AMD’s new Ryzen Z2 CPUs boost gaming handhelds, if you buy the best one
Nearly two years ago, AMD announced its first Ryzen Z1 processors. These were essentially the same silicon that AMD was putting in high-end thin-and-light laptops but tuned specifically for handheld...
View ArticleAMD launches new Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs for PCs that play games and work hard
AMD's batch of CES announcements this year includes just two new products for desktop PC users: the new Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D. Both will be available at some point in the first quarter of 2025....
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AMD’s new laptop CPU lineup is a mix of new silicon and new names for old...
AMD's CES announcements include a tease about next-gen graphics cards, a new flagship desktop CPU, and a modest refresh of its processors for handheld gaming PCs. But the company's largest...
View ArticleDisney makes antitrust problem go away by buying majority stake in Fubo
Disney is buying Fubo and plans to merge the sports streaming platform with its Hulu + Live TV service, gaining 70 percent ownership of the company that up until today was suing it over antitrust...
View ArticleApple will update iOS notification summaries after BBC headline mistake
Apple plans to release a software update that is meant to help users understand better that its notification summaries are AI-generated and may contain errors, according to a recent BBC news story. The...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel 4a gets an unexpected update: Lower battery life
The Pixel 4a, a well-regarded release in Google's line of budget-minded phones with nice cameras and decent stock software, was not supposed to get any more updates. This week, it will receive a rather...
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Lenovo laptop’s rollable screen uses motors to grow from 14 to 16.7 inches
Lenovo announced a laptop today that experiments with a new way to offer laptop users more screen space than the typical clamshell design. The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable has a screen that can...
View ArticleNew GeForce 50-series GPUs: There’s the $1,999 5090, and there’s everything else
Nvidia has good news and bad news for people building or buying gaming PCs. The good news is that three of its four new RTX 50-series GPUs are the same price or slightly cheaper than the RTX 40-series...
View ArticleHow I program with LLMs
This article is a summary of my personal experiences with using generative models while programming over the past year. It has not been a passive process. I have intentionally sought ways to use LLMs...
View ArticleLinux Foundation bands together Chromium browser makers in a “neutral space”
Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers sounds like a very niche local meetup, one with hats and T-shirts that barely fit the name. But it's really a "neutral space" for funding and support, corralling...
View ArticleNew $120 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 is for the people who use it like an everyday PC
The Raspberry Pi foundation has spent the last year filling out the Pi 5 lineup—in August, we got a cheaper $50 version with 2GB of RAM, and in December, we got the Pi 500, a Pi-inside-a-keyboard...
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