from Lenovo Crystal Project is definitely sci-fi technology brought to life. Currently, there are no plans to turn the laptop concept into a retail product. Again. Instead, its ThinkPad division commissioned an exploration of the potential of transparent microLED panels and, sigh, AI integration.
The most obvious use for a laptop's transparent screen would be for sharing information in a doctor's office or hotel office. Instead of having to flip a screen, you can simply reverse the device's output via software. According to Sam Rutherford, the effect of transparency is staggering. When closed or turned off, the Project Crystal's screen almost looks like a regular piece of glass with a brownish tint. But at any moment, the whole thing lights up like a battleship. This is definitely the most intriguing thing so far at MWC 2024. Check out all the announcements here. But no tricorders.
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If you were paying through Apple, you will now have to pay directly.
If you pay for Netflix through iTunes, you'll soon have to say goodbye to your discounted rates. The company confirmed The edge that it began removing users' access to their iTunes billing plan for the streaming service. Basic plan members paying through iTunes will now have to pay the company directly using a credit or debit card. Netflix stopped allowing new customers to sign up for in-app subscriptions on Apple devices in 2018 to avoid giving them a commission.
NVIDIA's RTX 500 and 1000 Ada GPUs Bring More AI to Thin and Light Laptops
They will debut on laptops this spring.
NVIDIA has revealed its latest GPUs for laptops and, what a surprise, they are largely aimed at assisting AI processing. The RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation graphics cards are primarily intended for thin and light laptops. While they don't offer as much TOPS AI performance as current high-end mobile GPUs, they could be useful for AI processing on the go for researchers, content creators, and video editors. These are workstation GPUs, so they are not suitable for your gaming requirements. The company claims that the GPUs, based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, deliver up to twice the ray tracing performance of those previous generation GPUs (they use third generation ray tracing cores). Fourth-generation Tensor cores, meanwhile, deliver up to twice the throughput of previous GPUs.
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Landscaping technology company Husqvarna has just announced that the game will work on some of its robot lawn mowers. So you can mow down hell and… grass. You play the game using the lawn mower's onboard screen. Turning the control knob makes your character turn left and right, and pressing the button makes you shoot. Holding down the start button triggers forward movement.