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Nvidia announces DLSS 4.5 with 6x Frame Generation and improved image quality

Nvidia is announcing its next major update to its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) feature at CES today. DLSS 4.5 includes Nvidia's second-generation Super Resolution transformer model and a new 6x Multi Frame Generation mode for RTX 50-series GPUs that uses AI to generate up to five additional frames for every single rendered one. DLSS […]

Emerson’s SmartVoice devices follow verbal instructions without Wi-Fi or a hub

A new line of small appliances and devices from IAI Smart, billed as Emerson Smart products, are now available that will let you operate fans, heaters, smart plugs, and air fryers with your voice - with no apps, Wi-Fi, or smart home connection at all. Using the company's SmartVoice technology, the devices react to wake-up […]

AMD unveils the 12-core Ryzen AI Max+ 392, and the 8-core AI Max+ 388 processors, both with 40 graphics compute units and offering 60 TFLOPS of GPU performance (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge:
AMD unveils the 12-core Ryzen AI Max+ 392, and the 8-core AI Max+ 388 processors, both with 40 graphics compute units and offering 60 TFLOPS of GPU performance  —  Will AI Max Plus chips make seriously powerful handhelds more affordable? … AMD's Strix Halo, aka “Ryzen AI Max,” …

AMD unveils new AI PC processors for general use and gaming at CES (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)

Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch:
AMD unveils new AI PC processors for general use and gaming at CES  —  AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su kicked off her keynote at CES 2026 with a message about what compute could deliver: AI for everyone.  —  As part of that promise, AMD announced a new line of AI processors as the company thinks …

Jensen Huang says Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips are in "full production"; Nvidia says Rubin can train some LLMs with roughly one-fourth the chips Blackwell needs (Lauren Goode/Wired)

Lauren Goode / Wired:
Jensen Huang says Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips are in “full production”; Nvidia says Rubin can train some LLMs with roughly one-fourth the chips Blackwell needs  —  The chip giant says Vera Rubin will sharply cut the cost of training and running AI models, strengthening the appeal of its integrated computing platform.