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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia.

Nvidia seeks to ramp up AI growth with souped-up chips, desktop computer

Chief executive Jensen Huang has laid out how the AI giant is bringing the technology that powers its lucrative data centre chips to programmer PCs.

  • Max A. Cherney and Stephen Nellis

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Steam Deck

The best device for playing PC games is finally coming to Australia

Valve’s Steam Deck has great hardware and removes Windows from the equation, making for a streamlined and accessible PC gaming handheld.

  • Tim Biggs
The new iMac has bolder colours on the back, and a faster chip inside.

Apple’s new non-Pro desktops are powerful but not perfect

The Mac Mini and 24-inch iMac are better than ever when it comes to powerful mainstream computing, but there are a few annoying quirks.

  • Tim Biggs
GIF: e-waste facility in Villawood.

The secret facility extracting gold from electronic waste

Metallurgists are extracting gold, silver and copper as they hunt through your e-waste for precious metals.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Surface Laptop

Microsoft’s latest MacBook-beater is the real deal, with an asterisk

A phenomenal laptop with incredible battery life, Microsoft’s new Surface is perfect for many users, but a definite non-starter for others.

  • Tim Biggs
Microsoft says new Copilot+ PCs represent a new era for laptops.

Why your next laptop will be the smartest of the lot

In the 1980s, the best laptop let you edit documents on the go. Today they can produce their own documents and images on demand, and process anything they see and hear.

  • Tim Biggs
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Smart Reply will boil a message you receive down to a series of questions, and generate a response.

It’s Apple v Microsoft as tech titans battle for AI supremacy

Apple Intelligence will go head-to-head with Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs, which are being launched this week.

  • Tim Biggs
Apple devices will ask before sharing personal data with OpenAI.
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Apple is walking a privacy tightrope with its big AI move

Apple’s OpenAI tie-up will power new features and encourage upgrades to the newest devices, but it does raise some concerns.

  • Tim Biggs
Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering at Apple, shows off Apple AI.

Apple Intelligence: The AI features coming to your iPhone

The collection of AI tools, which includes text rewriting and summaries, photo editing and an optional integration with ChatGPT, will arrive later this year.

  • Tim Biggs
Some laptops have easily accessible SSDs. But always make sure you check your device’s requirements before buying a new one.

Can you save money with BYO storage on laptops and phones?

Samsung’s Galaxy A55 only has 128GB of internal storage – tiny compared to other phones. But a good quality 256GB card triples the storage for about $30.

  • Tim Biggs

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