Though wireless charging tech is in its relative infancy, CPU giant Intel is apparently looking to make it a central feature of its products in the future, after the company came to an agreement with WiTricity. WiTricity makes wireless charging tech, though its not without competition in this area.
Other companies that also do so include Duracell, the big name battery-making firm. Products built with Qi-compatible wireless tech are another foe for WiTricity, though its new partnership with Intel should give it a substantial boost in the market.
“We have overwhelming feedback from end users that they are frustrated with dealing with all the different wires and power adapters for their devices – phones, tablets and PCs,” Intel exec Sanjay Vora said. “At Intel, we have a vision to eliminate all wires from all of our platforms. This agreement is a major step in the right direction.”
What makes the wireless technology that WiTricity builds unique is the fact that it employs the Alliance for Wireless Power’s “Rezence” spec. Rezence allows for multiple devices to charge wirelessly at the same time, which is especially important considering that nearly every household has multiple consumer tech products in it, when you consider how prevalent laptops, tablets, and smartphones are.
There’s no word on when Intel CPUs with WiTricity tech built in will start hitting the market.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Google DeepMind's AI world model Genie 4 can now build interactive worlds that you can explore and reshape as they run. It also generates ambient sounds, music, and dialogue that respond to your actions.
The new world model builds on Genie 3 with improved realism, more natural human movement, and better simulations of real-world physics. It could eventually help with everything from game development to training robots.
Apple has an incredible talent for making me admire its products while simultaneously questioning what on earth it's thinking with the pricing. This isn't even something as bizarre as a monitor stand, but the audacity for starting a new laptop lineup from $2,000 doesn't surprise me.
The newly announced 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 is just the latest to showcase this. The funny thing is, I already know that it's going to be a reliable workstation. You get a powerful new 2nm M6 processor, a gorgeous Liquid Retina XDR display, and up to 24 hours of battery life. We were impressed by the M5 MacBook Air, so the high-end M6 powered MacBook Pro definitely won't let us down.