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Nintendo’s 7 Greatest Hardware Innovations
Quick Links Controllers With Shoulder Buttons A Personal Virtual Reality Nintendo may not always put out the most powerful hardware or bleeding-edge games, but when it comes to innovation, the Japanese company has walked the line from bizarre diversions to revolutionary advances. The following experiments have taken the company from the dawn of gaming in the 1980s to the current…
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10 Computer Hardware Names With Weird Origins
Quick Links GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) I had a professor at university who said that the sentence “click the icon with your mouse” would have been completely incomprehensible to people half a century ago—and he had a point. We use terms for our computer hardware every day without ever considering why they have the names they do. So here are…
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OpenAI just made its first hardware acquisition with a deal for Jony Ive’s startup – but Altman’s $6.4 billion moonshot is a huge risk
OpenAI has announced it will acquire io Products, a hardware company founded by former Apple chief design officer Jony Ive. The deal, reportedly worth $6.4 billion, will see io brought under OpenAI’s roof as the company pursues what CEO Sam Altman described as “a new generation of AI-powered computers” in a post on X. Io was founded in 2024 by…
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OpenAI Will Work on Hardware Products With Jony Ive
Jony Ive, the famous designer responsible for many of Apple’s most well-known products, is teaming up with OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. This new company will focus on hardware that incorporates AI. This partnership, which has led to the creation of a new company called “io,” will bring AI even closer than before. The plan is to use OpenAI’s…
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How to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware
Windows 11 has stricter hardware requirements than any previous version of the operating system. Features like TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, a supported CPU, and at least 4 GB of RAM are officially mandatory. That means many older PCs are locked out, at least on paper. But if you’re determined to run Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, there are safe and…
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How to install Windows 11 without bloatware on unsupported hardware
If you’re still using Windows 10 on a computer that isn’t compatible with Windows 11, it’s possible to install the newer version of the operating system using an answer file that performs the clean installation process, bypassing the hardware requirements. Furthermore, this process bypasses the Internet and Microsoft account requirements, and you can perform an even more debloated installation. I…
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How to upgrade to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware
If you’re running Windows 11 23H2 (or an older release) on unsupported hardware, you can still upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 through an in-place upgrade without losing your files, apps, or settings. In this guide, I’ll walk you through two methods to complete the upgrade, based on my experience testing Windows setups on unsupported devices. However, if you’re coming from…
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Nintendo Switch 2: Graphics Performance, CPU, and Hardware Specs
While Nintendo unveiled the Switch 2 last month, users have yet to get their hands on the device. Meanwhile, Geekerwan from China has already reverse-engineered the Nintendo Switch 2 motherboard to analyze the Nvidia SoC, GPU, CPU, hardware specs, and more. So we have compiled all the key hardware details, gaming results, and benchmarks from the Switch 2 to understand…
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Citrix wants to help enterprises dodge pricey hardware costs
Virtualization is the answer to rising hardware costs coming alongside a Windows 11 refresh, according to Citrix. The firm is pushing a virtualization tool from Unicon following its acquisition of the endpoint operating system (OS) maker in January. Writing in the Citrix blog, Philipp Benkler — former CEO of Unicon and now the vice president of product at Citrix —…
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Software firewalls vs hardware firewalls: What’s the difference?
Firewalls are key to keeping devices and data safe from online threats. Acting as gatekeepers between devices and the internet, firewalls monitor and control incoming and outgoing traffic based on rules set ahead of time. Whether you’re protecting your home network or a growing business, having a reliable firewall blocks unauthorized access, prevents malware infections, and limits the damage from…
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