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Here at IFA 2026 I finally got to try the Xreal Aura glasses. They’re the tech you’d get if my Xreal One Pro and Samsung Galaxy XR had a baby, and their Fall 2026 release date can’t come soon enough. While they can basically do everything an
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* GoPro CEO Nick Woodman has released a statement following concern around the company's "merger" with Starman * He provides assurances that the company is committed to making consumer cameras * But there are no concrete commitments – and a disclaimer list that's longer than the statement itself
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Artificial intelligence is now radically reshaping the landscape of physics, generating experimental layouts that outperform traditional human engineering while sparking questions about the nature of scientific inquiry. A publication in the Nature journal highlights just how machine learning algorithms have evolved from computational assistants into creative experimental architects. Researchers in
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Arduino's Zephyr real-time operating system (RTOS) core for its microcontrollers has hit the milestone of a formal 1.0.0 release, a little over a month after the company announced it was leaving beta status with version 0.9.0. "We're excited to announce version
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Bulgarian open source hardware specialist Olimex has announced a new wedge-format computer inspired by the classic Apple II: the all-in-one open-hardware Neo6502kbd. "Do you remember Karateka, Lode Runner, and Cross Fire on the Apple II," Olimex founder Tsvetan Usunov asks by way of introduction to his company'
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Seeed Studio has announced a new development kit for computer vision projects, which pairs a Rockchip RK3576 computer-on-module with a feature-packed carrier board — plus an optional RK1820 neural coprocessor delivering a claimed 20 tera-operations per second (TOPS) of compute at minimum precision. "The reComputer RK3576 Module Dev Kit combines
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As long as you have enough memory, it is possible to run even a frontier large language model (LLM) on just about any hardware. Big, fancy GPUs aren’t needed. A somewhat modern CPU will do the job. To be clear, it wouldn’t do the job well (it would
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OpenAI has started rolling out its newest frontier model, GPT‑6 Astra, OpenAI's first system to reach a "Critical" cybersecurity rating. The company claims Astra can discover new security flaws and create working exploits in secure systems without needing very detailed instructions from humans. This also
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The temptation to use an AI chatbot to do your actual work is real and understandable, and academic institutions are spending considerable energy trying to prevent it. But the energy focused on AI as a cheating tool has somewhat obscured the case for AI as a legitimate study tool, one
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September 2026 has arrived — and, after last week's meet weekly streaming round-up, the ninth month of the year has begun with a bang. Indeed, there are plenty of great looking new movies and TV shows to catch on the world's best streaming services this weekend, including
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I’ll lay my cards on the table and admit that I wasn’t very familiar with Hohem before I arrived at IFA Berlin 2026. But interestingly, the Chinese tech company has revealed one of the most interesting products at the conference so far, in my view, with the Eyepic
