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Apple has reportedly stopped development of the Vision Pro’s formal successor. Instead, the company is doubling down on releasing a more affordable, lighter-weight Vision product that is more enticing to the masses.
I’ve already written about why I think this is a good move, but the lack of a Vision Pro 2 could mean Apple finds themselves in an awkward position. What happens if the cheaper Vision device comes with more modern tech than its ‘Pro’ companion?
Here’s what Apple can do to upgrade the Vision Pro without needing to offer a true Vision Pro 2.
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Larry's Workbench is using a Raspberry Pi to power his custom rover bot, which is voice-activated and very sassy, thanks to Chat GPT. 
Jensen Huang revealed his vision for DLSS's future. He envisions DLSS generating in-game assets and NPCs from scratch. 
The Asus TUF VG249Q1R gaming monitor is currently available at Newegg for just $99, one of its lowest prices to date. 
Although Microsoft quietly discontinued 'Project Natick,' its undersea data center returned excellent results. Throughout the experiment, 0.7% of servers failed, compared to 5.9% on land. 
Developers can now use Qualcomm's AI models to build their AI apps. 
Antivirus company Kaspersky Labs and several subsidiaries were banned from U.S. operations on Thursday, and customers had 100 days to find an alternative. The U.S. also sanctioned 12 executives. 
Hong Kong Customs intercepted the smuggling of $1.5 million in Intel Xeon processors in secret compartments of a private car. 
Hardware tester David Huang received an engineering sample of the Ryzen AI 9 365 and ran a couple of benchmarks on it. 
We've tested four different CPUs and GPUs, spanning the past seven years of PC hardware, to show how different upgrade paths can perform. If you're still using an older system, we'll provide benchmarks of 16 different hardware configurations to help you plan your next upgrade. 
The U.S. is close to finalizing rules to restrict investments in China, but there will be exceptions. 
VKD3D Proton updates to Version 2.13 to improve high-end Linux gaming via Proton. 
The Keychron Q1 HE is a 75-percent keyboard with magnetic Hall Effect switches, a full aluminum chassis, and low-latency 2.4GHz wireless connectivity. 
Is a difference of 2 or 3 hours a real game-changer? 
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Updates for the following games have been added yesterday.
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Some AIs bypass robots.txt protocol, perhaps risking lawsuits. 
AI titans Microsoft and Nvidia reportedly had a standoff over what server racks were to be used for Microsoft's newly acquired B200 GPUs. Microsoft won the fight and will use its own custom racks that can be adapted to Nvidia's competitor's GPUs if needed, rather than Nvidia's proprietary solution. 
Gigabyte has announced the Radeon Pro W7900 Dual Slot AI TOP 48G and the Radeon Pro W7800 AI TOP 32G. 
Biwin has an exclusive SSD coming: An ultra high-performance SSD with Maxio's MAP1806 controller and YMTC's 3D NAND memory.