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Today, so many aspects of our lives are dependent on computers it's hard to imagine our world without them. Continuous breakthroughs have kept pace with Moore's Law, bringing ever more powerful computers at ever-diminishing prices and enabling revolutionary related technologies, such as deep learning, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and mind-reading machines.

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Intel's next-gen supercomputer to usher in exascale era in 2021

Michael Irving March 18, 2019

Intel and the US Department of Energy will deliver the world’s first exascale supercomputer in 2021, boosting many different fields of research. Named Aurora, the new system will be a thousand times more powerful than the petascale generation that began in 2008 and is still in wide use today.

Intel's new supercomputer, named Aurora, will be the first of a new generation of exascale systems ...

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BeagleBone AI puts devs in the machine learning fast lane

Paul Ridden March 7, 2019

Revealed at the Embedded World expo in Nuremberg, Germany, last week, the BeagleBone AI has been developed to fill the gap between small single board computers and bigger, more powerful industrial computers.

The BeagleBone AI has been developed for industrial, commercial and home automation projects

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USB4 is coming with double the speed and a lot more versatility

David Nield March 5, 2019

If you buy a USB-equipped gadget today, you'll get the latest USB 3.1 standard, if you're lucky – but the technology isn't standing still. The preliminary specs for the USB4 standard have just been announced, promising a doubling of potential speeds and a range of new capabilities.

Current hardware, like the MacBook Pro pictured, goes up to USB 3.1

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Connectivity and speed at the core of latest Odroid maker board

Paul Ridden February 20, 2019

Though many alternatives are available, the Raspberry Pi computer boards are probably the most well known and widely used in the maker community. Hardkernel recognizes that there's a strong market for more powerful, more capable and more expensive boards. The Odroid N2 ticks all of those boxes.

The Hardkernel Odroid N2 is due for release at the end of March, 2019

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NEC recognition tech can spot people even when their faces are obscured

David Nield February 8, 2019

You might think you're safe from being spotted by a camera if your face is covered or turned away, but the latest developments in AI-powered recognition tech are coming for you. NEC has announced a system that can identify people who are partially obscured, or even facing the other way.

NEC says that accuracy rates of up to 90 percent have been recorded during testing

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Raspberry Pi opens first bricks and mortar store

Paul Ridden February 8, 2019

The Raspberry Pi has played a huge part in the growth of the maker community, but if you wanted to buy the cheap-yet-powerful mini computer, you'd likely have to do so online. For tinkerers in the UK, that's now changed with the opening of the first Raspberry Pi retail store in Cambridge.

The first Raspberry Pi retail store is open for business in Cambridge, UK

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Dell encourages workplace collaboration with 75 inch touchscreen monitor

Paul Ridden February 1, 2019

Many boardrooms have a whiteboard for collaborative working, some may even have modern digital varieties with smart device integration. Dell is offering a similar kind of collaborative working experience, but on a 75 inch 4K IPS touchscreen monitor that the team can all work on at the same time.

Dell's 75 4K Interactive Touch Monitor will be available from April, 2019

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Highlights from CES 2019

New Atlas Team January 8, 2019

It's January in Las Vegas and tech innovators from around the globe have gathered to showcase their wares at the Consumer Electronics Show. From walking cars to roll-up TVs, here's New Atlas' pick of the best new product ideas on display.

The Novus is a lightweight, narrow, hollow-bodied city commuter with thin tires and ultra-modern styling

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Nvidia's latest GPU brings ray-tracing down to entry-level

Michael Irving January 7, 2019

Nvidia has unveiled a new entry-level graphics card for its recently-released RTX 20 series. The RTX 2060 has the same focus on ray tracing techniques as the RTX 2070, 2080 and 2080 Ti, but strips away some of the higher-end features to bridge the gap between last generation and the new one.

Nvidia has unveiled the RTX 2060, an entry-level GPU that rounds out its recently-released RTX 20 ...

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Nemeio keyboard lights up CES with customizable electronic ink keys

Paul Ridden January 7, 2019

Changing key layouts on a real-world keyboard usually involves swapping to another input peripheral, but the Nemeio changes that by making each key a little electronic ink screen that can be set to a user's preference in companion software.

The layout and language of the Nemeio keyboard can be changed instantly using navigation buttons on ...