of next year to complete the production capacity climb.

According to Korean media reports, Samsung is developing its own cell phone CPU cores in an effort to reduce its dependence on ARM. They previously poached executives from AMD to lead the project. The project, tentatively called Galaxy Chip, is expected to see phones with self-developed CPU cores by 2027.