Wow, tech news!
Ha ha, gotcha! Don't do the blood, it's gross Images of the Xbox branded handheld, known as Project Canon, have leaked
And so have images of the ASUS ROG Ally 2
Coincidence? I think not! Ha ha ha
Because it looks like they're just... The same device
An Indonesian regulatory listing for the handheld it was first spotted by 91 mobiles
and then connected to an FCC listing, which included photos of white and black variants
of the devices taken by someone who was apparently trying to disguise them
by making them look as gross as possible. I hope this person gets medical attention soon
because they appear to suffer from a condition that makes their fingers sweat dust.
The leaked listings also revealed one variant has a Ryzen Z2 chip with 16 gigs of memory
and another has a Z2 Extreme with 32 gigs.
Jez Corden at Windows Central, who was first to get the word out about Project Kennan,
thinks we may learn more about both of these devices at Computex and I am looking forward to it
because despite looking like just black and white variants
of the same device, the black one pretty clearly has an Xbox button
while the white one does not. Now old Jez also claimed a proper first party Xbox handheld
coming in 2027 alongside a new traditional console,
but these handhelds are probably both just gonna run Windows.
So what are they?
Xbox PCs, which is a thing now apparently.
Ah, we'll just have to wait to find out whether these devices are two sides of the same coin
or just one side of a one-sided coin.
Microsoft officially announced two new Surface devices,
a 13-inch Surface laptop and 12-inch Surface Pro
that are a bit cheaper than the existing 13.8-inch laptop
and 13-inch Pro because they're worse.
Both devices are only available with eight core Snapdragon X plus chips
and don't have magnetic Surface Connect charging ports anymore.
They both come with a decent 16 gigs of RAM, which is good because it's the only option.
The 13-inch laptop starts at 900 USD
while the 12-inch Surface Pro starts at 800
instead of 940 for the 13-inch, but its keyboard lies flat now
instead of ergonomically popping up. And the keyboard also can't be used as storage
for the Surface Slim Pen, which now sticks to the back of the tablet
like a hastily hidden piece of gum. But don't worry if you lose it
because it popped off while shoving your expensive device into your backpack.
It's super easy to purchase replacements on the Microsoft Store
where the keyboard still costs an extra 150 bucks
and you can pick up a 45 watt charger for $70
if you maybe need to charge your laptop for some reason.
That launch video sure was fun though, Microsoft kudos for that.
A New York Magazine article has gotten some traction for describing how for many students,
University is now basically a place to test their ability to use AI.
The article partially follows Roy Lee, the guy behind that AI app
that promises to help you cheat at everything, except the use case explicitly shown in their ad,
which maybe says something about the critical thinking development
that is being missed by these students using AI to write large chunks of their essays for them.
Like this student, who is asked by writer James D. Walsh
if she recognizes the irony in depending so heavily on AI to write her paper,
which is about school hindering students' cognitive ability to think critically.
She acknowledges the risk, but then essentially says there's no putting the genie back in this bottle.
That's okay. This university crisis has been covered
for years at this point, but nothing seems to have significantly changed,
possibly because at least in North America, we're kind of in a crisis
over what university is for and what it should look like.
Many go to college just looking for a rubber stamp so they can get a better job.
A job that verified Twitter accounts are constantly saying we'll be gone soon,
along with our critical thinking skills. But hey, at least we made some funny AI memes along the way.
That's what it's all about.
I'll have quick bits, dry, shake it up and don't stutter around.
I'm not really a big bond guy. I don't know what that...
NVIDIA has revealed the official release date of the RTX 5060 May 19th.
Just don't hold your breath because it's got eight gigabytes of VRAM
and hardware unboxed found that the eight Gigabyte version
of the RTX 5060 Ti performed worse
than the Intel Arc B580, which is much cheaper.
Thankfully, videocards.com spotted a listing for AMD's own 60-tier card,
the RX 9060XT with 16 gigabytes of VRAM,
which is at least double that of the number eight.
In a time when every company is upping prices, Intel has announced a $100 price cut
for its core Ultra7 265K and KF desktop processors,
which was greeted by fans with cries of,
should have been that price when you launched it. Oh man, this is the coolest thing since the Core 2 Duo.
No, not the Intel processor. The new smartwatch from pebble creator, Eric Migakovsky,
which he showed off in a podcast he called TikTok, spelled differently though.
This guy's big into stepping on other brands toes. NVIDIA and MediaTek may show off
their ARM-based Windows PC processor, codenamed N1, at Computex in mid-May.
According to mysterious sources who spoke to German outlet,
computer-based, possibly in German.
But our team could not confirm that.
A company called Physical Intelligence has shown off household robots
powered by their new Pi-05 AI model,
following spoken instructions and successfully performing household tasks
in several Arabian Bs they had never seen before.
A use case I know is not in the Arabian B terms
and conditions I'm suing. But to really be a part of the family,
these bots will need a sense of touch, which Amazon just added to their warehouse robots.
Although Amazon added it so they can feel pain and thus be punished properly for missing their quota.
It's a bit different. The researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a new species
of electrically conducting bacteria they've called electrophryx yakonensis.
Maybe we can use these to make better biomedical devices
or use them instead of wires.
Why? Look, I don't know, but it makes more sense than electrocuting bugs into playing music.
And you know what would be music to my ears? You coming back here on Friday for more tech news.
I can almost hear it.
Nope, that's the bugs.