Technology, minus the hype.
Every week something is announced that will supposedly change everything. Most of it will not. We cover AI, silicon and the software in between, and we are just as willing to tell you when a thing does not matter, does not apply to you, or is not worth buying yet.
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The two reasons people give for not using one, taken seriously — plus a setup plan that takes an afternoon instead of a weekend. - Running AI Models on Your Own Machine: A Practical Guide
Local AI is genuinely useful now. Here is what your hardware allows, what these models are good at, and where they still fall short. - AI Made Phishing Convincing. Here Is What Still Stops It.
Spotting bad grammar stopped being useful advice. The defences that survive have nothing to do with how the message reads. - AI PCs and NPUs: Do You Actually Need One?
Every new laptop is an AI PC now. Here is what the NPU inside it really does, and how to tell whether you should pay for it. - Embodied AI, Explained: What Vision-Language-Action Models Can and Cannot Do
AI is moving from the screen into machines that move. Here is what the technology actually does, and where the demos stop being representative. - Why Your Next Laptop Costs More: The Memory Shortage Explained
RAM and storage prices are pushing device costs up across the board. Here is what is causing it and how to buy around it.
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New here? These are the pieces that best explain what we do: a plain-language guide to whether an AI PC is worth paying for, an explanation of why hardware prices climbed, and a look at what robotics demos are not showing you.