Der Nissan Ariya soll die Nachfolge des erfolgreichen Leaf antreten. Doch der japanische Konzern ist bei Elektroautos nicht mehr innovativ. Ein Bericht von Dirk Kunde (Elektroauto, Technologie)
Der Nissan Ariya soll die Nachfolge des erfolgreichen Leaf antreten. Doch der japanische Konzern ist bei Elektroautos nicht mehr innovativ. Ein Bericht von Dirk Kunde (Elektroauto, Technologie)
The vast volcanic caldera at Yellowstone National Park is just the latest in a long string of volcanic sites, all of which seem to be linked to a hot blob of material that may go all the way down to the Earth's mantle. There's been a lot of effort put into tracing that hot material, given that some of the earlier eruptions from it have been utterly enormous.
But there's also a connection between that hot material and the features like geysers and hot springs that make Yellowstone a major tourist destination. And those connections are very difficult to trace. But a new study has proposed a map that shows how the hot water of Yellowstone flows under beneath the feet of visitors and why it reaches the surface at specific sites.
Mapping the plumbing
We tend to talk about water under our feet as traveling through underground rivers, but that creates a misleading image. In reality, water creeps along as a broad flow through permeable materials, its path shifted by things like faults and hard, impermeable rock like granite. Tracking it isn't the simplest thing.
Facebook, which turned 18 last month, has developed something of a reputation for being the social network for older Americans. That reputation is not unearned—according to a Pew Research Center survey, nearly 72 million Americans over the age of 50 use Facebook. And while the platform still has more users under the age of 50 than over, Facebook remains many older Americans’ sole social network.
That’s something the AARP is looking to change, though. The nonprofit funded the creation of Senior Planet Community, a social media network that encourages users to join pre-existing groups around shared interests, including gardening, travel, fitness, food, and technology. In that way, it feels more like a pared-down version of Reddit or a small collection of forums.
The social network was developed by an AARP affiliate, Older Adults Technology Services. OATS started out giving computer classes to older folks in New York City and has expanded its physical footprint over the years. During the pandemic, those classes moved online, and Senior Planet Community grew from that transition.
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin is a single-board commuter designed for AI projects, featuring up to a 12-core ARM Cortex-A78 CPU and up to 2048-core NVIDIA Ampere graphics, 64GB of RAM, and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. NVIDIA says to expect up to 275 TOPS of AI performance. First announced in November, a Jetson AGX […]
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin is a single-board commuter designed for AI projects, featuring up to a 12-core ARM Cortex-A78 CPU and up to 2048-core NVIDIA Ampere graphics, 64GB of RAM, and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. NVIDIA says to expect up to 275 TOPS of AI performance.
First announced in November, a Jetson AGX Orin dev kit with top-of-the-line specs is now available for $1999. Lower-cost (and lower-performance) versions should be available later this year.
NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit
In other recent tech news, former OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s new company is taking a page out of the OnePlus playbook and working to generate buzz for its products well ahead of launch. Nothing scheduled an event today where the company was widely expected to unveil its first phone.
Instead, Pei confirmed that Nothing’s next product is a phone, but it won’t launch until this summer. We don’t know what it looks like or much of anything about it other than that it runs a fork of Android called Nothing OS, has a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and will be part of an ecosystem that OnePlus hopes to build that will include support not only for the company’s own products, but also third-party gear including Apple’s AirPods and Tesla’s electric vehicles.
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.
NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin dev kit featuring a 12-core ARM Cortex-A78 CPU and NVIDIA Ampere graphics with 2048 CUDA cores was announced late last year, and it’s now available for $1999. https://t.co/lk7Lcw7RBi
Nothing lived up to its name in today’s press event, announcing that it’s working on a phone, a software ecosystem (with support for third-party devices), and an Android-based Nothing OS and app launcher. But the company showed off… virtually nothing. https://t.co/snzNDgYUB6
Nothing isn’t ready to say much about its first phone other than that it has a Snapdragon chip and is coming this summer. But the company is starting to show off its Nothing OS Android skin. https://t.co/ulqCyiG4QZpic.twitter.com/AXmk0Skidu
ZTE has been under probation in the US for the past five years after violating trade sanctions by selling goods to Iran and North Korea. That probation has now ended, with a US judge deciding not to take action on allegations of visa fraud. https://t.co/pu9XMbcV89
Google says the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are now certified for using Verizon’s C-band for faster 5G service. But despite having the supported hardware, the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 series won’t support C-band in the US (but they may in other countries). https://t.co/CTb9WHjTZj
The latest Windows Insider preview build for Dev and Beta channels is largely the same, but some Dev users will see experimental concepts in the Windows search box. Other changes include tablet-friendly taskbar and many bug fixes. https://t.co/bbMJf4L9CP
Google is moving movie & TV show purchases and rentals on Android devices out of the Google Play Store app and into the Google TV app…. which would make sense if the Play Store hadn’t been a unified market for apps, games, books, & videos for years. https://t.co/ahU5WkH6BJpic.twitter.com/luHhwYFLpB
Google begins offering “user choice billing” for Spotify on Android, allowing users to choose whether to pay for subscriptions via Google Play or Spotify. It’s a pilot that will expand to “a small number of participating developers” in the future. https://t.co/V6DAUffnOa
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin is a single-board commuter designed for AI projects, featuring up to a 12-core ARM Cortex-A78 CPU and up to 2048-core NVIDIA Ampere graphics, 64GB of RAM, and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. NVIDIA says to expect up to 275 TOPS of AI performance. First announced in November, a Jetson AGX […]
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin is a single-board commuter designed for AI projects, featuring up to a 12-core ARM Cortex-A78 CPU and up to 2048-core NVIDIA Ampere graphics, 64GB of RAM, and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. NVIDIA says to expect up to 275 TOPS of AI performance.
First announced in November, a Jetson AGX Orin dev kit with top-of-the-line specs is now available for $1999. Lower-cost (and lower-performance) versions should be available later this year.
NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit
In other recent tech news, former OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s new company is taking a page out of the OnePlus playbook and working to generate buzz for its products well ahead of launch. Nothing scheduled an event today where the company was widely expected to unveil its first phone.
Instead, Pei confirmed that Nothing’s next product is a phone, but it won’t launch until this summer. We don’t know what it looks like or much of anything about it other than that it runs a fork of Android called Nothing OS, has a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and will be part of an ecosystem that OnePlus hopes to build that will include support not only for the company’s own products, but also third-party gear including Apple’s AirPods and Tesla’s electric vehicles.
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.
NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin dev kit featuring a 12-core ARM Cortex-A78 CPU and NVIDIA Ampere graphics with 2048 CUDA cores was announced late last year, and it’s now available for $1999. https://t.co/lk7Lcw7RBi
Nothing lived up to its name in today’s press event, announcing that it’s working on a phone, a software ecosystem (with support for third-party devices), and an Android-based Nothing OS and app launcher. But the company showed off… virtually nothing. https://t.co/snzNDgYUB6
Nothing isn’t ready to say much about its first phone other than that it has a Snapdragon chip and is coming this summer. But the company is starting to show off its Nothing OS Android skin. https://t.co/ulqCyiG4QZpic.twitter.com/AXmk0Skidu
ZTE has been under probation in the US for the past five years after violating trade sanctions by selling goods to Iran and North Korea. That probation has now ended, with a US judge deciding not to take action on allegations of visa fraud. https://t.co/pu9XMbcV89
Google says the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are now certified for using Verizon’s C-band for faster 5G service. But despite having the supported hardware, the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 series won’t support C-band in the US (but they may in other countries). https://t.co/CTb9WHjTZj
The latest Windows Insider preview build for Dev and Beta channels is largely the same, but some Dev users will see experimental concepts in the Windows search box. Other changes include tablet-friendly taskbar and many bug fixes. https://t.co/bbMJf4L9CP
Google is moving movie & TV show purchases and rentals on Android devices out of the Google Play Store app and into the Google TV app…. which would make sense if the Play Store hadn’t been a unified market for apps, games, books, & videos for years. https://t.co/ahU5WkH6BJpic.twitter.com/luHhwYFLpB
Google begins offering “user choice billing” for Spotify on Android, allowing users to choose whether to pay for subscriptions via Google Play or Spotify. It’s a pilot that will expand to “a small number of participating developers” in the future. https://t.co/V6DAUffnOa
Artificial intelligence, verbalizing feelings, and massively multiplayer horse games.
