According to The Wall Street Journal, Nvidia is collaborating with MediaTek to develop its N1 and N1X PC SoCs, which integrate CPU, GPU, and NPU components into a single chip. Major PC manufacturers such as Dell and Lenovo are reportedly working on several laptops powered by the new processors, with......
Microsoft is adding images to Notepad, and users are wondering why
Microsoft is reportedly working on yet another "advanced" Notepad feature that has little to do with basic text editing. According to unnamed sources cited by Windows Latest, the application will soon support inserting images into text-based documents. Read Entire Article
UK data hoarder flies to America to buy hard drives, saves $2,000
In sharing the story, Redditor cgtechuk said he was running out of space after upgrading to four 16TB drives purchased from Amazon UK in 2020. Unfortunately, the 28TB replacement drives he had been eyeing were skyrocketing in price locally. Having previously purchased hardware in the US before, he decided to......
Tofu brine could power safer batteries that last decades, researchers say
The design replaces the complex, flammable chemistry of lithium-ion batteries with an electrolyte that's as safe as saltwater. In lab tests, the prototype endured more than 120,000 charge cycles, an endurance record that far exceeds today's commercial standards. Typical electric-vehicle batteries degrade after just a few thousand cycles – even......
Colorado bill could criminalize possessing 3D gun files, not just printing them
Colorado's HB26-1144 bill would expand the state's firearms rules to cover "3-dimensional printing," defined to include additive printing and subtractive manufacturing (CNC milling is covered, too). Read Entire Article
The Interim Computer Museum puts 28 classic computer systems on the internet for you to try
Through a partnership between the Interim Computer Museum (ICM) and SDF.org, twenty-eight vintage computing systems – some emulated, some partially hardware-based, and some running on original machines – are now accessible to the public through a web portal. Read Entire Article
MIT’s new 3D printer can create a working electric motor in one go
The team, based at MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories, demonstrated the system by printing an electric linear motor – the type that generates straight-line motion instead of spinning a shaft. Read Entire Article
Lab-grown brain tissue successfully solves a classic AI training problem
In a small lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, clusters of mouse brain cells have taken on a task normally reserved for computer algorithms: keeping a simulated pole balanced upright. The experiment, which used real biological tissue to tackle a classic test problem in control engineering, shows that......
Sam Altman compares AI energy use to the cost of “training” humans, says water-usage concerns are “fake”
Altman launched his tirade at the India AI Impact summit during an interview with The Indian Express. Read Entire Article
Danish military evacuates US submariner who needed urgent medical care off Greenland
Denmark’s military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment