Tag: computing

Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X9 is the least ThinkPad ever

Lenovo came to CES 2025 to prove that there’s still room in its ThinkPad family for fresh designs. It may seem sacrilegious to ditch the carbon fiber frames and Trackpoint nubs found in classic ThinkPads, but that’s exactly what the new ThinkPad X9 line does. Lenovo may not admit it…

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Still worried RTX 5000 GPUs don’t have enough VRAM? Nvidia’s secret weapon is powerful AI texture compression, and it’s calmed some of my fears

Nvidia has detailed some clever new RTX Neural Shaders tech This includes Neural Texture Compression to fit more textures into VRAM It helps make sense of why Nvidia chose leaner video RAM loadouts with some RTX 5000 GPUs Nvidia just unveiled its new RTX 5000 GPUs over at CES 2025,…

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Microsoft nixes Windows 11’s “Suggested actions” feature: a smart idea that didn’t quite work

Microsoft is removing Windows 11’s “Suggested actions,” probably in light of poor performance and user frustration “Suggested actions” faced issues like inconsistency and irrelevant hints, making it more annoying than helpful Microsoft plans to focus on reliable, AI-powered features instead of improving “Suggested actions” We’ve only just started 2025, but…

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The HP Omen Max 16 is its most powerful gaming laptop yet

HP only has one all-new laptop in its Omen gaming line to show off at CES 2025, but it looks like a doozy because the company claims it’s the most powerful 16-inch notebook it has ever made. The Omen Max 16 looks like HP took a standard Omen 16 (which…

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Alienware resurrects its iconic Area 51 gaming PC and laptop line at CES 2025

Alienware is bringing back the gaming brand that made it a household name among gamers in the 1990s and early 2000s with the relaunch of the Area 51 gaming PC and Area 51 gaming laptops at CES 2025. The resurrected line was last seen with the Alienware Area 51m gaming…

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Razer Blade 16 announced at CES 2025 with an Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU – but Intel has been dumped

Razer Blade 16 unveiled at CES 2025 Comes with the latest Nvidia RTX 50 series laptop GPUs First Razer Blade to go with AMD, not Intel At CES 2025, the huge tech show currently going on in Las Vegas, Razer has just announced what it claims is the thinnest gaming…

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