Can A Mini PC Replace A Gaming Desktop? It’s Complicated

ashtheflashphotos/Shutterstock Traditionally, people buy mini PCs because they are efficient, compact, and sometimes cheaper than a budget desktop. As such, mini PCs make good everyday workstations, but the same doesn’t always apply to entertainment, particularly gaming. This is because of how they are designed and model availability. Most affordable options lack a discrete graphics cardContinue Reading

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — New York is enacting farther-reaching restrictions on companion chatbot behavior, as states increasingly move to protect children who use artificial intelligence, regulate how employers deploy AI systems and push developers to prevent an AI-caused catastrophe. Legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul outlines a dozen definitionsContinue Reading

Smaller EV batteries, longer range? Scientists may have found a way

Scientists have developed a new technology that could make electric vehicle batteries smaller, lighter, and longer-lasting, potentially allowing cars to travel farther on a single charge. By borrowing precision manufacturing techniques from computer chip production, they found a way to prevent damaging lithium buildup that has held back next-generation batteries…Continue Reading

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Elonroad, NTU Singapore’s Energy Research Institute (ERI@N), ALBA W&H Smart City and Scania have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate automatic conductive stationary charging for electric heavy vehicles in Singapore. The collaboration aims to evaluate how Elonroad’s automatic charging technology can be integrated into logistics operations in Singapore.Continue Reading

This is why you can’t build your own RTX Spark PC

The Asus ProArt P16 RTX Spark has 128GB of memory. So does my desktop, basically. My desktop also has a GeForce RTX 5090, the fastest consumer graphics card Nvidia has ever made, and one that’s an absolute monster for AI tasks. So, why did the laptop finish my massive local AI workload almost 20 minutesContinue Reading