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Sean Hollister

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    Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    The cloud gaming service that works most anywhere is ending support for older operating systems.

    Nvidia:

    Starting in November, GeForce NOW will transition away from updating the GeForce NOW Windows and macOS apps for legacy operating systems, including Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and macOS 10.11-10.14. Members on these systems can still enjoy streaming on play.geforcenow.com via supported web browsers.

    Probably fine; just feels odd! Nvidia marketed GFN as the way to virtually stuff a new GPU into your aging laptop.

    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Ayaneo’s homage to the Game Boy and Game Boy Micro are *not* cheap.

    $450 MSRP for a Game Boy emulator console is a bundle of cash, OLED screen and premium build notwithstanding — $700 if you want it in Game Boy grey.

    $220 for the elegant Micro seems better, but we’re still talking about a crowdfunded Indiegogo. Would you pick these over an $220 Analogue Pocket? Full specs at the links.

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    Spectre Divide is a fascinating Valorant-like shooter where you control two bodiesSpectre Divide is a fascinating Valorant-like shooter where you control two bodies
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    What if AMD gaming tablet, but hugely more powerful plugged in?

    Asus thermal engineer Sam Jiun-Wei Hu has revealed he’s been working on an unannounced ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet for 2025 that would contain the unannounced AMD Strix Halo chip — with an incredible 80W of power for its integrated GPU alone, and 30W more for the CPU.

    The previous-gen housed up to a 65W RTX 4070 Mobile, but limited it to 35W on battery power.

    ASUS preparing ROG Z13 Flow 2025, a gaming tablet with AMD 110W Strix Halo APU - VideoCardz.com

    [VideoCardz.com]

    Qualcomm promises Snapdragon X PCs will cost as little as $700 next yearQualcomm promises Snapdragon X PCs will cost as little as $700 next year
    AMD is becoming an AI chip company, just like NvidiaAMD is becoming an AI chip company, just like Nvidia
    Intel will officially ‘launch’ its Lunar Lake laptop chips on September 3rdIntel will officially ‘launch’ its Lunar Lake laptop chips on September 3rd
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Here’s an hour of shimmering water droplets exploding from a balloon in ultra slow motion.

    When you slow down escaping water to 82,000 frames per second, it looks unreal — like magic pixie dust glittering in the light. Here’s an entire hour of that. I’m mesmerized.

    Just the latest example of a slow-mo camera unlocking the fourth dimension; in this case, it’s a Phantom TMX7510 operated by The Slow Mo Guys.

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    Sean Hollister
    AMD announces Fluid Motion Frames 2: less lag, less jitter when it’s faking more frames for you.

    You can try the technical preview now if you’ve got RX 7000 or RX 6000 series discrete GPUs; it looks like it’ll also come to some laptops and handhelds with 780M integrated graphics.

    Like Nvidia’s DLSS 3, AMD’s AFMF imagines new frames between existing ones for higher FPS — with many tradeoffs and caveats. AFMF 2 may reduce them.

    AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 Technical Preview Now Available

    [AMD.com]

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