Lenovo Mechanical Energy Harvesting keyboard & mouse concept never needs to be plugged in

Lenovo is showing off a concept wireless keyboard & mouse set at CES 2024 that never needs to be plugged in to charge. That’s because the Mechanical Energy Harvesting Combo system “uses mechanical movement and solar irradiation” …

Lenovo is showing off a concept wireless keyboard & mouse set at CES 2024 that never needs to be plugged in to charge. That’s because the Mechanical Energy Harvesting Combo system “uses mechanical movement and solar irradiation” to generate enough power to keep the peripherals running. We’ve seen mobile gadgets with solar panels before, but it […]

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Asus Zenbook Duo (2024) is a dual-screen laptop with up to Intel Meteor Lake and a detachable keyboard

Asus has been sticking extra screens on laptops for years… but usually those screens don’t take up the whole keyboard area, allowing users to get a little extra screen space without sacrificing physical keys. But the new Asus Zenbook Duo (…

Asus has been sticking extra screens on laptops for years… but usually those screens don’t take up the whole keyboard area, allowing users to get a little extra screen space without sacrificing physical keys. But the new Asus Zenbook Duo (UX8406) is a little different, in that you can remove the keyboard to reveal a second full-size […]

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Asus ROG Phone 8 is an IP68-rated gaming phone with a 165 Hz AMOLED display and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Asus has been packing bleeding edge specs into gaming smartphones since 2018, but the new ROG Phone 8 is the first to feature an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. It’s also the company’s first gaming phone with a Qualcomm Snapdrag…

Asus has been packing bleeding edge specs into gaming smartphones since 2018, but the new ROG Phone 8 is the first to feature an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. It’s also the company’s first gaming phone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. Other features include a 6.78 inch, 165 Hz FHD+ AMOLED display, […]

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ROG Zephyrus G14 and G16 gaming laptops get new designs, OLED display options, CPU upgrades,

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G line of gaming laptops have a well-earned reputation for offering strong performance in compact, eye-catching designs. And this year’s models are thinner and lighter than ever… while also bringing processor, display…

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G line of gaming laptops have a well-earned reputation for offering strong performance in compact, eye-catching designs. And this year’s models are thinner and lighter than ever… while also bringing processor, display, and audio upgrades, among other things. The new Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is a 3.3 pound gaming laptop with a […]

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Cerne Abbas Giant is a depiction of Hercules

It’s “just the most visible of a whole cluster of early medieval features in the landscape.”

Behold, the "Rude Man" chalk giant carved on a hill above the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England.

Enlarge / Behold, the "Rude Man" chalk giant carved on a hill above the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. (credit: Barry Batchelor/PA Images/Getty Images)

A major attraction of Dorset, England, is the Cerne Abbas Giant, a 180-foot-tall figure of a naked man wielding a large club carved with chalk into a hilltop. A pair of historians offers a strong case that this figure was originally meant to represent Hercules from Greek mythology, perhaps to inspire West Saxon armies, who could have used the site as a muster station. They outlined their arguments in a recent paper published in the journal Speculum. The authors also found a possible early reference to the giant in texts dating back to the mid-11th and early 12th centuries, a period in which the carving may have been reinterpreted as representing Saint Eadwold of Cerne.

“It’s become clear that the Cerne giant is just the most visible of a whole cluster of early medieval features in the landscape,” said co-author Helen Gittos, an early medieval historian at the University of Oxford, told The Guardian. “I think we’ve found a compelling narrative that fits the giant into the local landscape and history better than ever before, changing him from an isolated mystery to an active participant in the local community and culture.”

As reported previously, the Cerne Abbas Giant's generously sized erect phallus has earned it the nickname "Rude Man," which undoubtedly contributes to its popularity as a tourist attraction. Archaeologists have long speculated about exactly when and why the geoglyph was created.

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Asus ROG NUC is a compact gaming desktop with up to Intel Core Ultra 9 and NVIDIA RTX 4070

Asus makes gaming PCs. And Asus makes mini PCs. And now that the company has largely taken over Intel’s NUC line of compact computers, it’s bringing those two things together with the launch of the first ROG NUC compact gaming desktop. The…

Asus makes gaming PCs. And Asus makes mini PCs. And now that the company has largely taken over Intel’s NUC line of compact computers, it’s bringing those two things together with the launch of the first ROG NUC compact gaming desktop. The little computer has a 2.5 liter chassis that’s stuffed with Intel Core Ultra […]

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Lenovo AI Now angeschaut: Lenovos KI-Assistent übernimmt bei Videokonferenzen

Lenovos neuer KI-Assistent AI Now kann offline auf eine persönliche Wissensdatenbank zugreifen und Nutzer per Videoschleife bei Videokonferenzen vertreten. Von Tobias Költzsch (CES 2024, KI)

Lenovos neuer KI-Assistent AI Now kann offline auf eine persönliche Wissensdatenbank zugreifen und Nutzer per Videoschleife bei Videokonferenzen vertreten. Von Tobias Költzsch (CES 2024, KI)

MSI Cyborg 14 is a 3.5 pound Raptor Lake-H laptop with up to NVIDIA RTX 4060 graphics

MSI is introducing a lot of new gaming laptops this week, and most are big and powerful beasts with 14th-gen Intel Meteor Lake-H or Raptor Lake-HX processors and NVIDIA graphics. But a few are smaller, lighter systems designed to balance performance a…

MSI is introducing a lot of new gaming laptops this week, and most are big and powerful beasts with 14th-gen Intel Meteor Lake-H or Raptor Lake-HX processors and NVIDIA graphics. But a few are smaller, lighter systems designed to balance performance and portability. Case in point: the new MSI Cyborg 14 is a 3.5 pound gaming laptop […]

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