Andrew Ng: Unbiggen AI
Andrew Ng has serious street cred in artificial intelligence. He pioneered the use of graphics processing units (GPUs) to train deep learning models in the late 2000s with his students at Stanford University, cofounded Google Brain in 2011, and then.....»»
M2 Pro Mac mini review: Apple’s Goldilocks desktop for semi-professionals
Outstanding power efficiency is a highlight of this in-betweener desktop. Enlarge / Apple's 2023 Mac mini. If you've seen one, you've seen them all, but it's what's on the inside that counts. (credit: Andrew Cunningham).....»»
Kyle and Andrew sneak through The Last of Us’ by-the-book second episode
After more than 2 hours, it feels like the show is finally done setting things up. Enlarge / I'm sure they'll both be fine. New episodes of The Last of Us are premiering on HBO every Sunday night, and Ars' Kyle Orland (.....»»
First observation of the Cherenkov radiation phenomenon in 2D space
Researchers from the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology have presented the first experimental observation of Cherenkov radiation confined in two dimensions. The resu.....»»
Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is pen-centric hardware let down by book-centric software
Review: Despite excellent hardware, the writing features feel tacked-on. Enlarge / Amazon's Kindle Scribe e-reader. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Amazon's Kindle e-readers have been around for 15 years, and they've remaine.....»»
Kyle and Andrew dissect The Last of Us television premiere
There's plenty to *ahem* chew on as the infected move from prestige game to prestige TV. Enlarge New episodes of The Last of Us will premiere on HBO every Sunday night, and we'll be recapping them here every Monday morn.....»»
Live from Las Vegas, all the new smart home news from CES 2023
On this week's episode of the Homekit Insider podcast, Andrew joined us live from CES 2023 in Las Vegas to talk about all of the new home automation tech, Matter, and more!HomeKit InsiderThis past week was CES, hosted out of Las Vegas. The annual con.....»»
Move over, Nvidia: Some AMD 7900 XTX GPUs are having their own heat issues
Owners of cards with throttling problems are encouraged to contact AMD support. Enlarge / The Radeon RX 7900 XTX's three-fan cooler. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4090 has been through the PR wringer f.....»»
Could getting rid of old cells turn back the clock on aging?
Researchers are investigating medicines that selectively kill decrepit cells. Enlarge (credit: Andrew Brookes/Getty Images) James Kirkland started his career in 1982 as a geriatrician, treating aging patients. But he fou.....»»
Is that shrunken head really human? Combining imaging methods yields clues
Combining CT scanning with micro-CT scanning improves the resolution of key details Enlarge / 3D rendered image of the micro-CT scan of a tsantsa, or shrunken head. (credit: Andrew Nelson, CC-BY 4.0) There's rarely ti.....»»
Driver updates will fix abnormally high power use for AMD’s new RX 7900 GPUs
Video playback, high-refresh screens, and multi-monitor setups can cause issues. Enlarge / AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XTX (rear) and 7900 XT (front). (credit: Andrew Cunningham) AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT GPUs are st.....»»
Review: ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5 is impressively fast, with the right settings
Equal parts mobile workstation and grown-up gaming laptop. Enlarge / Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Specs at a glance: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5 (As reviewed) Display 16-inch.....»»
Apple’s self-service repairs expand to desktops like iMac, Mac Studio
The Mac Studio, M1 iMac, M1 Mac mini, and Studio Display join the program. Enlarge / Apple's Mac Studio desktop. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Apple's Self Service Repair program continues to roll out in new regions and to.....»»
Andrew Tate: "I fear online influencer radicalised my son"
After an incident at school, Jane is worried how Andrew Tate's views are affecting her 15-year-old......»»
Radeon 7900 XTX and XT review: Faster, hotter, and cheaper than the RTX 4080
New $899 and $999 GPUs maintain the status quo in the Nvidia-AMD rivalry. Enlarge / The Radeon RX 7900 XTX's three-fan cooler. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Nvidia's RTX 4080 and 4090 GPUs are amazing performers. They are.....»»
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 review: Second only to the 4090—for now
Price-to-performance is a bit better than the 4090, if you can find it at $1,200. Enlarge / Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4080. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Very little about Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4080 is surprising—especially no.....»»
New Winamp update adds features, fixes, and (sigh) support for “music NFTs”
"Please do not post any rants about NFTs in this thread." Enlarge (credit: Winamp/Andrew Cunningham) If you'd asked me in January to make some predictions about what 2022 would bring, I don't think "multiple significant.....»»
PCI standards group deflects, assigns blame for melting GPU power connectors
"Members are responsible for safety testing of their products." Enlarge / Nvidia's 12VHPWR power cable adapter, as shipped with an RTX 4080. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Nvidia's new RTX 4090 and 4080 GPUs both use a new.....»»
Nintendo apologizes for Pokémon performance problems, promises “improvements”
Games have been Nintendo's fastest-selling titles despite early bugs. Enlarge / Portrait of the author learning that some of the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet performance problems might be fixed. (credit: Andrew Cunningham).....»»
Sam Bankman-Fried speaks on FTX collapse: “I didn’t ever try to commit fraud”
Bankman-Fried does public interview despite his lawyers urging him to stay quiet. Enlarge / Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews Sam Bankman-Fried at The New York Times DealBook conference on November 30, 2022, in New York City. (credit.....»»
Study finds pay practices, job barriers to blame for women making less than men
Despite advances in gender equality, women still earn less than men in all advanced, industrialized societies. Who—or what—is to blame? A new 15-country study led by Andrew Penner at the University of California, Irvine, divides fault evenly betw.....»»