Single Board Computers, or SBCs, are cool little devices that you can program and tinker with to build a variety of projects. Thanks to their beginner-friendly design and a highly inspired community of enthusiasts, the Raspberry Pi family is considered the king of the SBC industry. That said, you dont necessarily have to stick to the Raspberry-flavored boards just so you can build a project or two.
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When upgrading your PC, which part should you upgrade first?
A PC can start to show its age when the components installed start to slow down or are unable to keep up with newer software and games. Perhaps you built a desktop PC for light computing and are now needing a machine for video editing, which requires additional performance. This is what makes a desktop PC an excellent device as it can be upgraded at any time with new parts. The question is: which … [Read More...]
Google Project Astra hands-on: Full of potential, but it’s going to be a while
At I/O 2024, Google’s teaser for Project Astra gave us a glimpse at where AI assistants are going in the future. It’s a multi-modal feature that combines the smarts of Gemini with the kind of image recognition abilities you get in Google Lens, as well as powerful natural language responses. However, while the promo video was slick, after getting to try it out in person, it's clear there’s a long … [Read More...]
Intuitive Machines wants to help NASA return samples from Mars
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OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is officially leaving
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Illustration: The VergeIlya Sutskever, OpenAI’s co-founder and chief scientist who helped lead the infamous failed coup against Sam Altman … [Read More...]
Massive discount knocks 40% off this super-slim 5-in-1 USB hub for a limited time
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Google adds ‘Web’ search filter for showing old-school text links as AI rolls out
As Google revamps itself for the AI era, offering AI overviews within its search results, the company is introducing a new way to filter for just text-based links. With the new “Web” filter that appears at the top of the results page, users will be able to filter for text links the way they can today filter for images, video, news, or shopping. The news was announced on Tuesday via a post on X … [Read More...]
Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI co-founder and longtime chief scientist, departs
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I'm building a Windows PC inside an old Apple Mac G5
The Apple Mac G5 is a gorgeous computer. Regardless of whether you're a fan of Apple's PC division, there's no denying the fact this giant aluminum cheese grater certainly looks incredible, but it had proprietary parts and wasn't available with a standard PC in mind. Having the ability to test many ATX cases that pass through XDA for review, I enjoy where the industry has progressed, but there has … [Read More...]
Soup up your Raspberry Pi storage with the M.2 HAT+ that brings support for NVMe SSDs
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Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard launches on May 19
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will take a crew to suborbital space for the first time in nearly two years later this month, the company announced on Tuesday. The NS-25 mission will launch from Blue’s launch site in West Texas on May 19. The launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. The six-person crew includes Ed Dwight, the first Black astronaut candidate (but for whom this would be the first … [Read More...]