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Daily Mirror
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
5 Father's Day gift ideas for gamers – presents to get your gamer dad
Struggling for gift ideas for the gamer dad in your life? Here are five potential presents that could go down really well! Father's Day is nearing, and if you haven't nailed down a present yet for the gamer dad in your life, we have some ideas for you to consider. What do you get for the dad who has everything? That's normally the question that comes up every year ahead of Father's Day, but if your dad is a gamer, there's good news, because there is always something they don't have that they probably really, really want! I can't guarantee he'll love all of the gift ideas below, but it should at least give you a few pointers about which direction to go! Here are five Father's Day gift ideas for gamer dads, at a variety of price points, albeit most are quite pricey (spoiler alert: gaming is an expensive hobby!). Introducing All Out Gaming, a dedicated gaming brand providing the best gaming news, reviews, previews, interviews and more! Make sure you don't miss out on our latest high-quality videos on YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook, where we'll be posting our latest reviews, previews, interviews, and live streams! You can also subscribe to our free All Out Gaming newsletter service. Click here to be sent all the day's biggest stories. Father's Day gift ideas for gamer dads Keychron K2 HE keyboard Keychron's latest offering is perfect for gamer dads, particularly because it doesn't really look like a gaming keyboard! Its sleek, classic and smart design won't look out of place in an office environment, with natural rosewood featured along the side being a really nice and unique design touch. But don't be fooled, because the K2 HE features Gateron double-rail magnetic switches, with customisable actuation points and dynamic rapid triggers, as well as SA profile double-shot PBT keycaps, making it perfect for sweaty gaming sessions too! It also has multiple connectivity options, including 2.4 GHz wireless, Bluetooth 5.1, and wired, and is compatible with macOS, Windows, and Linux. A superb keyboard for office and gaming use. Keychron K2 HE Wireless Magnetic Switch Custom Keyboard - £153.99 Razer USB 4 Dock Okay, I know what you're thinking, a USB dock? But trust me, and I speak from experience here, dads can't have enough ports on their PCs. And this isn't just any USB dock, this is the daddy of all USB docks. It features 14 ports, including a MicroSD and SD Card slot, Microphone Headphone Combo Port (supports 7.1 surround), USB Type C 3.2 Gen 2 (with battery charging 20W), USB A 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gb/s), upstream USB 4 Type C to host device, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, 1Gb ethernet port, two USB A 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gb/s), one USB A 2.0 (480 Mb/s) and finally a dedicated USB port for 2.4 GHz Dongles (480 Mb/s). And there's more: It supports a 4K 120Hz output and includes a 180W power adapter that can provide 100W of laptop charging while powering the other connected devices! It's also compatible with PCS, Macs, iPads, and Chromebooks, making it incredibly versatile. Razer USB 4 Dock - £229.99 Moza Racing R3 Racin If your dad is the type who watches F1 and thinks he could match Max Verstappen, but hasn't tried sim racing yet, Moza's R3 bundle is the perfect gift to get him started on his sim racing journey. It's 3.9Nm direct drive servo motor gives enough feedback to provide an immersive driving experience, but not too much that it might be overwhelming for beginners, while the aviation-grade aluminium construction and durable ISF PU grips mean it'll last, at least until he wants to upgrade! You get a wheelbase, wheel and pedals in this bundle, which is compatible with PC and Xbox, which is a great starting point, and the price is very competitive too. Moza Racing R3 Racing Wheel and Pedals for Xbox and PC - £359.00 SanDisk microSD Express Memory Card (256 GB) With the Nintendo Switch 2 now out in the wild and in the hands of gamers, my first impressions of the console are very positive, and it seems to be better than the original in pretty much every conceivable way. But, with the games looking better than ever, and in a higher resolution than ever, that comes at the cost of bigger game sizes, so this 256 microSD Express Memory Card is looking pretty essential for those with a big game library! The Switch 2 only supports games launching from a microSD Express card, not a standard microSD, so this is a great option! SanDisk microSD Express Memory Card - £49.00 (Currys) Steam Deck And last but not least, for those gamer dads out there who haven't experienced the joy of handheld gaming yet, the Steam Deck is a superb device that allows you to play your beloved Steam games on the go. Whether he plays Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, Balatro, Red Dead Redemption 2 or Cyberpunk 2077, Valve's handheld can handle them all in 1280 x 800 resolution on its 7-inch display, which is surprisingly sharp given the lower than 1080p resolution. And, best of all, with the Steam Deck OLED also out now, the original Steam Deck is only £359 right now, making it cheaper than a Nintendo Switch 2! Steam Deck (256GB) - £359.00 And that's it. Hopefully, some of these ideas work out great, but if not, at least they might spark a present idea ahead of the big day.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Snowflake (SNOW) Unveils Next Wave of Compute Innovations at Snowflake Summit 2025 Cantor Initiates