Enlarge/ How can online gamemakers adapt both existing and new titles with systems that make guys like this less angry? Three presenters at the 2022 Game Developers Conference offer their own suggestions. (None include the obvious tip that this stock-photo guy should upgrade his old Xbox 360.) (credit: Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO—As long as popular video games depend on online services like matchmaking and chat, those games will suffer from toxicity, harassment, and bullying. Or at least that's the assumption that some panelists at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) are eager to either soften or nullify altogether.
Ahead of the conference's show floor opening on Wednesday morning, we listened to a few participants offer their hopes for more positive social gaming environments—and three perspectives stood out as a combined pitch for a brighter future. The proof isn't yet in these pitches' pudding, but each points to different, seemingly smarter steps toward a better online-gaming ecosystem.
Turning the temperature down on “heat maps”
The first pitch, from game-moderation startup Good Game Well Played (GGWP), suggests aiming an AI-powered laser at the problem. Co-founded by pro gamer and entrepreneur Dennis "Thresh" Fong, GGWP is designed to slot into existing games' moderation systems to make report-based moderation stronger by coupling it with two types of real-time data: voice chat and gameplay "heat maps."
MSI is giving its business laptop lineup a spec bump, with several new models in the Summit, Modern and Prestige families sporting 12th-gen Intel Core “Alder Lake” processor options. Interestingly, while there are models with screen sizes ranging from 13.3 inches to 16 inches, it’s the new MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12 that’s the lightest […]
MSI is giving its business laptop lineup a spec bump, with several new models in the Summit, Modern and Prestige families sporting 12th-gen Intel Core “Alder Lake” processor options.
Interestingly, while there are models with screen sizes ranging from 13.3 inches to 16 inches, it’s the new MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12that’s the lightest of the bunch, weighing in at 3.5 pounds. The notebook has a 14 inch, 2880 x 1800 pixel touchscreen display, a convertible tablet-style design with a 360-degree hinge, and support for up to an Intel Core i7-1280P 14-core, 20-thread processor. It’s available now for $1500 and up.
The starting price is for a model with an Intel Core i5-1240P processor, 16GB of LPDDR5 4800 MHz memory, and a 512GB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD. But in the US the laptop is available with up to a Core i7-1260P processor, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. And MSI offers a model in Japan with a Core i7-1280P chip. There’s no word on whether that version will be available in North America anytime soon.
Features that are common across all configurations include a 99-key backlit keyboard, stereo 2W speakers, Intel AX1675 Killer WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, a full HD IR camera (with a privacy switch), an array of 4 microphones, and ports that include:
2 x Thunderbolt 4
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
1 x HDMI
1 x 3.5mm audio
microSD card reader
The laptop comes with a 65-W USB-C power supply and features a 72 Wh battery. It also comes with an MSI Pen for pressure-sensitive input.
The MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12 measures 12.56″ x 8.2″ x 0.63″ and has a MIL-STD0810G tested chassis. MSI’s websites are a little inconsistent about how much the laptop weighs: the Japanese spec sheet says 1.6 kilograms (or 3.53 pounds), which is what the main page for the laptop on the MSI US website says. But the US specifications page suggests that it could weigh 3.61 pounds.
It's time for another Dealmaster! Our latest roundup of the best tech deals from around the web includes a new sale on Amazon's Kindle e-readers. The deals include the newest Kindle Paperwhite marked down to $105, which is the lowest price we've seen to date and matches the deal we saw on Black Friday.
