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Nvidia just unveiled the RTX Spark, a new superchip that it says reinvents the Windows PC for the age of personal AI agents. The vision is to transform your laptop from a machine to an actual assistant who can do the work for you.  Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, put it in plain terms: “For forty years, you launched apps. Click. Type. With RTX Spark and Microsoft Windows, you ask, and the PC does the work.” The RTX Spark combines a Blackwell GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores and a 20-core Grace CPU, connected through Nvidia’s NVLink chip-to-chip interconnect.…

The startup engagement and acceleration programconnects budding AI and fintech companies with ecosystem partners and investors Dubai, UAE; May 212026: As the financial services industry accelerates the adoption of artificial intelligence, resilience and trust have become essential to ensuring innovation delivers meaningful, secure outcomes at scale. Today, Mastercard announced the launch of its startup engagement and acceleration program, Mastercard Lighthouse 2026, in the UAE, in partnership with the UAE’s Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications Office. Saqr Binghalib, Executive Director at Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications Office The initiative connects high-potential AI and fintech startups…

At Computex 2026, Dell came out all guns blazing. Ever since its inception, the XPS series has served as the pinnacle of Dell’s design and engineering innovation for laptops. Of course, they cost a pretty penny, too. After a brief sunsetting, the XPS line is back, and this time around, Dell is taking an extremely ambitious path. The latest from the computing giant is the XPS 13, and more than anything, it’s the $699 asking price of this sleek machine that is going to turn heads. What makes the XPS 13 special? Dell says it has a different definition for…

The Cupertino giant has been working on smart glasses for years, and if you were hoping to buy a pair this year, Bloomberg has some disappointing news for you.  According to Mark Gurman, Apple’s smart glasses, internally codenamed N50, have been delayed past their original timeline. The initial plan was to introduce them at the end of 2026 and ship by early 2027. Now, they’re targeting a late 2027 launch.  Why is Apple so late to a market Meta already owns? The delay doesn’t come as a surprise at all.  The N50 smart glasses depend heavily on the revamped Siri,…

NVIDIA’s upcoming N1-series processors may have been officially scheduled for a reveal, but a fresh leak appears to have spoiled the party a day early. New specifications shared by VideoCardz’s insider outline not only the flagship N1X chip but also several additional variants, suggesting Nvidia is preparing a much broader push into PC processors than previously expected. The headline-grabber is the N1X, which reportedly mirrors the configuration of Nvidia’s GB10 chip used in the DGX Spark AI system. But it’s the smaller, more affordable N1 models that could have the biggest impact if Nvidia intends to bring Arm-based processors to…

The handheld gaming market moves fast, and that’s exactly why a newly leaked ASUS device feels a little underwhelming on paper. A fresh listing suggests ASUS is preparing another ROG Ally handheld, but instead of delivering a major redesign, the company may simply be refreshing the internals. The leak points to an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor at the heart of the device, suggesting a mid-generation update rather than a true successor. That’s not necessarily bad news. The Ryzen Z2 Extreme is expected to be a capable chip for portable gaming. The problem is that handheld gamers are increasingly looking…

Apple’s smart home hardware lineup may finally be getting refreshed after years of relative silence. According to a new report from Mark Gurman, Apple is preparing updated versions of both the Apple TV set-top box and the HomePod mini, with launches currently planned for later this fall. The timing is notable because Apple’s home-focused products have largely remained unchanged while rivals like Amazon and Google aggressively expanded their smart home ecosystems with AI-powered assistants and connected devices. Apple now appears ready to reposition its home products around the company’s next-generation Siri and Apple Intelligence strategy. Apple’s smart home push is…

Gaming desktops have been getting smarter every year with better cooling, faster chips, and more RGB lights than anyone asked for. MSI has decided that none of that is interesting enough and has introduced something genuinely unexpected at Computex 2026. The Taiwanese company has unveiled a gaming desktop, and its most interesting aspect is the built-in cylindrical display that exists purely to give your AI companion a physical avatar. What is the AI Holostage and why does it exist? The MEG Vision X2 AI+ is MSI’s new flagship gaming desktop, which sits at the top of its MEG product line.…

Apple’s long-delayed AI overhaul may finally be starting to take shape, and the company appears ready to push Siri far deeper into its ecosystem than before. According to a new report from Mark Gurman, Apple is developing a major Siri upgrade that will synchronize AI conversations across devices through iCloud, turning the assistant into a more persistent and connected AI system inside Apple’s tightly controlled ecosystem. The upcoming Siri redesign is reportedly being prepared as part of Apple’s broader iOS 27 and iOS 28 strategy, with the company positioning the assistant more directly against AI products like Google Gemini and…

Coming back from a recent trip, I found myself sorting through a pile of photos that needed a little cleanup. Nothing dramatic. A distracting object here, an awkward background detail there. My first thought was Photoshop, but the full version requires a subscription, and I’m neither skilled enough to justify paying for it nor in need of everything it offers. Mobile editing apps weren’t much more appealing. I have fat fingers, and there’s a special kind of frustration that comes from trying to make a precise adjustment on a phone screen only to tap the wrong thing three times in…