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SyndicatedSave nearly 50% on this awesome 16-inch OLED laptop with a Ryzen AI 5 430 CPU & 16GB RAM — HP's MacBook Neo-beating OmniBook X Flip is down to just $699
If you're looking for a capable machine for everyday tasks and media consumption without breaking the bank, there isn't a better deal out there than this one.
Read at sourceIkey Doherty Plans To Show How To "Properly" Build A Modern Linux Distro
Ikey Doherty is back in the Linux distribution space. Sort of. Ikey Doherty who was the founder of the Solus Linux distribution as well as Serpent OS (now AerynOS) as well as having been employed by Intel on their Clear Linux team is back at it again in the Linux space...
Read at sourceA laser that breaks repeating patterns could reshape semiconductor design
A laser does not always need a perfectly repeating pattern to produce a clean beam. ...
Read at sourceDLSS 5 de Nvidia déjà sur des cartes AMD Radeon : possible, mais injouable
Le rendu neural DLSS 5 de Nvidia, réservé aux GeForce RTX, tourne maintenant sur des cartes AMD Radeon grâce à un mod. Problème : c'est pour l'instant totalement injouable.
Read at sourceStripped-down Windows 11 for AI developers demands 64GB RAM and insane 250 GB/s bandwidth — Project Zenith will debut on AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Halo platform
Project Zenith is a version of Windows 11 that lets developers work right out of the box. It comes pre-installed with developer tools like Visual Studio Code, GitHub Copilot, and WSL 2+ Ubuntu, among others, and includes features that make developing and running AI agents more…
Read at sourceI tried Lenovo’s Project Swan and its expanding screen might finally kill the portable monitor
Lenovo’s latest concept laptop expands into a full 16:9 display for maximum productivity when you need it and ultimate portability when you don’t.
Read at sourceWhy it's important to regularly restart your router
You might not think to restart your router as often as you reboot your laptop, but doing so is an easy step to help it perform at its best.
Read at sourceGamescom apologizes after backlash over callous response to indie dev hardware thefts — pledges security overhaul and invites devs to the roundtable
The Gamescom organizers apologized for their initial response and outlined plans to prevent future incidents. They also praised the community for supporting the affected developers.
Read at sourceNvidia returns to selling Founder's Edition RTX 50-series GPUs at MSRP in person at PAX West — Verified Priority Access has RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 at list price
Nvidia is offering its RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Founder's Edition models at MSRP at PAX West.
Read at sourceNVIDIA Posts vGPU Manager & VFIO Variant Driver For Open-Source Nova
NVIDIA continues building out more functionality around the open-source, upstream Nova kernel graphics driver within the Linux kernel. Making it out to the mailing list this Saturday is a set of 13 patches for introducing a NVIDIA vGPU manager and VFIO variant driver...
Read at sourceThis tiny AI box could save me from upgrading my perfectly good laptop
Violoop is a standalone hardware AI agent that connects to your laptop and handles AI processing without using your computer's own resources.
Read at sourceAMD reportedly prepping Ryzen 5 7500 (non-F) CPU with integrated graphics at double the price — Six-core Zen 4 chip rumored to share identical specs with its F-moniker cousin
A new report suggests AMD is preparing a non-F version of the Ryzen 5 7500F with integrated graphics. It would cost 230 Euros, or $267, which would put it above even the 7600X3D in terms of pricing, despite sharing identical specs with the 7500F.
Read at sourceBest of IFA 2026: MacBook Neo competitors, monitors, and wild laptop concepts
This year in Berlin, IFA exhibitors showed off several affordable, colorful new laptops, some wild concept devices, and a surprising number of monitors that run the gamut from budget to high-refresh OLED.
Read at sourceJapan says progress made on $550B pact, with AI and chips weighing heavily on the next round
Japan’s trade minister said discussions on AI and semiconductors will carry very significant weight in the third tranche of its $550B US investment pact, after two rounds went to energy and minerals. The EU’s own framework contains no comparable vehicle, and commits the bloc to…
Read at sourceBest laptops of IFA 2026: Wild colors, ultrathin designs and rollable displays
PC makers at IFA 2026 traded safe, gray aluminum for bright designs and wild form factors, proving personal computing is fun again.
Read at sourceLinux Patches Posted For Initial Enablement Of The Apple A18 Pro + MacBook Neo
In addition to Linux developers focused on Apple Silicon being busy enabling functionality for the M3 and newer SoCs under the Linux kernel, there are also developers working on enabling the A18 Pro SoC used by the new, budget-friendly MacBook Neo laptop. Patches were posted…
Read at sourceAMD Working To "Push Rust Deep Into The GPU Stack"
AMD is building out what they are describing as an "elite" team of developers for driving Rust code "deep into the GPU stack" from firmware to drivers, shader compilers, and other GPU software in Rust...
Read at sourceGNOME Stakeholders Discussing RFC Process For Solving Major Technical Changes
GNOME has been working to establish a formal request for comments (RFC) process for solving major technical questions and changes moving forward. A drafted RFC is now under discussion by GNOME stakeholders for moving this process forward...
Read at sourceBepiColombo sheds its ride and starts the final glide to Mercury
Eight year after launch, Mercury probe and its Mercury Transfer Module consciously uncouple as orbit approaches
Read at sourceKDE Plasma 6.8 Lands Windows-Like Auto-Scrolling, Lower vRAM Usage For Breeze Theme
It's been an exciting start to the month of September for KDE Plasma developers with continuing to land last minute improvements for Plasma 6.8 ahead of its official release in mid-October...
Read at sourceAMD's Threadripper Halo is a local-AI workstation for researchers with deep pockets
AI workstation promises to put up to 576 GB of HBM3e and 16 TB/s of memory bandwidth on your desk
Read at sourceASCII smuggling isn't just an AI security risk
Phishers find a new use for invisible Unicode tag characters
Read at sourceMy Word. Microsoft's prepping Similarity Checker for retirement
Built-in plagiarism police to hand in badge next month
Read at sourceCanonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channels
The Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next
Read at sourceDeepseek plans the largest known Huawei chip cluster with 160,000 processors in Inner Mongolia
Deepseek wants to put 160,000 Huawei Ascend-950DT chips into an Inner Mongolia data center for inference only, not training. It would be the largest known Huawei chip cluster. But production bottlenecks mean Huawei probably can't deliver for over a year. The article Deepseek…
Read at sourceLenovo’s Project AeroBlade Fanless Laptop Takes Thin and Light to the Extreme
Using Frore’s air-cooling technology, Lenovo’s Project AeroBlade Concept is an ultralightweight laptop with efficient heat management.
Read at sourceCash In on the AI Boom by Renting Out Your Spare Compute
If you own an at-home server, a gaming computer, or just a laptop that doesn’t get much love, listen up. You can now put that spare computing power to use and earn some passive income in the process. AI companies are hungry for more compute to run AI inference—the process of…
Read at sourceScientists turn DNA into a memory device that uses 100x less power
Researchers combined synthetic DNA with a semiconductor to create an ultra-low-power memory device capable of storing and processing information in the same place. The bio-hybrid technology could eventually help make AI systems and next-generation computers far more energy…
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