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) stands against other trending AI stocks on Wall Street right now. On June 3rd, Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) unveiled its next wave of compute innovations at its annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2025. These innovations are designed to deliver faster performance, improved usability, and stronger price-performance value in the AI era. The announcements include the general availability of its Standard Warehouse – Generation 2 (Gen2), an enhanced version of Snowflake's virtual Standard Warehouse that promises to deliver 2.1x faster analytics performance and 1.9×2 faster analytics performance than Managed Spark. A software engineer at work, surrounded by a wall of computer monitors connected to a 'Data Cloud' platform. It has also introduced Snowflake Adaptive Compute, which is now in private preview. The Adaptive Compute is a new compute service from Snowflake that improves resource management through automatic resource sizing and sharing. 'We're reimagining what customers can expect from a modern data platform, delivering faster performance, easier scalability, and greater value for every dollar spent. Snowflake's Gen2 more than doubles the speed of core analytics workloads, helping teams make quicker, data-driven decisions. Coupled with Adaptive Warehouses, we're enabling customers with an easier, more efficient approach to platform management where resource decisions are automated and right-sized. This isn't just about infrastructure improvements, it's about preparing your business to innovate quickly in the fast-moving AI era.' Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) is a cloud-based data storage company providing a data analysis, storage, and sharing platform. READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
Techday NZ
3 days ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
Snowflake unveils Gen2 warehouse, AI tools for analytics
Snowflake has announced a series of enhancements to its data platform, introducing new compute innovations aimed at increasing speed, efficiency, and AI-driven data governance for users globally, including those in Canada. The company has launched its Standard Warehouse – Generation 2 (Gen2), an update to its virtual warehousing service, which is now generally available. According to Snowflake, Gen2 delivers analytics performance that is 2.1 times faster than its predecessor, with the goal of allowing organisations to derive insights more quickly and support data-driven decisions at pace with AI developments. "We're reimagining what customers can expect from a modern data platform, delivering faster performance, easier scalability, and greater value for every dollar spent. Snowflake's Gen2 more than doubles the speed of core analytics workloads, helping teams make quicker, data-driven decisions. Coupled with Adaptive Warehouses, we're enabling customers with an easier, more efficient approach to platform management where resource decisions are automated and right-sized. This isn't just about infrastructure improvements, it's about preparing your business to innovate quickly in the fast-moving AI era," said Artin Avanes, Head of Core Data Platform at Snowflake. Alongside Gen2, Snowflake has introduced the private preview of a new service called Adaptive Compute. This service automates resource allocation and management within data warehouses, using automatic resource sizing and sharing to help users achieve better performance without increasing operational costs. Warehouses utilising Adaptive Compute, referred to as Adaptive Warehouses, are designed to optimise compute resources in real time, reducing the need for manual configuration and intervention. Steve Ring, Director of Enterprise Database Solutions at Pfizer, commented on the announcement, highlighting the importance of operational efficiency for large enterprises. "As one of the world's premier biopharmaceutical companies, efficiency and scalability are critical to everything we do as we race to deliver medical innovations. Snowflake's easy, connected, and trusted platform has been instrumental in streamlining our operations so that we can maximize the value of our data, and the impact we drive for end users. We're excited about the potential of Adaptive Warehouses to build on that success. What we're seeing with Adaptive Warehouses is just the beginning of a larger trend in cloud computing — the ability to dynamically adjust resources based on workload demands, without human intervention," Ring said. Snowflake states that Gen2 was developed to address issues associated with growing data volumes and increasingly complex analytics workflows, which can slow down queries and limit productivity. The upgrade incorporates new hardware and software improvements, supporting more efficient analytics at a time when organisations are handling scalable, end-to-end data workloads. The company also outlined a number of advancements in its Snowflake Horizon Catalog. New features include increased interoperability through Catalog-Linked Databases, which can automatically sync with Apache Iceberg objects managed by various REST Catalogs, including Apache Polaris and AWS Glue. These integrations are aimed at simplifying advanced governance and discovery across heterogeneous data environments. Data discovery capabilities are set for expansion with External Data in Universal Search, allowing users to find and access data from external relational databases, such as PostgreSQL and MySQL, directly from the Snowflake environment. This is expected to extend data visibility for users operating across diverse platforms. On the security and governance front, Snowflake is introducing Copilot for Horizon Catalog, an AI-powered chat interface—currently in private preview—that enables users to ask governance and security questions without requiring SQL expertise. This feature is intended to streamline oversight, enhance compliance, and accelerate security-related decision-making through conversational AI. For improved resilience and compliance, Snowflake is rolling out point-in-time, immutable backups with the Snapshots feature, which is entering public preview. Snapshots are designed to prevent alterations or deletions after creation, providing customers with data recovery capabilities critical for regulatory and cyber resilience, especially in cases of ransomware. The Trust Center functionality is also being extended, offering customers the ability to build and integrate partner security scanners that can be customised to meet industry-specific compliance demands. Snowflake suggests this flexibility will support companies' varying regulatory requirements. In order to support developer productivity and faster performance optimisation, the company has generally released new AI Observability Tools, providing real-time insights and diagnostics across data environments. These additions are intended to help users rapidly identify and address issues, and to ensure informed operational decisions across their data infrastructure.
Business Wire
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Snowflake Unveils Next Wave of Compute Innovations For Faster, More Efficient Warehouses and AI-Driven Data Governance
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the AI Data Cloud company, today announced at its annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2025, the next evolution of compute innovations that deliver faster performance, enhanced usability, and stronger price-performance value — raising the bar for modern data infrastructure. This includes Standard Warehouse – Generation 2 (Gen2) (now generally available), an enhanced version of Snowflake's virtual Standard Warehouse with next-generation hardware and additional enhancements to deliver 2.1x 1 faster analytics performance and 1.9x 2 faster analytics performance than Managed Spark. In addition, Snowflake introduced Snowflake Adaptive Compute (now in private preview), a new compute service that lowers the burden of resource management by maximizing efficiency through automatic resource sizing and sharing. Warehouses created using Adaptive Compute, known as Adaptive Warehouses, accelerate performance for users without driving up costs, ultimately redefining data management in the era of AI. 'We're reimagining what customers can expect from a modern data platform, delivering faster performance, easier scalability, and greater value for every dollar spent,' said Artin Avanes, Head of Core Data Platform, Snowflake. 'Snowflake's Gen2 more than doubles the speed of core analytics workloads, helping teams make quicker, data-driven decisions. Coupled with Adaptive Warehouses, we're enabling customers with an easier, more efficient approach to platform management where resource decisions are automated and right-sized. This isn't just about infrastructure improvements, it's about preparing your business to innovate quickly in the fast-moving AI era.' 'As one of the world's premier biopharmaceutical companies, efficiency and scalability are critical to everything we do as we race to deliver medical innovations. Snowflake's easy, connected, and trusted platform has been instrumental in streamlining our operations so that we can maximize the value of our data, and the impact we drive for end users,' said Steve Ring, Director of Enterprise Database Solutions, Pfizer. 'We're excited about the potential of Adaptive Warehouses to build on that success. What we're seeing with Adaptive Warehouses is just the beginning of a larger trend in cloud computing — the ability to dynamically adjust resources based on workload demands, without human intervention.' Snowflake Gen2 Provides 2.1x Faster Analytics Performance As data volumes grow and workloads multiply, traditional compute can't keep up — slowing down queries, creating bottlenecks, and dragging down productivity. Gen2 warehouses are designed for faster performance on today's data demands, where organizations are running more complex, end-to-end analytics across rapidly scaling workloads. Powered by upgraded hardware and enhanced software, these innovations deliver lightning-fast analytics and industry-leading performance. Thousands of global customers can now leverage this updated version of Snowflake's current standard virtual warehouse in order to future-proof organizations for a fast-moving AI world. Snowflake Adaptive Compute Powers Business Innovation with Better Efficiency In today's AI-powered landscape, organizations must continuously find new ways to accelerate time to value across all of their data in order to stay ahead. For decades, enterprises have grappled with operational drag at every layer of the stack — from time-intensive cluster management and disruptive upgrades to manual performance tuning and laborious optimizations. Adaptive Compute marks a major step towards eliminating the operational complexity that often hinders businesses. By automatically scaling resources and intelligently routing queries behind the scenes, Adaptive Warehouses simplify warehouse management for customers — freeing up teams so they can focus on innovation instead of the infrastructure behind it. This ensures infrastructure becomes so seamless, it's virtually invisible to users. With Adaptive Warehouses powered by this compute service, teams no longer need to manually manage warehouse sizes, concurrency settings, or multi-cluster configurations. Moreover, Adaptive Warehouses are designed to incorporate the latest hardware and performance enhancements, while also optimizing resource sharing within an account, maximizing efficiency for superior price-performance. Snowflake Unveils More Platform Innovations to Strengthen Trust, Reliability, and Data Accessibility In addition to delivering faster performance, enhanced usability, and stronger price-performance through new compute innovations, Snowflake is also introducing capabilities designed to enhance trust, reliability, and data accessibility including: Interoperability Across Catalogs and Engines: With new Catalog-Linked Databases (generally available soon), customers can automatically sync Snowflake Horizon Catalog with Apache Iceberg™ 3 objects managed by any Iceberg REST Catalog — including Apache Polaris™ 