Category: computing
Here’s one of the strangest ways gamers are trying to buy an RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 – unsurprisingly, it’s not working
Japanese retailers are restricting Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs to Japanese residents only It’s an attempt to stop tourists from buying the Blackwell GPUs It comes after a previous attempt to block tax-free purchases Besides overpriced third-party models, Nvidia‘s RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs are both difficult…
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Perplexity will make AI images for you, but ChatGPT is the one doing the work
Perplexity has added AI image generation to its platform The images are produced using the OpenAI model, which was recently released for ChatGPT Perplexity also made OpenAI’s o3-mini and xAI’s Grok-3 models available AI conversational search engine Perplexity can now add some AI visuals to your answer. And if those…
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Google has tuned up its AI Music Sandbox for musicians and producers
Google DeepMind has enhanced and expanded access to its Music AI Sandbox The Sandbox now includes the Lyria 2 model and RealTime features to generate, extend, and edit music The music is watermarked with SynthID Google DeepMind has brought some new and improved sounds to its Music AI Sandbox, which,…
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Asus’ ROG Astral GPU sag ‘detector’ needs to be adopted by other GPU and motherboard manufacturers – even though it’s reportedly been removed
Asus GPU Tweak III software notifies ROG Astral GPU users of any potential GPU sag It’s possible thanks to a built-in gyroscope and accelerometer The feature appears to be unavailable in the latest version of the application Considering the multitude of Nvidia and AMD third-party GPUs that come with different…
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New Meta XR glasses again tipped to land later this year– well ahead of Apple’s rumored AR glasses with Apple Intelligence
Meta’s smart glasses with a screen again tipped for 2025 launch They’re expected to land in October and cost over $1,000 / £1,000 / AU$1,500 Apple is also working on smart glasses according to rumors, but they’re still some time off from launch Meta’s incoming AR smart glasses could eventually…
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AI is better at picking which puppy will make a good guide dog than humans are
New research shows AI can help identify which dogs are most likely to be candidates It can help reduce the emotionally draining problem of ‘late-stage failure’ in guide dog training AI can map dog personality types AI is being used to help identify which pups have the greatest potential to…
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