Forget the wooden ruler — I measured the Blizzard of 2026 with my iPhone

Your iPhone has a hidden feature for measuring almost anything, including the snow totals from this once-in-a-lifetime blizzard.
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Samsung brings Galaxy Book6 laptops to the US, and they roam pretty close to MacBook Air

Samsung launches Galaxy Book 6, Pro, and Ultra in the US starting at $1,049.99, featuring Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips and up to RTX 5060 graphics.
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Lenovo is the latest victim of the RAM crisis, and states, ‘there’s no way around’ upcoming March price hikes

Lenovo is the latest to be affected by the RAM crisis, and it has warned its partners to place orders before inevitable price hikes.
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AI’s Math Tricks Don’t Work for Scientific Computing
AI’s Math Tricks Don’t Work for Scientific Computing

AI has driven an explosion of new number formats—the ways in which numbers are represented digitally. Engineers are looking at every possible way to save computation time and energy, including shortening the number of bits used to represent data. But …

RAM crisis shows (slight) signs of easing as DDR5 prices drop — but there’s a sting in the tail

Sick of RAM price hikes yet? All of us surely are, but there’s at least some cause for optimism this month.

I can save you from the RAMpocalypse, but you’ll need to act fast and trust AliExpress

You’ll be hard-pressed to find mainstream RAM kits that aren’t exorbitantly priced, but there’s a temporary solution for that.
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Your ChatGPT chats are more personal than you think

New OpenAI data reveals people use ChatGPT for personal expression and venting just as much as work tasks, with younger users leading the shift toward treating AI like a sounding board.
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The “daylight” display: screens that actually work in the sun

When the spring weather finally breaks, the immediate urge is to take your laptop to the patio or the park. But within five minutes, you realize the sun has turned your expensive screen into a dark, highly reflective mirror. For years, we shopped for s…

Nvidia could launch its first laptops with its own processors later this year

Nvidia is preparing to launch its first laptop processors later this year, marking a major return to consumer PCs with new Arm-based designs and AI-focused performance.
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AMD reportedly pauses Ryzen Z1 drivers for gaming handhelds

Reports suggest AMD Ryzen Z1 handheld driver updates have stalled across devices like the Legion Go and ROG Ally.
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