UK Science chief compares AI to using a calculator
Peter Kyle, the UK’s Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, has said in an interview that fears around children using generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT for...
How to prevent screen flickering when playing games
“Variable Refresh Rate” (VRR) technology like G-Sync and FreeSync dynamically adjusts the refresh rate of your monitor to the frame rate of the game, but they can sometimes cause undesirable side ...
Microsoft’s latest AI tech can generate materials
Microsoft’s Research branch has pushed its artificial intelligence plans forward once again, with a new model that can generate materials. Dubbed MatterGen, it utilizes generative AI to create custo...
Computing Architectures for AI Workloads Face a Dilemma
A fork in the road is emerging in computing architectures that could upend the pecking order of today’s leading chipmakers.
For nearly half a century, the dominant architecture for the CPU was the x...
Arm’s 2025 CPU plans include a big push in PC performance
You would think that Arm, which arguably has been the vanguard in the smartphone and PC industry push for improved power efficiency, would double down on that strategy in its plans for 2025. Actually,...