Month: January 2025

MSI has introduced two new members of the MSI Cubi mini PC lineup, and like most PC makers announcing new hardware this year, the company is emphasizing the on-device AI capabilities, going so far as to add “AI” to the names of both PCs. The MSI Cubi NUC AI+ 2M is a small desktop computer with an […]

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TCL has been selling tablets with its glare-free NXTPAPER display technology in the United States for a few years, but the only phones with NXTPAPER screens that have been available so far are two models that went on sale last year through wireless carriers Spectrum Mobile and C-Spire, months after those phones had already gone on […]

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The TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus is a tablet with an 11.5 inch display featuring a 120 Hz refresh rate and up to 550 nits brightness. It’s also the first tablet to feature TCL’s NXTPAPER 4.0 display technology, which the company says offers a more paper-like viewing experience than ever thanks to hardware and software improvements. NXTPAPER […]

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Der neue Standard HDMI 2.2 bringt mehr Bandbreite für höhere Auflösungen und Bildraten - und braucht ein neues Kabel. (CES 2025, HDMI)

The Mecha Comet is a phone-sized computer small enough to slide into a pocket. But it has a smaller screen than most modern smartphones, runs a custom Linux-based operating system instead of Android or iOS, and features a modular design that lets you attach a keyboard, game controller, or other components to the lower half of the […]

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Fast 40 Euro Rabatt: Die Nothing Ear (a) mit ANC und ChatGPT-Integration sind im Angebot bei Amazon so günstig wie nie. (Nothing, Amazon)

Erstmals erklärt die Telekom, dass Super Vectoring bald den Bedarf nicht mehr decken kann. Haushalte mit hohem Bedarf stoßen bereits an Grenzen. (Telekom, DSL)

We've all had a good seven years to figure out why our interconnected devices refused to work properly with the HDMI 2.1 specification. The HDMI Forum announced at CES today that it's time to start considering new headaches. HDMI 2.2 will require new cables for full compatibility, but it has the same physical connectors. Tiny QR codes are suggested to help with that, however.

The new specification is named HDMI 2.2, but compatible cables will carry an "Ultra96" marker to indicate that they can carry 96GBps, double the 48 of HDMI 2.1b. The Forum anticipates this will result in higher resolutions and refresh rates and a "next-gen HDMI Fixed Rate Link." The Forum cited "AR/VR/MR, spatial reality, and light field displays" as benefiting from increased bandwidth, along with medical imaging and machine vision.

A bit closer to home, the HDMI 2.2 specification also includes "Latency Indication Protocol" (LIP), which can help improve audio and video synchronization. This should matter most in "multi-hop" systems, such as home theater setups with soundbars or receivers. Illustrations offered by the Forum show LIP working to correct delays on headphones, soundbars connected through ARC or eARC, and mixed systems where some components may be connected to a TV, while others go straight into the receiver.

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On Sunday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman offered two eye-catching predictions about the near-future of artificial intelligence. In a post titled "Reflections" on his personal blog, Altman wrote, "We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it." He added, "We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents 'join the workforce' and materially change the output of companies."

Both statements are notable coming from Altman, who has served as the leader of OpenAI during the rise of mainstream generative AI products such as ChatGPT. AI agents are the latest marketing trend in AI, allowing AI models to take action on a user's behalf. However, critics of the company and Altman immediately took aim at the statements on social media.

"We are now confident that we can spin bullshit at unprecedented levels, and get away with it," wrote frequent OpenAI critic Gary Marcus in response to Altman's post. "So we now aspire to aim beyond that, to hype in purest sense of that word. We love our products, but we are here for the glorious next rounds of funding. With infinite funding, we can control the universe."

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Samsung is expanding the Galaxy Book5 line of premium thin, light, and powerful laptops with several new models. In September the company launched the Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 convertible laptop with a 16 inch display and an Intel Lunar Lake processor, and now the company says it’ll be joined in February by three new models. […]

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