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AI has dominated headlines, product strategies, and investment for the past two years, but as businesses reflect heading into 2025, an uncomfortable question lingers: where is AI’s financial impact, really? Amidst the AI hype climate, businesses have been eager to invest in emerging technologies that promise the world. So eager, in fact, that the market is now saturated with hastily-developed products designed more to showcase adoption than to deliver measurable impact. While AI tools have existed for some time, the rise of generative AI — starting with the release of ChatGPT just over two years ago — has captured broader attention and rekindled a frenzy of innovation, akin to the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. Generative AI's accessibility is lowering barriers to entry, sparking both a rush to investment and concern across industries. When applied strategically, it’s clear that AI can revolutionize user experiences at places like websites, where the potential for customer ex...

The Poco M7 Pro is a budget smartphone that offers a big display, a big battery, and a big relief to your pocket. It is equipped with a MediaTek Dimensity 7025 Ultra chipset, a 50-megapixel primary rear camera, a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, and a 5,110mAh battery. All of this is available at a starting price of Rs. 14,999, but does that make it a... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/xBI5eP3

MagStor's Thunderbolt 5 LTO drive builds on its 2020 Thunderbolt 3 model TB5 certainly adds speed but what's the real-world benefit for tape? There's no word on pricing, but it's unlikely to be cheap MagStor introduced the world’s first Thunderbolt 3 LTO tape drive back in 2020, blending traditional tape-based storage with modern connectivity, and now, the company has announced the world’s first Thunderbolt 5 LTO tape drive. The company describes its latest product as the next step in offering flexible, high-speed backup and archival solutions for professionals working with large volumes of data. Tape storage continues to be a standard for long-term archival needs due to its durability and capacity, and the Thunderbolt 5 LTO drive is designed for use in data-heavy environments such as media production and enterprise IT. By integrating Thunderbolt 5, MagStor hopes to offer a faster, more streamlined connection between tape hardware and modern computing systems....

Look, I love Windows, I do, I really do. It's one of those things that I just can't live without at this point. I've tried MacOS, I've tried Linux, I've even dabbled in the world of Android and Chromebooks during my time, and yet, none of it compares to Windows; it just doesn't. There's a certain amount of familiarity, of indoctrination into that Microsoft cult that's rife in me. I grew up using Windows 98, and onwards, it was what I gamed on, what I studied on, what I made lifelong friends on—you name it. 98, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, and finally we're here at Windows 11 , at least until Microsoft inevitably tells us that its "final" operating system isn't its final operating system. The thing is though, it really is a bag of spanners at times, and I've kinda developed this habit of going thermonuclear on my own machine at quite regular intervals over my lifetime. Mostly by flattening and reinstalling Windows onto my PC every ...

Welcome to our live coverage of World Backup Day, which starts early on Sunday, the 30th (midnight GMT, but there is already 1300 in Auckland, New Zealand). We will update this live blog a few times today, with our real-time coverage of the day starting at 0830 UK time with regular updates throughout Monday, March 31st. Making sure your data is safe and protected has never been so important as we continue our way in the wild world of digital transformation, but with so much to do these days, it can sometimes go forgotten. Don't worry though, we've rounded up advice from our experts to make sure your data is protected. horror tales from our team and elsewhere to remind you of what can happen exclusive deals from our backup partners to keep your data safe backup content from our extensive archive data backup stories around the world And much more! Save 20% Acronis Cyber Protect offers an integrated secure backup and rapid recovery solution for your business f...

Chinese company DapuStor builds high capacity ultra-fast enterprise SSDs Its 1-DWPD Roealsen6 R6101 7.68TB SSD seriously impressed in a new review An "engineering masterpiece," the SSD delivered record read speeds DapuStor is a Chinese start-up specializing in the development and manufacturing of enterprise-grade SSDs - and although you’ve possibly never heard of it, it makes very large - and very fast - storage products. At the start of 2025, TweakTown tested DapuStor’s J5060 61.44TB SSD against a number of enterprise SSDs, including Solidigm's same size beast, and came away impressed with the drive’s superior read performance, declaring it to be “the most efficient SSD of its capacity point currently in circulation”. A new 122.88TB version of that SSD has been spotted online, and we look forward to seeing how it compares. Before that, however, TweakTown managed to get its hands on another DapuStor product, the Roealsen6 R6101 7.68TB Enterprise SSD. It may n...

