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TECHNOTES • Everything you need to know from the month in tech

Explainable AI • Want to know why AI gives a particular answer to your question? Darien Graham-Smith explains.

Nvidia reveals how AI speeds up its chip design process • Says AI cuts 10-month, eight-engineer GPU design task to overnight job.

Apple rips up its laptop rules • Apple adds iPhone processors and soon a touchscreen to its laptop line-up.

Sony, Microsoft, AMD and Nvidia are beginning to shape next-generation game titles, for better or worse. • AI is the next frontier for games, to which Mark Williams says yas!

Social media addiction is real and the world is starting to acknowledge it • In the attention economy, platforms will go to great lengths to keep you locked in.

Apple attack • The MacBook Neo will conquer the budget laptop market.

Losing control • As people hand over control to AI assistants there is predictable chaos.

GADGETS • Unnecessary but desirable things

REVIEWS • Expert reviews and recommendations to help you buy with confidence

Corsair Frame 4000D Wood RS • An elegant case for a more civilised age.

Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs • How do Intel’s refreshed Arrow Lake desktop CPUs stack up? Lindsay Handmer deep dives Intel’s most impressive desktop launch in years.

Intel Ultra 5 250K Plus • The affordable Intel all-rounder CPU we’ve been waiting for.

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus • Finally – a well-balanced Arrow Lake CPU for both work and play.

Asus Rog Strix Z890-F gaming Wi-Fi • A well featured board at a decent price.

MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi II • Practical spec and features combined with an understated aesthetic.

Apple MacBook Neo • Has a revolution in budget-level computing just begun?

Apple MacBook Pro M5 Pro and Max • The fastest MacBooks APC has ever tested.

Apple MacBook Air M5 • Stunning image quality, speedy connectivity and more, all in a delightfully lightweight package.

Apple iPad Air M4 (11in) • The new iPad Air adds a faster M4 chip at the same price as last year’s model.

Nvidia DGX Spark • Ignore the flashy looks: the Spark is designed to get the AI job done.

Gigabyte MO27U2 • Can this attractive-sounding, 4K, Tandem QD-OLED, premium gaming monitor meet our high expectations?

Asus ROG Swift OLED PG34WCDN • What difference does an N make?

Dell 27 SE2726HGS • And now for something completely affordable.

MSI Roamii BE Pro Wi-Fi Mesh System • MSI routers can be hit and miss, so what will this Roamii BE be?

Garmin Instinct 3 AMOLED 50mm • Looks like a brick and runs like a beast.

Nothing Phone (4a) • Now the brand’s mid-range finally makes sense.

MiniTool Screen Recorder 1.0 • Capture what you see.

FASTSTONE PHOTO RESIZER 4.5

WINSLOP 0.30

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