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Dell is bringing back the XPS 13 as a MacBook Neo competitor — with a temporary discount to $599

Dell is reintroducing the XPS 13 as a budget-friendly laptop, starting at $599 for students, directly competing with Apple's MacBook Neo with a focus on portability and display quality.

Wired

Everyone Has Their Targets Set on the MacBook Neo

Dell's new XPS 13 directly competes with Apple's affordable MacBook Neo by offering a premium design and display at a similar price, while Microsoft's Surface Laptop 8 misses the mark.

Chuwi Minibook X: the netbook we deserve

Chuwi Minibook X is a 10.5″ sub-ultrabook with 16GB RAM and a 512GB NVMe drive.

31 May5 min read

Apple’s strategy for smart glasses is the same as smart watches

Apple's strategy for smart glasses targets eyewear brands like Ray-Ban and Warby Parker.

Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy

Erin Brockovich launches a website mapping US data centers to increase transparency.

31 May2 min read

9to5Google

Someone allegedly found a Pixel Watch 5 in the ocean

A Pixel Watch 5 was allegedly found in the ocean by a scuba diver near the island of St Martin.

How to watch Nvidia’s Computex keynote

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang will announce new products at Computex, possibly including N1 and N1X ARM CPUs.

Here’s your first look at ‘A Minecraft Movie Squared’ with Kirsten Dunst as Alex

Kirsten Dunst stars as Alex in A Minecraft Movie Squared, with Matt Berry playing a mystery character.

This weekend’s two biggest movies were both directed by YouTubers

Two YouTube creators, Kane Parsons and Curry Barker, directed the top two movies at the box office this weekend.

‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan

Artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan over misuse of his "This is fine" meme.

The Speed of Prototyping in the Age of AI

AI accelerates prototyping speed, allowing for more projects and ideas to be tested and developed in a shorter timeframe.

31 May6 min read

Black founders raise highest amount of quarterly funding since 2022, but there’s a catch

Black founders raised $643 million in the first quarter, the highest amount since 2022, but this sum represents a small fraction of overall U.S. startup funding.

This extravagant gaming laptop could ruin other screens for you

The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 gaming laptop features a 4K, 240Hz Mini LED display with Extreme Low Motion Blur technology, delivering a crisp picture with minimal motion blur.

Restartable Sequences

Restartable sequences, a Linux 4.18+ feature, enable the creation of lock-free, thread-safe data structures that significantly boost performance on multi-core processors, especially with high core counts.

The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription

An AI user reflects on the unintended consequences of AI subscriptions, noting a proliferation of unmaintained projects, amplified ADHD, and a lack of focus in development.

The people who actually want AI to replace humanity

A growing subculture of AI successionists, including influential figures from major AI labs and policy think tanks, advocates for AI to replace humanity, believing it could become our moral superior.

Cloudflare Turnstile requiring fingerprintable WebGL

Cloudflare's Turnstile human verification system now requires WebGL for device fingerprinting, causing indefinite loops for browsers like WebKitGTK that block such tracking methods.

31 May2 min read

007 First Light is already discounted for the PS5 and Steam

IO Interactive's new video game, 007 First Light, is already available at a discount for both PlayStation 5 and Steam PC versions, offering early savings.