Availability Screenshot: Boosteroid Boosteroid is another service that lets you play games on cloud servers. The service has a European focus, and most of the prices are in Euros. In the U.S., there are servers available in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Texas, Illinois, Florida, and Washington. The app is available across Windows, Mac, Chromebook, and Linux, … Read more
Digitally Generated Images Wong Yu Liang | Moment | Getty Images China has rolled out new guidelines that will phase out U.S. processors in government computers and servers, effectively blocking chips from Intel and AMD, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The procurement guidelines, unveiled on Dec. 26, are now being enforced and will also … Read more
Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo PlayStation 5 Pro news consists of only rumors so far—Sony hasn’t even confirmed the existence of a beefed-up console. However, a recent leak of the PS5 Pro specs appears to be legit and it’s reportedly prompted Sony to go on the hunt to find who spoiled the surprise. Who’s This … Read more
MacBook Air with M3 13- and 15-Inch The Macbook Air redesign from two years ago is still just as silent, slim, and comfortable as you expect, but you won’t see a massive difference from M2. The MacBook Air is a good choice for an ultra-thin, though fully capable laptop, regardless of whether you opt for … Read more
I did not have Lenovo rolling out the red carpet for see-through laptops on my bingo card, but here we are. I saw the ThinkBook transparent display concept laptop in person a few weeks ago. I didn’t get to do much with it besides touching it, though I did get to sit there and imagine … Read more
The logo of semiconductor design firm Arm on a chip. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Exactly two years ago, Nvidia’s attempt to purchase chip designer Arm from SoftBank came to an end due to “significant regulatory challenges.” Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s billionaire founder, has never been so lucky. That agreement would have involved selling … Read more
Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert (Getty Images) A new report from CNBC shows that lobbyists connected to the AI industry were quite busy last year. Indeed, in 2023, AI lobbying efforts shot up 185 percent from the previous year. The analysis, which is based on disclosures provided to the non-profit OpenSecrets, shows that the long list of … Read more
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. What to Watch For: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” What to Watch For: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” vinyl sales Concerns about AI porn—or, more commonly “deepfake porn”—are not new. For years, countless women and girls have been subjected to a flood of … Read more
SHANGHAI, CHINA – JULY 28, 2023 – Photo taken on July 28, 2023 shows the AMD logo at the 2023 ChinaJoy in Shanghai, China. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images U.S. chip giant Advanced Micro Devices is betting on AI PCs to take on rivals including Nvidia and Intel as the AI race heats … Read more
Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang holds one of the company’s new RTX 4090 chips for computer gaming in this undated handout photo provided September 20, 2022. Nvidia Corp | via Reuters AMD and Nvidia hit all-time highs on Thursday as investors continue to clamor for shares of the companies building chips that power artificial intelligence. … Read more