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Nvidia Arm chip surfaces with strong Geekbench scores, could rival top Intel and AMD laptop CPUs
Posted on Wednesday June 11, 2025
Word is that Nvidia has been developing an Arm-based processor for the past few years. Despite a teaser released last year in collaboration with Dell and the January unveiling of Nvidia's Arm workstation, a consumer-level product has yet to appear. However, a recent Geekbench score suggests that whatever Nvidia is...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Heroic Games Launcher lets you run Windows-only games on Linux and macOS
Posted on Tuesday June 10, 2025
Heroic is a free, open-source game launcher that allows you to play games from the Epic Store and GOG on Linux, Windows, and macOS – without needing the official launchers. It includes a built-in version of Wine to run Windows games on non-Windows systems.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The cloud is not enough: Cisco embraces the shift toward Hybrid AI workloads
Posted on Tuesday June 10, 2025
From new AI-optimized, on-premises-focused routers and switches delivered through the company's traditional networking hardware business, to AI-enhanced versions of their communications, collaboration, and customer support software platforms, and even into their new agentic AI offerings, Cisco made it clear at this year's Live event that it is eager and willing...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
New study finds little evidence of surge pricing when retailers use digital shelf labels
Posted on Tuesday June 10, 2025
Research recently published by teams from the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California, San Diego, and Northwestern University analyzed five years of pricing data from a major grocery chain that adopted digital shelf labels in 2022. The study found no evidence that the store engaged in surge...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Robotaxis coming to UK streets in 2026 as Wayve and Uber team up
Posted on Tuesday June 10, 2025
Wayve has announced a partnership with Uber to bring autonomous ridesharing to the UK. The pilot follows the passage of Britain's Automated Vehicles Act (AVA), which legalizes the commercial use of self-driving cars. Initially set for 2027, the law has been fast-tracked to spring 2026, prompting both companies to accelerate deployment plans.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
ChatGPT gets crushed at chess by a 1 MHz Atari 2600
Posted on Tuesday June 10, 2025
A cycle-exact emulation of the Atari 2600 CPU running at a meager 1.19 MHz is more than enough to utterly humiliate ChatGPT in a game of chess. Citrix engineer Robert Jr. Caruso conducted the "funny" little experiment over the weekend, pitting OpenAI's mighty chatbot against a virtual Atari 2600 console...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
IBM aims to build world's most powerful, fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029
Posted on Tuesday June 10, 2025
A logical qubit is defined as a single unit of an error-corrected quantum computer that is tasked with storing one qubit's worth of information, and is comprised of multiple physical qubits working in tandem to help reduce errors.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Modder transforms Apple Magic Keyboard into a custom Steam Deck desktop
Posted on Tuesday June 10, 2025
Gutensohn's Reddit post describes Bento as "a Steam Deck in a keyboard," created by squeezing the console's internal hardware into a wireless Apple Magic Keyboard. The result is a one-of-a-kind mobile gaming PC running SteamOS.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Windows on Arm users now spend 90% of time in native apps, says Arm
Posted on Tuesday June 10, 2025
Concerns about app compatibility have long held back the adoption of Arm-based Windows PCs. Since the launch of Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ devices last year, Arm says developer support has improved. More than 100 popular Windows applications now have native Arm versions.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI is helping scammers steal student loans and enroll in fake classes
Posted on Tuesday June 10, 2025
One San Francisco resident, Heather Brady, learned the hard way how sophisticated education scams have become. A police officer showed up at her home with an unexpected question about her alleged college enrollment in Arizona. Brady had never applied ,but someone else had used her personal information to secure government...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »