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Snapdragon X Plus — release date, AI features, specs and more

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus promises to deliver faster AI performance over its competitors — here's what we know.

Tom’s Guide · Apr 24, 2024

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus: Specs, release date, benchmarks, and more

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and Plus processors are coming in mid-2024 to try to rejuvenate Windows 11 on Arm.

Tom’s Hardware · Apr 24, 2024

Qualcomm reveals the Snapdragon X Plus along with three X Elite chipsets

Qualcomm has confirmed the Snapdragon X Plus and three distinct Snapdragon X Elite SKUs, giving us a total of four new ARM chips.

Laptop · Apr 24, 2024

OpenAI's Sam Altman invests $20 million in a green energy startup, but will it satisfy ChatGPT's power-hungry demands?

OpenAI's CEO has partnered with several other investors and injected approximately $20 million into Exowatt. The investment is an indication AI is here for the long haul.

Windows Central · Apr 24, 2024

Coca-Cola sips on a $1.1 billion of Microsoft's cloud and AI brew, amid 'anti-competitive' probe by antitrust regulators

Coca-Cola recently got into a $1.1 billion five-year deal with Microsoft, allowing it to leverage its cloud computing and artificial intelligence services, including Azure OpenAI Service and Copilot for Microsoft 365.

Windows Central · Apr 24, 2024

An ex-Microsoft OS engineer almost got fired for adding ZIP file support to Windows 30 years ago, but the company has never updated it🫠

Microsoft veteran Dave W. Plummer recently recounted how he added ZIP file support to Windows 30 years ago, and how it almost cost him his job at the tech giant.

Windows Central · Apr 24, 2024

Microsoft's new lightweight AI rivals GPT-3.5 — it's learning from children's books and fits on phones

Large language models (LLMs) are still necessary for more complex tasks, but your next phone could sport this new compact AI model from Microsoft: the Phi-3 Mini.

Laptop · Apr 24, 2024

Should You Buy This Beaten-Down AI Stock for Its 4% Dividend Yield?

Sales of AI-enabled gadgets are expected to drive hardware sales over the next few years. PC maker HP looks like an AI play worth buying for its nearly 4% dividend yield and tepid valuations.

Barchart · Apr 23, 2024

Demand for Apple's HoloLens-like Vision Pro has fallen 'well beyond' expectations. I am shocked. Not really.

Remember the Apple Vision Pro hype from a few months ago? Me neither. Seems nobody else does either, since according to a new report, nobody actually wants to wear a $3000 computer on their face.

Windows Central · Apr 23, 2024

Meta’s massive OS announcement is more exciting than a Meta Quest 4 reveal, and VR will never be the same again

The surprise Meta Horizon OS announcement sets it up as VR’s Windows – and that’s both a great and terrible thing.

TechRadar · Apr 23, 2024