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06/02/2026

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Nah, man.

06/01/2026

Jensen Huang announced this at Computex this morning (June 1, 2026).

Here’s what we know via Anthropic:

Launch Date

RTX Spark laptops are confirmed to launch in October 2026.  Nvidia says it will release more detailed performance metrics closer to when the chip hits the market in the fall. 

The Chip

The RTX Spark is Nvidia’s first processor built specifically for Windows PCs — an Arm-based chip combining a 20-core Grace CPU (built with MediaTek), a Blackwell RTX GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores, an NPU, and up to 128GB of unified LPDDR5X memory on a single TSMC 3nm package, capable of 1 petaFLOP of AI performance.  It’s roughly equivalent to Nvidia’s RTX 5070 laptop GPU in performance. 

Pricing

Devices start at $1,499, with five OEM partners — Microsoft Surface, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo — shipping initial devices.  Specific models with estimated pricing:

• ASUS ROG Flow Z14 — 14-inch gaming convertible with OLED display, up to Spark RTX 5080 SKU. From $2,299. 

• Dell XPS 15 Arm Edition — Snapdragon X Elite Gen 2 plus Spark RTX 5070, 99.5 Wh battery. Starting at $1,899. 

• HP Spectre x360 16 — 3K+ OLED touchscreen, Spark RTX 5060, with local AI features. From $1,699. 

• Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra — pricing not yet disclosed. 

Additional models from Acer and GIGABYTE are also expected to follow the initial launch wave. 

The big picture: this is the first time Nvidia silicon has powered a Windows PC as its primary processor, ending Intel and AMD’s decades-long duopoly in the PC space. 

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05/18/2026

Common sense combined with insight and willingness to learn/experiment.

The billionaire who called streaming before anyone believed it is calling AI the same way. 3 years from now, 2 types of companies will exist. Cuban already knows which one yours is.

05/12/2026

“The report also mentions AI as a target for attackers, saying “GTIG has observed adversaries increasingly target the integrated components that grant AI systems their utility, such as autonomous skills and third-party data connectors.”

Hackers are also targeting AI agents.

05/04/2026

Helpful when purchasing. Well done. Not what I was expecting.

I spent $8,700 on a maxed-out M3 Max MacBook Pro. Two and a half years later, the baseline M5 Max outperforms it at $3,599. This is why future-proofing your ...

04/14/2026

Intersection of biological i/o and system development leads to health benefits and androids?

Tucked into an unassuming office building in San Francisco, one startup is betting on an unconventional way of alleviating the AI energy crisis: livin...

04/11/2026

Gruber’s intro to his analysis of the article: “For The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz go deep profiling Sam Altman under the mince-no-words headline “Sam Altman May Control Our Future — Can He Be Trusted?” 16,000+ words — roughly one-third the length of The Great Gatsby — very specifically investigating Altman’s trustworthiness, particularly the details surrounding his still-hard-to-believe ouster by the OpenAI board in late 2023, only to return within a week and purge the board.

The piece is long, yes, but very much worth your attention — it is both meticulously researched and sourced, and simply enjoyable to read. Altman, to his credit, was a cooperative subject, offering Farrow and Marantz numerous interviews during an investigation that Farrow says took over a year and half.”

Regarding Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz’s epic profile of Sam Altman in The New Yorker.

11/14/2025

Any fewer phishy texts is a win.

Text scam ringleader warned operations were disrupted on Telegram, Google says.

10/06/2025

“If Goodall’s episode is any indicator, we can expect future episodes to include candid opinions from famous people no longer worried about potential public backlash. Goodall was never particular shy about speaking her mind, but she minces no words in what appears to be her final interview:

“Absolutely there are people I don’t like, and I would like to put them on one of Musk’s spaceships and send them all off to the planet he’s sure he’s going to discover … He’d be the host … Along with Musk would be Trump … And then I would put Putin in there. And I would put President Xi. I’d certainly put Netanyahu in there, and his far-right government. Put them all on that spaceship and send them off.” – Jane Goodall

In what is likely her final interview, Goodall pulls no punches.

10/06/2025

Basecamp app owner and Ruby on Rails creator.

DHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable.