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Espresso Displays makes some of our favorite portable monitors, but up until now, it felt like there was a hole in its portfolio. That’s because aside from its flagship model — the $800 Espresso 17 Pro — the other members of the family are slightly more affordable fare like the $469 Espresso Touch 13 and … Read more
Intel is selling off its majority share in chip-maker Altera as part of its new CEO’s first steps toward stabilizing the company. The 51 percent stake sold today for $4.46 billion in a deal that is expected to close in the second half of this year. “Today’s announcement reflects our commitment to sharpening our focus, … Read more
In a decision almost certainly informed by the recent tariff chaos, NVIDIA is going to start making some of its AI chips and supercomputers in the US. The company announced that it’s building and testing its Blackwell chips in Arizona and it plans to manufacture its AI supercomputers — presumably the recently announced DGX Spark … Read more
Ubisoft has open-sourced Chroma, the company’s in-house colorblind assistance tool. It’s available for download via GitHub and is described as a “one-stop solution for detecting color blindness-related issues in games.” Here’s how it works. It throws a filter over the game screen that simulates various types of color blindness. This allows testers to flag accessibility … Read more
OpenAI has announced its phasing out GPT-4.5 from its developer API in favor of its new GPT-4.1 model. When it launched, OpenAI described GPT-4.5 as its best and most capable model so far, in part because it was a more natural conversationalist and could capably mimic some notion of emotional intelligence. Despite what its name … Read more
The Meta Quest 3S is on sale for $269 via Amazon. This is a record-low price for the 128GB VR headset, as it typically costs $300. It comes with a download code for Batman: Arkham Shadow and a three-month trial for Meta Quest+. This is the platform’s version of Game Pass or PS Plus, with … Read more
Meta plans to start using data collected from its users in the European Union to train its AI systems, the company announced today. Starting this week, the tech giant will begin notifying Europeans through email and its family of apps of the fact, with the message set to include an explanation of the kind of … Read more
Mobile gamers can now dive into Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, which has arrived on iOS and Android. The action platformer is a paid game, but you can get a taste of it for free thanks to a trial. If you buy the full game before May 5, you’ll be able to take advantage … Read more
There are some great keyboard attachments for Apple’s iPad but, sometimes, you just want to physically write things down with a “pencil.” While the Apple Pencil lineup can be confusing (see our helpful guide here), there are two great options currently on sale. Take the 23 percent discount on the Apple Pencil Pro, for instance. … Read more
For anyone who misses the way smartphones used to work, Samsung has announced two new “rugged” Galaxy devices, the Galaxy XCover 7 Pro and the Galaxy Tab Active 5 Pro, that feature removable backplates and user-replaceable batteries. The Galaxy XCover 7 Pro is designed for enterprise customers, but it comes packed with some of the … Read more