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Finally someone is innovating with CPU cooling tech and it’s Ventiva

A company called Ventiva has created a new type of part for laptop, tablet, and other mobile computing devices that aims to replace the noisy fans that so many computers rely on these days to keep the high performance processors from overheating. Ventiva’s ionic cooling engine is a tiny metal stick about the size of a matchstick that ionizes molecules in order to start air moving in a specific direction. There are 2mm and 5mm …

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Afeela EV front end

A look at the new Sony Honda Mobility Afeela Electric Vehicle

The Afeela is a new electric car prototype designed by Sony and Honda. Well, it’s been in the works for a few years, but now we’re finally getting a closer look at the new EV. This is the product of an interesting “half and half” relationship between Sony and Honda, and you’ll see some crazy Playstation integration in the car. There’s not a whole lot we can say about this prototype at the moment though. …

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Dynabook Portégé X30L-M

Dynabook’s extremely lightweight 855-gram Portégé X30L-M

Today Dynabook announced a new extremely lightweight 855 gram laptop called the Portégé X30L-M; the world’s lightest 13.3-inch premium-performance business laptop. This laptop has a magnesium alloy chassis meeting MIL-STD-810H durability standards.  The dark blue color looks great, and the dimensions are 298.8 x 212.0 x 18.7mm | 11.76 x 8.35 x 0.74 in.  Yes, it’s lighter than the LG Gram, too!  Of course since this is using Intel Core Ultra processors with integrated NPU …

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Another new AI-powered laptop: Dynabook’s Portégé X40-M

With the new Intel Core Ultra series processors being available now, everyone is releasing new computers that make use of the new processors and their new Neural Processing Unit chips that are designed to help with machine learning model processing which everyone is calling “AI” these days. Most of these new laptops also come with a new key on the keyboard that’s made for launching Microsoft’s Copilot app, and the Portégé X40-M is no exception. …

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Dynabook announces new Tecra A-Series AI-Powered laptops

Today, Dynabook announces new Tecra A-Series laptops with Intel Core Ultra processors that include neural processing units for improved local machine learning model processing. The new NPU helps with video conferencing camera effects and can also be used with NPU compatible local AI model generative software that you might be able to install yourself. These new Dynabooks also have a nice dark metallic blue chassis that makes it stand out from the boring silver, grey, …

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