ITX has had a hell of a battle over the years. It's a form factor that naturally draws quite a bit of ire depending on which side of the great PC gaming form-factor debate you sit. For those that love it, ITX and SFF machines are the stuff of legends. Intricately complex builds, ungodly power, and a real David-vs-Goliath kinda gaming rig. For the full-tower fans, they're pointless, overly hot, and lack the full connectivity that you'd find in a more robust, balanced chassis and form factor. For me, I 100% live life in that first category. In fact, I wouldn't have a career in hardware journalism if it weren't for building a machine inside of Bitfenix's now legendary Prodigy ITX gaming chassis from way back when in 2013 and showing it off to PC Format's editor back in the day. It's not all been glamorous, of course. Motherboards have often been lacking, case design has been pretty terrible at times, and there are all manner of cooling and cabling prob...

Rubin Ultra GPUs previewed at Nvidia GTC 2025 with Kyber rack mockups Each NVL576 rack may include 576 GPUs across four internal pods Projected power draw reaches 600kW with performance targets of 15 EFLOPS At Nvidia GTC 2025, the company gave a preview of what its future data center hardware could look like, showcasing mockups of its Rubin Ultra GPUs housed in the Kyber-based NVL576 racks. These systems are expected to launch in the second half of 2027, and while that’s still some way off, Nvidia is already laying the groundwork for what it describes as the next phase of AI infrastructure. A single NVL576 rack, according to Jensen Huang, co-founder, president, and CEO of Nvidia, could draw up to 600kW. That's five times more than the 120kW used by current Blackwell B200 racks, suggesting a steep rise in power per rack going forward. Powering the future Tom’s Hardware reports, "Each Rubin Ultra rack will consist of four 'pods,' each of which will deliver m...

Bill Gates has been making the rounds lately to promote his new memoir, Source Code, and sharing his vision of rapid and massive transformation of our lives over the next decade by artificial intelligence. He pitched a world where "Intelligence will be completely free" in an interview with Harvard professor Arthur Brooks, with ubiquitous and universally available AI tutors and doctors that outmatch most educators and medical practitioners. He went even further in a recent appearance on The Tonight Show . When Jimmy Fallon somewhat nervously asked him if we'll still need humans, Gates quipped, "Not for most things." Look, I admire Gates’ enthusiasm. He is clearly invested in a future where AI extends opportunity to underserved populations and pushes the limit of what people are capable of, which is great. It's a little absurd to believe that AI will replace most human roles within a decade, though, and doubly so for positions built on human-to-human inte...

Microsoft pulled out of a $12bn deal with CoreWeave, citing delays OpenAI took over the contract, backed by Microsoft’s own investment funds AI sector remains a closed loop driven by a few dominant players CoreWeave is eyeing a huge (potentially $2.5 billion) IPO in the coming weeks, but it has also had a few unflattering news stories to contend with recently. Jeffrey Emanuel, whose viral essay described Nvidia as overpriced and led to it losing $600 billion in a single day, has described CoreWeave as a turkey and called it the “WeWork of AI”. More recently, Microsoft chose to walk away from a nearly $12 billion option to buy more data-center capacity from the AI hyperscaler. OpenAI to the rescue The Financial Times (FT) reported sources familiar with the matter saying Microsoft had withdrawn from some of its agreements “over delivery issues and missed deadlines” which shook the tech giant’s confidence in CoreWeave. The FT added that despite this, Microsoft still had ...

It's almost time to bid farewell to March (how are we a third of the way through 2025 already!?). But, before April *ahem* springs into action, there are a number of eagerly-anticipated new movies and TV shows to enjoy on the world's best streaming services . So, whether you're looking forward to watching Mufasa: The Lion King , The Studio , or something else at home, we've got you covered. Whatever you stream this weekend, we're sure you'll enjoy it. – Tom Power, senior entertainment reporter Mufasa: The Lion King (Disney+) The latest Lion King live-action adaptation has arrived on Disney+ if you're looking for some escapism to the jungle this weekend. This one divided the critics with a split 56% Rotten Tomatoes score, which is actually higher than its 2019 predecessor that only scored 51%. So fans were more enamored with this one, which focuses on the story of Mufasa as he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, who is heir to a royal bloodline. W...

