CES 2023 travel-tech report: a stand-in laptop and a renewed phone
CES 2023 travel-tech report: a stand-in laptop and a renewed phone
For the first time since 2011, I shipped out to CES with somebody else’s laptop. The HP Spectre x360 that I’d taken to the 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022 showed signs in November of a serious motherboard meltdown, so I took a Lenovo ThinkPad X13s loaned by the company’s PR department.
Beyond having a reliable laptop on which to work, my main objective in taking this computer to Vegas was to see if…
The Snapdragon X Plus is the latest addition to Qualcomm's X Series family of ARM-based chips for next-gen AI PCs shipping in mid-2024. And just like the Snapdragon X Elite, Qualcomm says the Snapdragon X Plus is faster than Apple’s M3.
Lu Ten: I'm sorry to say this, kiddos, but your father has passed away.
Zuko(10): *bursts into tears*
Azula(8): *shocked* How...how did father die?
Lu Ten: Uhh
(Flasback to Lu Ten shoving Ozai out the window)
Lu Ten: Assassin.
Lu Ten: With more arm strength than he thought he had.
Developer tries to get Linux running at boot on Microsoft Dev Kit 2023, but largely fails
Developer tries to get Linux running at boot on Microsoft Dev Kit 2023, but largely fails
Microsoft’s Windows Dev Kit 2023 (aka Project Volterra) is a “snappy Windows 11 machine with excellent support for Linux,” but not at boot. This is according to Alex Ellis, developer and founder of OpenFaas, who tried to get Linux running at boot, but was largely unsuccessful.
Linux is supported on the device, but only via WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2). At this time, the Dev Kit…
I mean if you know in advance that everything is always going to go back to the way it was then you could do anything for as long as you want without having to worry about the consequences.
ok so we all agree that jedi sports are just like, ludicrously insane, right?
like jedi baseball is really only technically sort of like baseball, if you squint very hard and are also very drunk. the ball is a stunner shot, the bat is your lightsaber, and it's less 'catching to throw out' and more 'deflecting it directly at the runner'.
Jedi soccer has a special pitch with re-inforced walls and ceiling because the last time a ball escaped the pitch it went through three buildings.
the less said about jedi track and field events, the better.
Weekly output: Windows apps on ARM chips, Zoom terms of service, Google upgrades RCS encryption, DARPA AI Cyber Challenge, Defender-Pretender hack, Tesla seat-warmer hack, CISA security advice, This Week in Tech
In an alternate universe, I could have had another two or three posts with Las Vegas datelines on this list. But I opted not to stick around the city for DEF CON after wrapping up my Black Hat coverage Thursday night–in part because the cost for the badge hit $440 this year, but also because I didn’t want to delay downtime with my family in the Bay Area.
Speaking of that information-security…
Microsoft's Build 2024 session catalog reveals that Windows on ARM, WinUI, WPF, and Copilot plugins for Windows apps are going to be big themes this year.