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<p>Intel's Neural Compute Stick 2 costs $99 and has the company's Movidius Myriad X AI processor.</p>

Intel's Neural Compute Stick 2 gives laptops an AI brain

The Neural Compute Stick 2 uses a Movidius Myriad X artificial intelligence chip and is geared for prototype projects.

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<p>Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra speaks at Techonomy 2018.</p>

Smart toilets will use AI to scan your poop

Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra sees smart loos in our future and is anxious to sell the chips they will need.

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<p>IBM built Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Sierra supercomputer.</p>

US claims top 2 spots on supercomputing list

But China has more of the 500 fastest machines on the planet than ever, and the US hits an all-time low.

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<p>With its new Neoverse chip family, Arm promises steady performance improvements with its Ares, Zeus and Poseidon families due to arrive in products in 2019 to 2021.</p>

Arm tries anew to power servers, not just phones

The chip technology powering your phone could next power the net services it's connecting to.

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<p>Samsung is still snagging record profits, despite slowdown in smartphone sales.</p>

Samsung expects record profits in third quarter

Electronics giant expects to record an operating profit of $15.8 billion, a 20 percent increase year over year.

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<p>In this photo composite, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller touts some of the features in the A12 Bionic processor that powers the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR smartphones.</p>

iPhone XS' industry-first A12 chip gives Apple big advantage over rivals

New processing, graphics and AI power will let today's iPhone keep pace with Android phones of 2020.

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<p>The Asus Novago uses an Arm-based Qualcomm processor. Arm promises 2019 and 2020 laptops will be much faster.</p>

Arm promises massive speed boost for Intel-shunning laptops

A fast PC with all-day battery life and 5G network access sounds great, but it might not be easy to deliver.

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<p>The new 8th Gen Intel Core i9, i7 and i5 processors for laptops are based on the Coffee Lake platform and leverage the 14nm++ process technology enabling them to deliver up to 41 percent more frames per second in gameplay1 or edit 4K video up to 59 percent faster than the previous generation with same discrete graphics.2</p>

Intel Core i9-9900K may boost to 5GHz

If the specs are correct, we can't wait to see the cooling systems.

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Apple's fix for throttled MacBook Pros, Chrome moves

Today's top tech stories include Apple's bug fix for new MacBooks experiencing performance throttling, Google's Chrome browser officially flagging HTTP websites as non-secure and Facebook's vague briefing about its efforts to stop misinformation on its platform.

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Samsung Galaxy Watch: Rumored specs, price and release date

Samsung's next smartwatch could debut alongside the Note 9 with a whole new name.

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<p>The 2017 MacBook Pro models, which look identical to the new 2018 models.&nbsp;</p>

Apple MacBook Pro surprise upgrade: New Intel chips, better screens, more RAM but no keyboard fix

The new 13- and 15-inch models are available now, adding True Tone display support and a tweaked keyboard that promises to be quieter, but not more dust-resistant.

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<p>The Sandia Science &amp; Technology Park, part of Sandia National Laboratories headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico.</p>

Arm chips, like those in your phone, will power massive Astra supercomputer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Astra machine will study nuclear weapons' safety and reliability. It'll be fast, but not the fastest.

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