Month: May 2022
Microsoft Adaptive Mouse hands-on: Inclusively designed, infinitely customizable
The Xbox Adaptive Controller was Microsoft’s first real attempt at making accessible hardware. And while it was very well-received, it didn’t really impact non-gamers. Today, the company is launching a new product with a much wider audience: a mouse. The Microsoft Adaptive Mouse kit actually consists of a mouse, attachable…
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Intel’s 12th-gen ‘HX’ chips bring 16 cores to laptops
Intel's 12th-gen CPUs have already made a strong showing against AMD's Ryzen 6000 chips, but now Intel is taking things to another level with its "HX" processors. They're the first notebook 16-core notebook processors on the market, and they're also completely unlocked and overclockable. Intel is basically aiming to give…
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Lenovo Legion 7 hands-on: New i9 chips, with bigger batteries to match
Now that the latest components from AMD, Intel and Nvidia are available, Lenovo is updating its 16-inch flagship gaming laptop with more lights, better performance and bigger batteries. And after getting a chance to go hands-on with the new Legion 7, I really appreciate that Lenovo made two slightly different…
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Inside Microsoft’s new Inclusive Tech Lab
On the north campus of Microsoft’s 500-acre headquarters, anticipation is quietly mounting. The company is gearing up to launch its new Inclusive Tech Lab, which sits in Building 86 — one of 125 buildings in its Redmond, Washington grounds. This 2,000-square-foot room used to be a reception area, with a…
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Microsoft’s Latest Hardware Is More Accessible and Customizable
The wireless system—a mouse, a button, and a hub—is designed to increase productivity for those with limited mobility. Source
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New Intel accelerators pave the way for ginormous new AI models
Audio player loading… Intel has lifted the lid on a second generation of Gaudi accelerators that could reduce the time it takes to train large-scale AI models significantly. Announced at Intel Vision 2022 in Dallas, the Gaudi 2 processors are built on a 7nm process, feature 24 integrated 100GbE RoCE…
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