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NVIDIA's ARM-powered laptop CPU has been rumored to exist for over a year,
or at least it feels that way, I haven't checked. But now a geekbench result has appeared
listing a 20-core ARM-based CPU
called the NVIDIA N1X. The strongest evidence yet that it is indeed
possibly a thing. The geekbench entry was first spotted
by Twitter user olrack29, but we can't see it because their tweets are protected.
And at the time of writing, they hadn't accepted my follow request yet,
let me into your life. The N1X makes a pretty good showing too,
beating the Ryzen AI Max plus 395
and the Core Ultra9 285HX in single-core.
It lost in multicore, and keep in mind that Linux systems do a bit better than Windows
on geekbench, but NVIDIA obviously has a bunch of optimization work to do.
This is early, I'm sure Team Green's driver team is working on this day and night
so that by the time it launches, it won't just run faster,
it actually won't run at all. Burn a hole right through your desk.
Now that's power. Google is rolling out a stable build
of Android 16 to Google Pixel devices,
although support for the coolest features aren't coming until later,
like the desktop mode and the Material 3 expressive redesign.
More like Material 3 excessive compared to Apple's new liquid glass look.
I mean, with the colors here, can you let my eyes breathe for a second?
There are other concerns with Android 16 too.
The team behind Android fork Graphene OS apparently received information
that Google would make Android no longer open source.
And the first step towards this happening would be Google not releasing device repositories
for Pixel phones alongside new Android releases. And it looks like that has indeed come to pass,
which is especially bad news for Graphene OS,
which only officially supports Pixel devices. Now, some are saying the Graphene team
is misreading the situation. Google's becoming more private
with some elements of Android, but the open source project itself isn't going away,
according to these people. Whatever's really happening, closed sourcing Android would not only be pretty dumb
when Google's engulfed in antitrust trials, it would be bad for consumers.
Like, look, Chinese manufacturer Vivo claims
they got their upcoming X Fold 5 to work with the Apple Watch,
and they even got it to work as an external monitor for a Mac.
Honestly, I don't know whether Android being open source helped with that,
but it can't have hurt. OpenAI has made a deal with its biggest rival, Google,
for cloud compute power, according to a Reuters report based on three insider sources.
That's wild, but hey, AI companies gotta stick together now,
because Disney and NBC Universal are together suing mid-journey
for producing replicas of copyrighted characters like Aladdin and the Minions.
Despicable. That was from Glenn, nice one. So add that one to the pile of AI copyright lawsuits.
Hopefully one of them gets decided soon so we can tell whether it's okay
that Amazon is about to be overrun with AI-generated video ads.
Amazon's new tools let brands access AGI, what?
Oh, advanced generative intelligence, ah, come on.
Six photorealistic video ads can be generated in minutes
and I'm sure AI getting integrated into all of the most used business products
makes somebody happy, but also provides another vector for malware.
AIM Security has identified the first known zero-click AI vulnerability
which could let an attacker secretly ask your AI assistant
to provide sensitive info just by sending an email to the victim.
No killer robots needed. Those will come later, thanks to world models like the one Meta just introduced
called VGEPPA2, sounds Italian, VGEPPA.
Meta says it helps AI think before it acts,
which also sounds like something Meta themselves could do. And maybe the rest of Silicon Valley too.
I think we're kinda reaching the limit of move fast
and break things. So honestly, Apple deserves some kudos
for delaying the launch of the new AI upgraded Siri to 2026.
In WWDC interviews this week, software chief Craig Federighi said,
there's no need to rush the wrong product out just to be first.
Now he just needs to apply that same approach to product demos like the one they did at WWDC 2024
for this 2026 product. You wanna see a 2028 product?
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This is awkward. The Nintendo Switch 2 appears to be
the fastest selling video game console of all time
after selling three and a half million units in its first four days.
Now I say appears to be because the Switch 2 apparently also has a battery bug
that makes it lie to you about how much charge you have left.
And now I don't know who to trust. Thankfully, there's an official support article
that should help. While unofficial developers are also working
on a microSD to M.2 adapter for the Switch 2,
which could massively expand storage. However, there are apparently some power issues
they need to work out. So be aware of that unless you wanna beat Nintendo
to bricking your console. US and Chinese representatives have agreed on a proposal
that could reduce planned tariffs and perhaps even more importantly,
ease Chinese restrictions on the export of rare earth minerals,
which are needed to make everything from Jeep Grand Cherokees to grandma's pancakes.
They always had a little something extra. Unfortunately, despite Trump shouting on truth social
in all caps about how the deal with China is done,
the specific details of the proposal haven't been released
as both Trump and Chinese President Xi have yet to sign off on the deal, which is done.
By the way, you may have missed that. Owners of EVGA motherboards have turned to a farm boy fix
for the boot up problems they've been experiencing with RTX 50 series GPUs.
Just put some type on it. That apparently prevents contact with the extra SM bus pins
on a number of EVGA motherboards, which I'm assuming in the wake of the company
swearing off ever making NVIDIA GPUs again, EVGA put there to sabotage GPUs out of spite.
Ooh, Jensen will hate this. The first Google Beam compatible hardware
has been revealed. The HP dimension has six cameras,
a spatial audio system and adaptive lighting to make it seem like you're really in the room
with your company's HR manager. What, what you thought you're gonna call
your grandma on this thing? It's $25,000, but it is cool.
And if you don't think so, you can take Google's buyout offer and leave.
Is that open to everyone or just Google employees?
Okay, typical corporate.
And humanoid robots are coming up in a big way, but a company called Ground Control Robotics
had a different idea. What if we make farming robots
that look like horrifying giant centipedes?
They could writhe and crawl around and slap their gross long bodies on stuff
to make everyone uncomfortable, listen. Okay, yeah, they made an armored version
with actual antenna. Is that necessary?
They say it can be used to pull out weeds and stuff,
but it's having trouble with this one. And that's not even the only horrifying,
crawly thing these people are making.
They should be ashamed of themselves. Just like you should be
if you don't come back on Friday for tech news. I wasn't sure about you being here at first,
but now I've gotten used to your calming presence. You make me feel better about myself, goddamn it.