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The day we've all been waiting for has arrived — Microsoft's long-awaited Apple silicon moment. Yet, the reviews of the new Qualcomm ARM-powered Snapdragon X Elite laptops have been far from earth-shattering. With only a handful of full reviews available, primarily covering the Asus VivoBook S15, the revolution we anticipated seems to have landed with a damp thud rather than a resounding bang.
Are these laptops living up to the hype? Let's dive in and explore.
The Asus VivoBook S15 has been noted for its performance, whether running ARM native apps or emulating x86 — it seems to hold its own against Intel, AMD, and Apple notebooks. However, this falls short of the revolutionary leap Qualcomm has been teasing for the past eight months. We were promised more than just a souped-up version of what we already had.
Dave 2D, a YouTuber, was notably excited about the battery life, particularly when compared to gaming laptops. But it's worth noting that gaming, especially x86 games that require emulation, is where the Snapdragon X Elite struggles the most. The VivoBook S15 isn't a gaming laptop, though; it's a co-pilot plus PC, boasting new AI features like live captions. However, some of these features appear to require an internet connection, which seems counterintuitive.
With the current crop of Snapdragon X laptops failing to ignite the ARM revolution, perhaps it's time to look elsewhere for the next Apple silicon moment. Enter the new RISC-V mainboard for Framework laptops, built by Deep Computing. While the user-friendliness of these devices remains questionable, the next big leap might just come this fall when Apple unveils a MacBook Pro with a twist — one that's been caught in the big hydraulic press from the iPad ads.
In other news, Forbes has threatened legal action against AI-powered search company Perplexity for what we used to call plagiarism. Axios reports that Forbes sent a letter to Perplexity CEO Aravind Serenas after the startup's new pages feature lifted entire fragments and even an illustration from a Forbes report without proper citation.
This incident highlights the need for real journalists, especially as generative AI continues to struggle with accuracy and the ethical handling of intellectual property.
Nvidia has overtaken Microsoft to become the world's most valuable company, a shift that has investors and tech enthusiasts alike buzzing. Meanwhile, Nvidia is attempting to pressure partners into buying complete server rack designs from them, rather than building their own, to maintain their market dominance.
After leaving OpenAI, Ilia Suver, who played a part in Sam Altman's firing and subsequent return, has started a new AI company called Safe Superintelligence Inc. This company aims to go straight to artificial superintelligence, bypassing the need for intermediate chatbots.
Apple has suspended work on the Vision Pro 2 to focus on a more affordable product, while Meta has restructured its Reality Labs into two groups. AR glasses company xreal has developed a companion device to their glasses, and Google has updated the Pixel 8 series to support external displays.
Finally, Japanese tech giant SoftBank is working on emotion cancelling AI to make angry customers sound calmer when calling customer service representatives. While this might seem like a step forward, it merely masks the underlying issue of customer harassment.
So, is the Microsoft-Apple silicon moment a flop, or are we on the cusp of something greater? Only time will tell. Stay tuned for more tech news and insights as we continue to explore the ever-evolving tech landscape.
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