POCO is relatively new to the “ultra” high end smartphone market. It was only last …
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The New Olight Arc series flashlights are beautifully sturdy and multi-purpose
The other day I got to see the new Arc Pro and Arc Tak series tactical flashlights from Olight. Olight has established a reputation for excellence in the tactical flashlight market, and the Arc Pro series stands as a testament to that legacy. The original Arc Pro is a compact powerhouse, renowned for its pocket-friendly design and magnetic tail cap that allows for hands-free operation. It combines high-intensity output with a rechargeable battery, making it …
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Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i Review: beautiful blue & budget friendly
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing needs just fine. There aren’t any serious stand out special features, other than the very nice navy blue color finish. Everything else is certainly satisfactory for basic work that takes place in a web browser or email program. Microsoft Office works very well on the IdeaPad Slim 3i as well. It can run higher end programs like Adobe Creative Cloud, …
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The HP ZBook Ultra G3a 16 is going to be awesome for local AI workflows
HP Inc. has unveiled the HP ZBook Ultra G3a 16, a new mobile workstation designed to serve as a “personal AI factory” for professionals. Co-engineered with AMD and enhanced by Perplexity, this thin-and-light 16-inch device is built to bridge the gap between AI experimentation and production. By combining workstation-class performance with local AI capabilities, HP aims to help professionals apply agentic AI to their most demanding workloads without the friction of fragmented tools or cloud …
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Upgrading my Mastodon server was rough, but AI helped a lot.
I made my own social media network federated via ActivityPub on the Fediverse running Mastodon 4.1 a few years ago. I did it with a script that installed everything on an Oracle Cloud VPS. I did not use the Docker method because I thought that might be extra RAM that could be used elsewhere. Then I became lazy about learning how to upgrade Mastodon on an installation built from source. Reading the release notes and …
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Lenovo’s new tech products announced at IFA 2026
Lenovo used its IFA 2026 Innovation World event to unveil a sweeping lineup of new hardware and software spanning consumer, creator, and commercial lines. Announcements ranged from Snapdragon- and AMD-powered IdeaPad Vibe laptops in Pantone-developed colors and a redesigned, “middle-box-free” IdeaCentre all-in-one, to a reimagined Yoga family built around NVIDIA RTX Spark for on-device AI and creative workflows, alongside new ThinkCentre, ThinkBook, and ThinkVision commercial products tied together by Lenovo’s Qira AI assistant. The showcase …
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Acer at IFA Berlin 2026: A Full Rundown of Everything Announced
Acer used its next@Acer global press conference on September 2 to unload a genuinely enormous lineup at IFA 2026 in Berlin, everything from a petaflop-class NVIDIA RTX Spark desktop to a naked-eye 3D gaming laptop, a repairable Vero notebook, a pair of new Predator handhelds, an entire wall of monitors, and even an ePaper display and a Gemini-powered projector. It’s the kind of announcement day where Acer is clearly trying to cover every corner of …
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