Author: Geek Planet

NVIDIA’s upcoming N1-series processors may have been officially scheduled for a reveal, but a fresh leak appears to have spoiled the party a day early. New specifications shared by VideoCardz’s insider outline not only the flagship N1X chip but also several additional variants, suggesting Nvidia is preparing a much broader push into PC processors than previously expected. The headline-grabber is the N1X, which reportedly mirrors the configuration of Nvidia’s GB10 chip used in the DGX Spark AI system. But it’s the smaller, more affordable N1 models that could have the biggest impact if Nvidia intends to bring Arm-based processors to…

Apple’s WWDC 2026 event was packed with major software announcements, including its new Siri AI experience, expanded child safety tools, and the latest operating system updates for its phones, Macs, and iPads. It was only a matter of time before someone dug out something interesting from the new software, and developer Sam Henri Gold might have just found the biggest clue yet that Apple is planning to launch a foldable iPhone soon. iOS 27 is quietly preparing apps for a foldable future Sam Henri Gold recently took to X to post that he found several references inside the iOS 27…

Like a computer scientist or engineer, a law enforcement officer often relies on abductive reasoning to crack a case. Here’s an example:  After a 911 call about a heated argument, officers rushed to an apartment. When no one answers their knock, they enter through the unlocked door. From the bedroom came chatter; one officer clearly heard a voice say, “Don’t shoot, Frank, don’t shoot,” followed by two loud shots. The police ran and opened the door to a bedroom.  Inside the room were a physician, a mechanic, and a clergyman. When the policeman entered the room, a smoking gun lay at equal distance from the clergyman and the physician who were standing next to each other. The mechanic lay dead on…

At Computex 2026, Dell came out all guns blazing. Ever since its inception, the XPS series has served as the pinnacle of Dell’s design and engineering innovation for laptops. Of course, they cost a pretty penny, too. After a brief sunsetting, the XPS line is back, and this time around, Dell is taking an extremely ambitious path. The latest from the computing giant is the XPS 13, and more than anything, it’s the $699 asking price of this sleek machine that is going to turn heads. What makes the XPS 13 special? Dell says it has a different definition for…

Unlike most years, Apple’s WWDC 2026 carried more weight than usual, not just because it was Tim Cook’s final keynote as CEO, but also because it represented Apple’s chance at redemption after missing deadlines, mounting questions, and criticism about its ability to keep pace in the AI race.  Fortunately, Apple answered many of those questions on June 8, 2026, unveiling an upgraded AI-powered Siri alongside a range of new Apple Intelligence features, while also raising a few fresh questions. WWDC was packed with announcements across six operating systems that underpin Apple’s ecosystem of devices.  Here’s a quick roundup of everything…

This republished article first appeared in New English Review. Every time I hear buzzwords on the radio, TV, or spot them in newsprint, I roll my eyes in despair and reach for my M2 flamethrower. Surely the ‘chattering classes’ can be more creative with their language? In fact, using such words tells us more about groupthink bondage than it does about their lack of creative writing. During the Irish boom of the late-90s/early-noughties, the term ‘Celtic Tiger’ was used in financial reports like confetti at a wedding, if you’ll pardon the well-worn idiom. Thankfully, during subsequent booms it became less fashionable.…

Nvidia just unveiled the RTX Spark, a new superchip that it says reinvents the Windows PC for the age of personal AI agents. The vision is to transform your laptop from a machine to an actual assistant who can do the work for you.  Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, put it in plain terms: “For forty years, you launched apps. Click. Type. With RTX Spark and Microsoft Windows, you ask, and the PC does the work.” The RTX Spark combines a Blackwell GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores and a 20-core Grace CPU, connected through Nvidia’s NVLink chip-to-chip interconnect.…

The world’s largest chipmaker has signaled that rising costs may force it to increase prices for the chips that power consumer devices and AI infrastructure. Speaking to the BBC, TSMC CFO Wendell Huang confirmed that inflation is driving up the company’s costs and did not rule out passing those increases on to customers. He stopped short of committing to sudden dramatic increases, saying the company would not impose “fourfold, fivefold” price rises. TSMC chairman and CEO CC Wei separately told shareholders the same day that he would “like” to raise prices, as competitors have already done. Why this matters for…

When I got a screener link to Story of Everything (Sypher Studios 2026) and sat down to watch it, I felt the fear that Jonathan Witt admits to: “ … the film would bog down in scientific and philosophical minutiae.” Ah yes, The Revenge of the Talking Heads — and just when one can’t quietly change the channel… There is a lot of that out there. But afterward, I wrote to friends, “It’s excellent. See it.” SoE is essentially the story of how science discoveries in the last century — especially the beginning of the universe in a Big Bang…

Microsoft just announced the Surface Laptop Ultra, and if you’ve been following our coverage of the NVIDIA RTX Spark chip, you already know the kind of firepower we’re talking about here. The Surface Laptop Ultra is the most powerful laptop Microsoft has ever built. It pairs NVIDIA’s Blackwell RTX GPU with up to 128GB of unified memory, full CUDA support, and 1 petaflop of AI compute. As we covered when RTX Spark launched, that is enough to run 120-billion-parameter AI models entirely on the device, without sending a single byte to the cloud. The unified memory is worth paying attention…