{"id":1112,"date":"2024-04-05T05:46:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T05:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aitesonics.com\/the-morning-after-lenovos-project-crystal-laptop-looks-like-a-star-trek-prop-121555581\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T05:46:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T05:46:13","slug":"the-morning-after-lenovos-project-crystal-laptop-looks-like-a-star-trek-prop-121555581","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aitesonics.com\/the-morning-after-lenovos-project-crystal-laptop-looks-like-a-star-trek-prop-121555581\/","title":{"rendered":"The Morning After: Lenovo’s Project Crystal laptop looks like a Star Trek prop"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lenovo\u2019s Project Crystal<\/a> is definitely sci-fi tech come to life. Currently, there are no plans to turn the concept laptop into a retail product. Yet. Instead, its ThinkPad division commissioned an exploration into the potential of transparent microLED panels and, sigh, AI integration.<\/p>\n The most obvious use for the transparent laptop display would be sharing info at a doctor\u2019s office or hotel desk. Instead of needing to flip a screen around, you could simply reverse the device\u2019s output via software. According to Sam Rutherford, the transparency effect is bewildering. When closed or turned off, Project Crystal\u2019s screen almost looks like an ordinary piece of glass with a brownish tint. But at a moment\u2019s notice, the whole thing lights up like a battleship. It\u2019s definitely the most intriguing thing so far at MWC 2024. Catch all the announcements right here<\/a>. No tricorders, though.<\/p>\n \u2014 Mat Smith<\/p>\n The best Bluetooth trackers<\/a><\/p>\n Our favorite budget wireless earbuds are down to $53 right now<\/a><\/p>\n Google finally brings Wallet passes to Wear OS watches along with transit directions<\/a><\/p>\n \u200b\u200bYou can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. <\/em>Subscribe right here!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve been paying Netflix through iTunes, you\u2019ll soon have to say goodbye to your discounted rates. The company has confirmed to The Verge<\/em> that it\u2019s started removing users\u2019 access to their iTunes billing plan for the streaming service. Members on the basic plan paying through iTunes will now have to pay the company directly using a credit or a debit card. Netflix stopped letting new customers sign up for in-app subscriptions on Apple devices way back in 2018 to avoid giving the latter a commission.<\/p>\n Continue reading.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n NVIDIA unveiled its latest laptop GPUs and, what a surprise, they\u2019re largely to assist AI processing. The RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation graphics cards are primarily for thin and light laptops. While they won\u2019t offer as much TOPS AI performance as current higher-end mobile GPUs, they could be handy for on-the-go AI processing for researchers, content creators and video editors. These are workstation GPUs, so they\u2019re not for your gaming demands. The company says the GPUs, based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, offer up to twice the ray-tracing performance of previous-gen GPUs (they employ third-gen ray-tracing cores). Fourth-gen Tensor Cores, meanwhile, deliver up to twice the throughput of previous GPUs.<\/p>\n Continue reading.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Landscaping technology company Husqvarna just announced the game will run on some of its robot lawnmowers. So you can mow down hellspawn and\u2026 grass. You play the game using the lawnmower\u2019s onboard display. Rotating the control knob turns your character left and right and pressing the knob makes you shoot. Holding down the start button initiates forward movement.<\/p>\nThe biggest stories you might have missed<\/h3>\n
Netflix removes grandfathered accounts\u2019 access to Apple iTunes billing<\/a><\/h2>\n
If you\u2019ve been paying through Apple, you will now have to pay directly.<\/h3>\n
NVIDIA\u2019s RTX 500 and 1000 Ada GPUs bring more AI smarts to thin and light laptops<\/a><\/h2>\n
They will debut in laptops this spring.<\/h3>\n
This robot lawnmower runs Doom<\/a><\/h2>\n
We\u2019re not sure why.<\/h3>\n