The IBM PC Still Explains a Lot About Modern Computing

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The IBM PC Still Explains a Lot About Modern Computing

A look back at the 1981 IBM PC shows how open architecture, software ecosystems, and standard components turned personal computing into a mass market.

July 29, 20267 min read

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The IBM PC Still Explains a Lot About Modern Computing

Computer History

The IBM PC Still Explains a Lot About Modern Computing

A look back at the 1981 IBM PC shows how open architecture, software ecosystems, and standard components turned personal computing into a mass market.

July 29, 20267 min read
OpenAI Says AI Is Already Blurring Traditional Job Boundaries

AI Research

OpenAI Says AI Is Already Blurring Traditional Job Boundaries

A new OpenAI research report argues that workers are using AI for tasks that used to belong to entirely different roles.

July 27, 20264 min read
NVIDIA Wants RTX Spark to Turn the PC Into a Personal AI Machine

PC Hardware

NVIDIA Wants RTX Spark to Turn the PC Into a Personal AI Machine

NVIDIA’s Computex 2026 announcements push the company beyond gaming and workstation branding toward a broader idea of the AI-native personal computer.

July 26, 20266 min read
Samsung and Broadcom Are Expanding the Fight Over AI Infrastructure

Semiconductors

Samsung and Broadcom Are Expanding the Fight Over AI Infrastructure

Samsung’s latest deal with Broadcom shows how memory, foundry work, and advanced packaging are blending into one competitive AI-infrastructure stack.

July 25, 20266 min read
Micron Thinks Bigger, Faster GPU Memory Will Define the Next AI PCs

Memory

Micron Thinks Bigger, Faster GPU Memory Will Define the Next AI PCs

Micron is making the case that graphics memory is becoming one of the most important pieces of the AI PC story, especially as local models and richer games get heavier.

July 25, 20266 min read
Meta Wants Its AI Assistant to Do More Than Chat

Consumer AI

Meta Wants Its AI Assistant to Do More Than Chat

Meta says its AI assistant can now plan, connect to apps, create slides, and take follow-up actions on a user’s behalf.

July 24, 20264 min read
Anthropic Rolls Out Claude Opus 5 as a Cheaper High-End Model

AI Models

Anthropic Rolls Out Claude Opus 5 as a Cheaper High-End Model

Anthropic says Claude Opus 5 gets close to Fable 5 performance while landing at roughly half the cost.

July 24, 20265 min read
Intel Is Betting Advanced Packaging Will Matter as Much as the Chip

Semiconductors

Intel Is Betting Advanced Packaging Will Matter as Much as the Chip

A new Intel collaboration around advanced semiconductor packaging highlights a broader truth in AI hardware: the package is becoming part of the performance story.

July 24, 20265 min read
AMD Is Moving Up the Stack With MI400 GPUs and Helios Racks

Data Center Hardware

AMD Is Moving Up the Stack With MI400 GPUs and Helios Racks

AMD is no longer selling only accelerators. Its latest push makes the case that future AI infrastructure will be bought as a tightly integrated rack-scale system.

July 23, 20266 min read
AMD Says 6th Gen EPYC Is Built for the Agentic Data Center

Server CPUs

AMD Says 6th Gen EPYC Is Built for the Agentic Data Center

The newest EPYC pitch is not just raw CPU speed. AMD is tying server processors directly to the way AI-heavy infrastructure is now being designed and operated.

July 23, 20265 min read