The first 16TB M.2 SSD on Amazon costs as much as a car
Do you need a lot of storage? Well, then, you’re going to have to pay for it—and you’ll be paying a lot more than you would have a year ago, as “AI” data centers gobble…
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Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers
Taking responsibility for power usage In the Microsoft blog post, Smith acknowledged that residential electricity rates have recently risen in dozens of states, driven partly by inflation, supply chain constraints, and grid upgrades. He wrote…
This $284.99 Chromebook now costs $80
TL;DR: Get a Lenovo Chromebook on sale now for $80. The end of the year is one of the best times to find a low-cost laptop. This Lenovo 300e Chromebook would normally cost $284.99, but right now, it’s only $79.99.…
Mini PC maker says price hike is driven by rising DRAM and SSD costs
Minisforum, a manufacturer of desktop mini PCs, said that it’s raising prices due to an increase in “raw material” component costs. The culprits appear to be rising DRAM and flash memory prices, where the market…
DeepSeek tests “sparse attention” to slash AI processing costs
The attention bottleneck In AI, “attention” is a term for a software technique that determines which words in a text are most relevant to understanding each other. Those relationships map out context, and context builds…
Google’s Gemini AI can now make 1080p videos and costs half as much
Google’s video-generating AI model, called Veo 3, can now generate videos in Full HD. The company announced yesterday that it has updated the AI model to support both a higher resolution and a new format.…
A Ryzen 7 laptop with 32GB RAM costs $850. This mini PC is just $299
Wait, is this mini PC really just $289? For a machine with specs this good, that almost seems too good to be true—but it’s indeed real, so you should jump on it pronto if you’ve…
Razer’s new eGPU dock costs more and delivers less
Razer has ushered in a new Thunderbolt 5 generation of external GPUs with the launch of the Core X V2, alongside its new Razer Thunderbolt 5 dock. But it’s a noticeable step down from Razer’s…
Perplexity debuts free AI browser that currently costs $200
On Wednesday, Perplexity.ai debuted Comet, its first entry into the browser market that does away with Google and Microsoft’s Bing in favor of its own search engine. Comet will be available for both Windows and…
Perplexity debuts Comet, a free AI browser (that currently costs $200)
On Wednesday, Perplexity.ai debuted Comet, its first entry into the browser market that does away with Google and Microsoft’s Bing in favor of its own search engine. Comet will be available for both Windows and…