Tag: computing
Elon Musk might be right about OpenAI — but that doesn’t mean he should win
Elon Musk isn’t wrong about OpenAI. It started as one thing and then became another, though that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The enfant terrible of the tech and social media world launched a lawsuit (PDF) late Thursday against OpenAI, and cofounders Sam Altman and Gregory Brockman, claiming that by…
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Razer Blade 14 (2024) review: A portable, but pricey, powerhouse
Razer’s Blade family of gaming laptops are among the most premium on the market. And while there aren’t a ton of major changes on the 2024 Blade 14, for the first time ever, it will be available in both classic black and Mercury (aka silver) at launch. Now this might…
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Samsung’s speedy new microSD cards are built for on-device AI and toughness
Samsung just revealed a new generation of microSD cards that support the SD Express standard enabling lightning-fast performance. In the official announcement post, the company states it has begun sampling tests for the 256GB model which they claim will have a maximum read speed of 800MB per second. To put…
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Dell XPS 16 review: Beauty and power comes at a cost
Dell’s XPS 16 takes the minimalist design of the XPS 13 Plus and scales it up to a 16-inch system that’s far more powerful and functional. But just like with that earlier machine, which was Dell’s first attempt at implementing an “invisible” trackpad in its palm rest, there are some…
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The new Intel Arc graphics driver boosts gaming performance by up to 155%
Intel has released a new driver for its Intel Arc graphics cards, specifically the ‘Meteor Lake’ Intel Core Ultra mobile processors with built-in Arc graphics cards. The new driver update includes performance updates for cards like the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Ultra 5 125H, and Ultra 9 185H and…
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Microsoft teams up with Nvidia, AMD, and Intel to provide the ‘missing link’ that’ll boost upscaling for PC games
Microsoft has just announced DirectSR, a new application programming interface (API) designed in partnership with major GPU manufacturers that will allow game developers to enable “seamless integration of Super Resolution into a new generation of PC games.” Programmer Joshue Tucker notes in the official blog post that “DirectSR is the…
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