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Wow, tech news!

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Ha ha, gotcha! Don't do the blood, it's gross Images of the Xbox branded handheld, known as Project Canon, have leaked

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And so have images of the ASUS ROG Ally 2

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Coincidence? I think not! Ha ha ha

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Because it looks like they're just... The same device

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An Indonesian regulatory listing for the handheld it was first spotted by 91 mobiles

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and then connected to an FCC listing, which included photos of white and black variants

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of the devices taken by someone who was apparently trying to disguise them

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by making them look as gross as possible. I hope this person gets medical attention soon

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because they appear to suffer from a condition that makes their fingers sweat dust.

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The leaked listings also revealed one variant has a Ryzen Z2 chip with 16 gigs of memory

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and another has a Z2 Extreme with 32 gigs.

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Jez Corden at Windows Central, who was first to get the word out about Project Kennan,

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thinks we may learn more about both of these devices at Computex and I am looking forward to it

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because despite looking like just black and white variants

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of the same device, the black one pretty clearly has an Xbox button

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while the white one does not. Now old Jez also claimed a proper first party Xbox handheld

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coming in 2027 alongside a new traditional console,

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but these handhelds are probably both just gonna run Windows.

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So what are they?

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Xbox PCs, which is a thing now apparently.

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Ah, we'll just have to wait to find out whether these devices are two sides of the same coin

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or just one side of a one-sided coin.

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Microsoft officially announced two new Surface devices,

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a 13-inch Surface laptop and 12-inch Surface Pro

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that are a bit cheaper than the existing 13.8-inch laptop

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and 13-inch Pro because they're worse.

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Both devices are only available with eight core Snapdragon X plus chips

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and don't have magnetic Surface Connect charging ports anymore.

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They both come with a decent 16 gigs of RAM, which is good because it's the only option.

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The 13-inch laptop starts at 900 USD

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while the 12-inch Surface Pro starts at 800

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instead of 940 for the 13-inch, but its keyboard lies flat now

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instead of ergonomically popping up. And the keyboard also can't be used as storage

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for the Surface Slim Pen, which now sticks to the back of the tablet

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like a hastily hidden piece of gum. But don't worry if you lose it

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because it popped off while shoving your expensive device into your backpack.

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It's super easy to purchase replacements on the Microsoft Store

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where the keyboard still costs an extra 150 bucks

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and you can pick up a 45 watt charger for $70

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if you maybe need to charge your laptop for some reason.

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That launch video sure was fun though, Microsoft kudos for that.

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A New York Magazine article has gotten some traction for describing how for many students,

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University is now basically a place to test their ability to use AI.

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The article partially follows Roy Lee, the guy behind that AI app

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that promises to help you cheat at everything, except the use case explicitly shown in their ad,

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which maybe says something about the critical thinking development

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that is being missed by these students using AI to write large chunks of their essays for them.

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Like this student, who is asked by writer James D. Walsh

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if she recognizes the irony in depending so heavily on AI to write her paper,

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which is about school hindering students' cognitive ability to think critically.

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She acknowledges the risk, but then essentially says there's no putting the genie back in this bottle.

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That's okay. This university crisis has been covered

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for years at this point, but nothing seems to have significantly changed,

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possibly because at least in North America, we're kind of in a crisis

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over what university is for and what it should look like.

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Many go to college just looking for a rubber stamp so they can get a better job.

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A job that verified Twitter accounts are constantly saying we'll be gone soon,

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along with our critical thinking skills. But hey, at least we made some funny AI memes along the way.

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That's what it's all about.

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I'll have quick bits, dry, shake it up and don't stutter around.

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I'm not really a big bond guy. I don't know what that...

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NVIDIA has revealed the official release date of the RTX 5060 May 19th.

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Just don't hold your breath because it's got eight gigabytes of VRAM

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and hardware unboxed found that the eight Gigabyte version

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of the RTX 5060 Ti performed worse

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than the Intel Arc B580, which is much cheaper.

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Thankfully, videocards.com spotted a listing for AMD's own 60-tier card,

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the RX 9060XT with 16 gigabytes of VRAM,

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which is at least double that of the number eight.

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In a time when every company is upping prices, Intel has announced a $100 price cut

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for its core Ultra7 265K and KF desktop processors,

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which was greeted by fans with cries of,

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should have been that price when you launched it. Oh man, this is the coolest thing since the Core 2 Duo.

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No, not the Intel processor. The new smartwatch from pebble creator, Eric Migakovsky,

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which he showed off in a podcast he called TikTok, spelled differently though.

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This guy's big into stepping on other brands toes. NVIDIA and MediaTek may show off

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their ARM-based Windows PC processor, codenamed N1, at Computex in mid-May.

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According to mysterious sources who spoke to German outlet,

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computer-based, possibly in German.

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But our team could not confirm that.

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A company called Physical Intelligence has shown off household robots

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powered by their new Pi-05 AI model,

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following spoken instructions and successfully performing household tasks

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in several Arabian Bs they had never seen before.

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A use case I know is not in the Arabian B terms

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and conditions I'm suing. But to really be a part of the family,

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these bots will need a sense of touch, which Amazon just added to their warehouse robots.

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Although Amazon added it so they can feel pain and thus be punished properly for missing their quota.

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It's a bit different. The researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a new species

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of electrically conducting bacteria they've called electrophryx yakonensis.

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Maybe we can use these to make better biomedical devices

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or use them instead of wires.

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Why? Look, I don't know, but it makes more sense than electrocuting bugs into playing music.

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And you know what would be music to my ears? You coming back here on Friday for more tech news.

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I can almost hear it.

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Nope, that's the bugs.