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Lenovo is reportedly working on an AI operating system — could this be a rival to Windows 11 in the same way Huawei’s HarmonyOS competes with Android?
Lenovo is reportedly developing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) operating system that could potentially rival Windows 11. At CES 2024, Liu Jun, executive vice president of Lenovo Group and president of China, hinted at plans to release an AI OS this year as part of its strategy to fully promote its…
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Cheaper, faster, lighter: This Japanese Windows 11 laptop will give the Surface Pro 9 a run for its money — but don’t hold your breath if you want to buy one
Japanese tech giant Dynabook has thrown down the gauntlet to Microsoft‘s Surface Pro 9 with its latest offering, the 13.3-inch full HD (1920 x 1080) convertible 2-in-1 Dynabook V83/LX, designed for business use. The new laptop features a 360-degree hinge, allowing it to be used in five different styles: Pen,…
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First crack in Nvidia AI wall? Meta set to use own AI chips in its servers in 2024 — but it will still use Nvidia H100 GPUs as well in its datacenters for now
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, plans to deploy its own custom-designed artificial intelligence chips, codenamed Artemis, into its data centers this year, according to an internal document seen by Reuters. This move could potentially reduce Meta’s dependence on Nvidia‘s market dominant H100 chips and control the escalating costs…
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‘Instincts are massively cheaper than Nvidia’s H100’: AMD is selling flagship AI GPUs at a huge discount to Microsoft — but I’m not sure that will be enough to bother Nvidia
AMD‘s flagship AI GPUs, the Instincts, are being sold at a significant discount to Microsoft, offering a competitive alternative to Nvidia‘s pricier H100. According to Tom’s Hardware, Nvidia’s H100 AI GPUs cost up to four times more than AMD’s competing MI300X, with prices peaking beyond $40,000. Despite the price advantage,…
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Popular NAS vendor issues emergency patch against potentially highly damaging vulnerabilities — here’s what you need to know
NAS vendor QNAP Systems has urgently issued patches for no fewer than 24 vulnerabilities across its product range, including two high-severity flaws that could enable command execution. Despite the severity of these vulnerabilities, QNAP has not reported any instances of these bugs being exploited in the wild. The Taiwan-based firm’s move…
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Iconic monitor maker delivers superlight laptop that you can only buy in Japan — but it’s its 4-year warranty that makes iiyama’s ultrabook such a great buy
The demand for ultrabooks in education has increased in recent years, particularly with the advent of remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. iiyama has now released an ultralight laptop exclusively for the educational market in Japan. The iiyama Campus PC notebook is specifically designed for student use and comes…
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