Hardware

It’s fair to say that Apple’s products are not known for being super-friendly to DIY (do-it-yourself) repairs, though not without the occasional surprise, such as the iPhone 16 that scored 7/10 by the folks at iFixIt. What about Apple’s newly minted M4 MacBook Air? A fresh teardown reveals it’s largely more of the same, though there is a “surprising bright spot.” More on that in a moment. In case you missed it, last week Apple

Hot on the heels of Microsoft announcing its Muse AI modelm which is designed to aid the game development process, the company has introduced an additional AI tool meant for gamers. During the Xbox Podcast, Fatima Kardar, Corporate Vice President of Gaming AI, unveiled Copilot for Gaming. It’s being billed as something that will “save you time, help you get good.” Copilot for Gaming is meant to act as a gamer’s sidekick. One of its main

When it comes to the mini PC form factor, these convenient little boxes typically pack some impressive hardware (these days), with the only requirement that you need to add your own external peripherals (unless it’s a barebones, which means you may need to add RAM and storage too), including a mouse, keyboard, and monitor. Well, Aoostar’s new G-Flip 370 potentially eliminates one of those necessities, so long as you can make do with a 5-inch

One by one, the barriers to gaming bliss on Snapdragon laptops are falling. Back in November, a new build of Windows brought support for Intel’s Advanced Vector Extensions to the Prism emulator that is used to translate x86-64 program code into Armv8 instructions that the Snapdragon CPUs can execute. Now, Epic Games has announced that it is releasing a new version of the Epic Online Services SDK that adds Arm support. That SDK includes Epic

Industry insiders just claimed that Samsung could announce its first ever open-air bone conducting audio device at the Samsung Unpacked event in July. No word however on whether the mystery device will be a hook-style or around-the-back headband design, but in either case, the open wireless stereo (OWS) product could put some heat on open-air offerings from Shokz, Sony, and Bose. Tireless leakster Ice Universe posted via Weibo claiming that Samsung’s MX division (formerly Samsung

The influx of gaming monitors sporting quantum dot organic light emitting-diode (QD-OLED) panels continues with the launch of Gigabyte’s Aorus MO27U2, a 27-inch display with a respectable specs sheet. It may not necessarily rise to the “groundbreaking” status that Gigabyte pitches in its press release (more on that in a bit), but depending on how pricing shakes out, this could be an intriguing option. We’ll have to wait a bit to find out, though hopefully

Yesterday, Google DeepMind unveiled two new AI models — Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER — to advance robotic intelligence in multiple markets. According to Google, these models, built on the Gemini multimodal foundation, enable robots to process and respond to text, voice, and visual data making it possible for them to carry out complex physical tasks. One of the new models, Gemini Robotics, is reportedly Google’s most “advanced vision language action model”, which will enable

Niantic, the company behind popular mobile titles such as Pokémon Go and Monster Hunter Now, alongside several other games, will be selling off most of its gaming division for $3.5 billion. However, the company is opting to hold onto AR experiences Peridot and Ingress, which will be part of its new mission going forward. The company will now take on a “bold new course,” by focusing its efforts on the geospatial business it’s spinning out

For decades, the semiconductor industry has been laser-focused on shrinking silicon transistors, but Peking University researchers believe the future might lie in changing materials entirely. In a newly published paper, the team presents a 2D gate-all-around (GAA) transistor that they claim beats the latest silicon-based designs from Intel and TSMC in both speed and energy efficiency. Built using bismuth oxyselenide (Bi₂O₂Se), a high-mobility 2D material, the transistor operates at lower voltages and could enable ultra-dense

It has been nearly 20 years since The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion released, becoming one of the best games of 2006. Like so many other classics from this era, it seems as if the time is right for this gem of an RPG to get a proper remake. At least according to well known insider NateTheHate. In what will be music to gamers’ ears, the wait won’t be long with an official announcement coming sooner