Tag: author_name|Devindra Hardawar
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite is reportedly its next premium mobile chip
Another year, another flagship Qualcomm mobile chip. But things are reportedly a bit different with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the company's newest offering headed to premium smartphones. For one, it's using the Oryon CPU that debuted in X Elite chips for laptops last year, according to a leaked slide from…
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite is its next premium mobile chip
Another year, another flagship Qualcomm mobile chip. But things are reportedly a bit different with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the company's newest offering headed to premium smartphones. For one, it's using the Oryon CPU that debuted in X Elite chips for laptops last year, according to a leaked slide from…
Read MoreMeta Quest 3S review: Impressive VR for $300
You can think of the $300 Meta Quest 3S as a basic Honda Accord of VR headsets. It doesn’t have the same high-quality optics as the $500 Quest 3, which is more like a Touring-grade Honda for enthusiasts, but they both get you to the same place: Truly immersive virtual…
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Intel’s upcoming Arrow Lake H laptop chips will offer beefier GPUs for AI workloads
Alongside its new family of Arrow Lake desktop hardware, Intel today also gave us a few tidbits around its upcoming Arrow Lake H mobile chips for high performance laptops. First off, they're not expected to arrive until the first quarter of 2025 — but the slight wait might be worth…
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Meta’s Movie Gen looks like a huge leap forward for AI video (but you can’t use it yet)
At this point, you probably either love the idea of making realistic videos with generative AI, or you think it's a morally bankrupt endeavor that devalues artists and will usher in a disastrous era of deepfakes we'll never escape from. It's hard to find middle ground. Meta isn't going to…
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Microsoft delivers new Copilot+ AI PC features with Windows 11’s 2024 update
Now that we’re a few years into Microsoft’s obsession with AI and its Copilot assistant, it’s clearer than ever that Windows 11’s role is to show off the company’s artificial intelligence prowess. At least, that’s the message I took away from today’s announcement that the Windows 11 2024 (version 24H2)…
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