Tag: author_name|Devindra Hardawar
Dell XPS 13 Copilot+ review: A capable AI PC, but Windows on Arm issues remain
It’s only been four months since we reviewed the latest Intel version of the XPS 13, but now Dell has released a model built for Microsoft’s Copilot+ AI PC initiative. It’s running Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Elite chip, making it an Arm-based laptop like the recent Surface Pro and Surface…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 trailer introduces Keanu Reeves’ broody Shadow
The first Sonic the Hedgehog movie was surprisingly great (certainly more so than the outright terrible Borderlands or the all too safe Super Mario Bros.), thanks to a genuinely funny script and Jim Carrey going wild as Dr. Robotnik. After introducing Idris Elba's Knuckles in the second film (andhis own…
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AMD explains its AI PC strategy
Over the past few years, the concept of "AI PCs" has gone from sounding like a desperate attempt to revive the computer industry, to something that could actually change the way we live with our PCs. To recap, an AI PC is any system running a CPU that's equipped with…
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This 1mm ‘fan on a chip’ could put active cooling inside ultra-thin gadgets
What if you could take the benefits of solid-state speaker drivers — specifically, their extreme thinness and lack of moving parts — and bring them to cooling fans? That's what xMEMS aims to do with its new XMC-2400 µCooling (microcooling) chip. It's a 1mm-tall solid-state fan on a chip that…
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Google’s Pixel 9 is a sleeker and more powerful flagship built for Gemini AI
Practical. Functional. Different. Those are the ways we’ve typically described Google’s Pixel smartphones since they debuted in 2016. Google was always less concerned about making its phones look as cool as competitors — instead, its focus has been on unique camera tech and early AI capabilities. Since 2021’s Pixel 6,…
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The Borderlands movie is an astounding waste of potential
On paper, Eli Roth's Borderlands adaptation sounds like a recipe for a solid sci-fi romp: Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett as the wise-cracking gunslinger Lilith; Jack Black, fresh off of voicing Bowser, as the quippy/annoying Claptrap; and freaking Jamie Lee Curtis back in the genre fray after Everything Everywhere, All At Once.…
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