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As you’d expect, I have nothing to say on the topic other than there being an after of sorts for a fair chunk of the voice part of Azure for Operators.

The Raspberry Pi 500, like the 400 before it, feels like a nostalgic nod to the home computers of yesteryear, packed into a keyboard form factor that’s both charming and practical. However, the lack of a 16GB SKU and built-in NVMe storage is mistifying, especially given the PCB actually is semi-ready for the latter. It’s as if they have a mandate...

And thus it has come to pass that holiday decorations are up, Amazon Prime logistics are completely shot (delivery dates are now past December 20) and I’ve just realized that I spent two weekends doing almost nothing whatsoever with computers–well, at least computers you type on. I did have to do some home automation maintenance (one of my first...

Pat Gelsinger’s abrupt exit from Intel raises more questions than it answers, especially given the timing right after securing CHIPS Act funding. It feels like a classic case of boardroom drama, where the lack of a smooth transition hints at deeper issues—-perhaps a clash of visions or a failure to deliver on ambitious projects. The interim...

It’s couch potato weather and I’ve been trying to enjoy a bit of piece and quiet, which seems to be a fitting end to a week with relatively little tinkering. On that topic, two things are worthy of note: the first is that after my recent Arcane and OpenAI hack I ended up replicating the upscaling and tagging process for my insanely long...