ComputersNews

Acer's latest Swift 5 laptop features a 16:10 display and 12th-gen Intel Core

Acer isn’t wasting any time in making use of Intel’s 12th-gen ultraportable processors. The PC maker has unveiled new versions of its Swift 5 and Swift 3 laptops that not only make use of new 12th-gen Core chips, but include a handful of upgrades of their own. Most notably, the new Swift 5 (pictured above) has switched to a 16:10 2,560 x 1,600 display whose taller ratio not only helps…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Djay Pro AI for iPad now has touchless gesture controls

When it comes to motion tracking and music, you can follow the breadcrumbs including Max Mathews, Imogen Heap, Beat Saber, a growing research and Kickstarter crowd, and now potentially you. If you’re a DJ using djay Pro AI on an iPad Pro running iOS 14 (utilizing Apple’s Vision Framework) today’s the day you join the party. An update to Algoriddim’s djay software is now available, and…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Playing psychotherapist to a troubled AI in 'Syntherapy'

In the visual novel Syntherapy, everyone has a complex: The president of the university, the Clippy-like OS assistant and especially the depressed AI who you’ve been sent to help. Not to mention the protagonist. Set about 20 years in the future, the game’s narrative is…
MobileNews

LG's latest CineBeam 4K projectors promise improved daytime viewing

LG is once again updating its CineBeam 4K projectors, and the upgrades are good news if you tend to watch during the day. Both the HU715Q Ultra Short Throw laser projector (above) and the HU710P laser-LED hybrid promise better daytime viewing through key upgrades. The HU715Q touts auto brightness, while the HU710P’s move to a wheel-free hybrid offers brighter overall pictures than its…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: February 28, 2022

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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