More than a month after their reveal at CES 2025, I think it's fair to say NVIDIA's 50 series RTX GPUs are a disappointment. Between manufacturing issues, the company's misleading marketing around the 5070 and minimal performance gains over the 40 series, this might be one of NVIDIA's worst releases in recent memory. But the worst part of it all has been watching history repeat [...]
It’s been a while since a company has thrown out a truly silly number of megapixels for a new phone. After all, the double-digit pixels found on most flagship handsets are just used to pixel bin the size down without harming the quality. Rejoice, then, when I tell you Honor’s new midrange 400 series is shipping with a 200 megapixel sensor working hand-in glove with an AI to make use of all tha [...]
In the past few years, the AI world has shifted from a culture of open collaboration to one dominated by closely guarded proprietary systems. OpenAI – a company literally founded with “open” in its name – pivoted to keeping its most powerful models secret after 2019. Competitors like Anthropic and Google similarly built cutting-edge AI […]<br /> The post Open-Source AI Strikes Back [...]
Just a couple of days after Anker announced its 140W four-port wall charger at CES 2025, it’s already on sale. The charging brick has a display (which lets you keep tabs on various metrics), multiple fast-charging options and an “odometer” to track its lifetime usage. You can slash $10 off its retail price on Amazon and Anker’s website. <br /> When not on sale, the Anker Charger (140 [...]
Their creators might be gone, but OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome are finally back on Steam, based on listings spotted by Eurogamer. Both games were delisted from storefronts like Steam and the Xbox Games Store following publisher Take-Two's decision to shutdown developer Roll7, Intercept Games and publishing label Private Division a little over a year ago.<br /> OlliOlli World and Rolle [...]