As a refresher, we gave the Kindle Paperwhite a rave review when it launched last fall, calling it the best Kindle—and thus the best e-reader—for most people. There's no need to upgrade if you're happy with a previous Kindle, but compared to its predecessor, the 11th-gen Paperwhite has a more spacious display (now at 6.8 inches [17 cm] instead of 6 inches [15 cm]), a USB-C port, a better frontlight, more consistently responsive performance, and improved battery life (which Amazon rates at roughly 10 weeks per charge). It's still waterproof, and if you can live with Amazon's locked-down ecosystem, the Kindle library remains extensive. This offer includes three months of Amazon's Kindle Unlimited e-book service, too, though note that this will auto-renew by default.
The sale also brings the Kids version of the Kindle Paperwhite down to $115. That's only $5 higher than the best price we've tracked. While this variant is marketed to younger readers, it features the same hardware as the standard Paperwhite, plus a case, a longer two-year warranty (compared to one with the standard model), and no ads on its home page or lock screen (which costs an extra $20 otherwise). The base Kindle Kids e-reader, which is discounted to $65 today, may be the better value for most children, but the Paperwhite Kids model may be worth it for those willing pay a little extra.
As laptops have gotten thinner and lighter in recent years, they’ve also gotten harder to upgrade or repair. It’s always been rare to find a laptop with an upgradeable CPU or GPU, but these days it’s increasingly difficult to find one with a user replaceable battery, memory, or storage. Swiss PC maker Prime Computer is […]
As laptops have gotten thinner and lighter in recent years, they’ve also gotten harder to upgrade or repair. It’s always been rare to find a laptop with an upgradeable CPU or GPU, but these days it’s increasingly difficult to find one with a user replaceable battery, memory, or storage.
Swiss PC maker Prime Computer is bucking that trend with the launch of a new PrimeBook Circular laptop that uses a series of “easily replaceable computer modules,” allowing you to repair or upgrade the computer over time.
The 3.3 pound PrimeBook Circular will ship with a 13.9 inch, 3000 x 2000 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display, a 77 Wh battery, an anodized aluminum chassis, a glass trackpad, a fingerprint reader, and an HD IR webcam.
At launch, it will ship with an 11th-gen Intel Core “Tiger Lake” processor, but the modular design should allow you to upgrade the processor in the future, assuming Prime Computer puts out new modules down the road. At the very least, if you buy a PrimeBook Circular with an entry-level processor today, you may be able to upgrade to a more powerful chip in the future without the need to buy a whole new computer.
At launch, these are the module options listed on the Prime Computer website:
In a press release, Prime Computer also suggests that a Core i7-1185G7 module will be available.
It appears that the processor, memory, and wireless chip are all on the same module, suggesting that you may have to replace all of those items at the same time rather than doing piecemeal upgrades. That makes it a bit disappointing that the Celeron 6305 model has only 4GB of RAM, since there’s no option to add more.
But the laptop uses an M.2 slot for solid state storage, which should make it easy for users to bring their own.
Ports include HDMI 2.0b, Mini DisplayPort 1.4a, Thunderbolt 4, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, 3.5mm audio, and Gigabit Ethernet, and the laptop comes with a 65-watt USB-C power supply. Prime Computer says the notebook comes standard with a 3-year warranty, but there’s an option to extend that warranty to 5 years.
Unfortunately the company hasn’t actually said how much the PrimeBook Circular costs or exactly when you’ll be able to buy one. But it’s nice to see another laptop that’s designed to be repaired and/or upgraded at a time when some companies are moving in the other direction, making it difficult to upgrade or replace components even on desktop computers.
Der Nissan Ariya soll die Nachfolge des erfolgreichen Leaf antreten. Doch der japanische Konzern ist bei Elektroautos nicht mehr innovativ. Ein Bericht von Dirk Kunde (Elektroauto, Technologie) 
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