4, Snowflake's managed service for Apache Polaris (Snowflake Open Catalog), and AWS Glue — to easily apply advanced governance and discovery capabilities. Expanding Data Discovery with Universal Search: Customers can discover data in external relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other external sources using External Data in Universal Search (private preview soon), all without leaving Snowflake. This allows users to find data from virtually anywhere, and extend visibility throughout the entire data ecosystem. Enhancing Security & Compliance with AI-Driven Data Governance: With the new Copilot for Horizon Catalog (private preview soon), customers can easily get answers to governance and security questions through a Snowflake Cortex AI -powered chat interface without any SQL expertise required. This makes data oversight more intuitive and accessible, while strengthening security and compliance through faster, more informed decision-making. Safeguarding Businesses with Reliable Data Recovery: To empower customers with enhanced regulatory compliance and cyber resilience against ransomware, Snowflake is now offering point-in-time, immutable backups with Snapshots (public preview soon). Snapshots ensure that data isn't altered or deleted once created for reliable data recovery when it matters most. Customizing Security To Users' Needs: Customers can now build and enable partner solutions for security scanners tailored to their unique requirements with Extensions to Snowflake's Trust Center (generally available soon). This gives companies more flexibility to meet industry-specific compliance standards with solutions that adapt to their environment. Accelerating Issue Resolution & Optimizing Data Performance: Snowflake customers can resolve issues faster, optimize performance, and boost developer productivity with real-time insights and unified diagnostics through new AI Observability Tools (now generally available) — delivering greater visibility and control across their data environment. Learn More: Dive deeper into how Snowflake Adaptive Compute is making data warehouses truly effortless and fully optimized in this blog post. Explore more ways Snowflake is expanding its platform capabilities, like AI-based threat detection, enhancements to Snowflake's Trust Center, and new AI observability tools in this blog post. Check out all the innovations and announcements coming out of Snowflake Summit 2025 on Snowflake's Newsroom. Stay on top of the latest news and announcements from Snowflake on LinkedIn and X, and follow along at #SnowflakeSummit. 1 Snowflake improvements based on performance of core analytics workloads measured as of May 3, 2024 using Standard Warehouse and May 2, 2025 using Gen2. 2 Performance results based on core analytics workloads on 2XL Gen2 warehouse and comparable warehouse on Managed Spark as of May 2, 2025. 3 "Apache Iceberg' is a registered trademark or trademark of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. 4 "Apache Polaris' is a registered trademark or trademark of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. Forward Looking Statements This press release contains express and implied forward-looking statements, including statements regarding (i) Snowflake's business strategy, (ii) Snowflake's products, services, and technology offerings, including those that are under development or not generally available, (iii) market growth, trends, and competitive considerations, and (iv) the integration, interoperability, and availability of Snowflake's products with and on third-party platforms. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described under the heading 'Risk Factors' and elsewhere in the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the Annual Reports on Form 10-K that Snowflake files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. As a result, you should not rely on any forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. © 2025 Snowflake Inc. All rights reserved. Snowflake, the Snowflake logo, and all other Snowflake product, feature and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Snowflake Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brand names or logos mentioned or used herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s). Snowflake may not be associated with, or be sponsored or endorsed by, any such holder(s). About Snowflake Snowflake is the platform for the AI era, making it easy for enterprises to innovate faster and get more value from data. More than 11,000 companies around the globe, including hundreds of the world's largest, use Snowflake's AI Data Cloud to build, use, and share data, apps and AI. With Snowflake, data and AI are transformative for everyone. Learn more at (NYSE: SNOW).
The Verge
4 days ago
- Business
- The Verge
launch of the Glass Gen 2 back in February
Sky's cheaper Glass TV is here. The Air was first teased alongside the , and it'll go on sale in the UK from June 10th. Starting from £6/month it's less than half price the Gen 2, but the 4K HDR screen isn't as bright, and you don't get seven-speaker Dolby Atmos audio. That might make it the better buy for anyone who already has a soundbar though.