HP ZBook Ultra G1a comes with a massive 126GB RAM and 2TB SSD Preorders are available now, priced between $3,797 and $4,049 at US retailers ZBook Ultra G1a is built for AI, data analysis, and video production HP has revealed the ZBook Ultra G1a, a mobile workstation that features a 16-core AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 processor with a 3GHz base clock and 5.1GHz boost speed. The new device will handle professionals' AI applications, large datasets, and high-resolution content, with integrated AMD Radeon 8060S graphics ensuring smooth performance for intensive tasks like video editing , while providing real-time power for LLM execution, rendering, and data analysis. Just like the HP EliteBook X G1a , it's equipped with 128GB of LPDDR5X RAM and a 2TB PCIe NVMe large SSD , delivering one of the fastest computing experiences for demanding AI workloads and high-performance computing. Performance-driven workstation with AI capabilities The business laptop measures just 0.7...

'Signalgate' continues to rumble on, with even more of the Signal messages that were shared between Trump officials – and, inadvertently, The Atlantic – revealed today. But how exactly did this group chat debacle happen, and what does it say about Signal? We've answered all of this and more in our one-stop explainer about the app that's in the eye of a political storm. With robust privacy credentials, Signal has long set the standard for secure messaging. But in the wake of those revelations that US government officials inadvertently added a journalist to a group chat where confidential military plans were discussed, there are fresh (and mostly unfair) question marks over how reliable the app’s protections really are. Signal’s reputation has made it popular with journalists, politicians and privacy advocates. Used correctly on an Android or iOS device, it can absolutely make your conversations more secure. Even so, it’s not a tool designed for sharing classified info...

Ascent GX10 is Asus's take on Nvidia's DGX Spark AI supercomputer ServeTheHome spotted the product at GTC 2025 and went hands on The site took photos and noted the AI computer is lighter and cheaper Nvidia has recently been showing off DGX Spark , its Mac Mini-sized AI supercomputer built around the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip. Originally called Project Digits , the device has been created to bring advanced model development and inferencing directly to desktops. Although it looks like a mini PC , it’s incredibly powerful and designed to handle demanding AI workflows such as fine-tuning, inference, and prototyping without relying entirely on external infrastructure. Aimed at developers, researchers, data scientists, and students working with increasingly complex AI models locally, it comes with 128GB of LPDDR5x unified memory and up to 4TB of NVMe SSD storage. The DGX Spark isn’t cheap at $3999, but if you’re looking to save some money without cutting corners, there...

There are reportedly no current plans for another iPhone mini The last 'mini' model launched in September 2021 1 in 5 TechRadar readers say sub-6 inches is the best phone size The last 'mini' phone we saw from Apple was the 5.4-inch iPhone 13 mini , which launched in September 2021, and was replaced by the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Plus – and it seems unlikely that Apple is going to bring back a smaller iPhone model any time soon. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, who is usually a reliable source when it comes to Apple, said in a live Q & A (via MacRumors ) that Apple has "really shifted away" from smaller form factors and that its engineers "are not working on a smaller iPhone right now". The current iPhone line-up comprises the 6.1-inch iPhone 16 , the 6.7-inch iPhone 16 Plus, the 6.3-inch iPhone 16 Pro , and the 6.9-inch iPhone 16 Pro Max – so if you want anything smaller than 6.1 inches in terms of display size, you're out of luck. Gu...

Jeffrey Emanuel called Nvidia overvalued and warned of DeepSeek's rise His essay went viral, triggering record market losses and investor panic Now he's targeting CoreWeave, calling it a turkey and the “WeWork of AI” Towards the end of January 2025, Jeffrey Emanuel, Founder and CEO of Pastel Network, wrote an interesting and insightful essay about Nvidia . More specifically, he discussed what he saw as its overvaluation and the threat it faced from a small Chinese startup called DeepSeek. noting, “history shows that markets eventually find a way around artificial bottlenecks that generate super-normal profits,” and that, “Nvidia faces a much rockier path to maintaining its current growth trajectory and margins than its valuation implies.” That article, which went viral, helped cause the largest-ever single-day drop in the stock market, wiping $2 trillion off global markets and slashing Nvidia’s market capitalization by $600 billion. An overpriced turkey The latest t...