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Mario Kart World Switch 2 emulation with DLSS 5 on PC
Mario Kart World runs on PC via Nintendo Switch 2 emulation — and with NVIDIA DLSS 5 Neural Rendering enabled, it looks like a scene from the Super Mario Bros. Movie.
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Nvidia
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Laptops & PCs
How to force an app to use the discrete GPU in Windows 11
Windows 11’s native GPU preference setting forces apps to use discrete graphics—overriding NVIDIA and AMD control panels—but only works reliably when power settings permit it.
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Laptops & PCs
Nvidia's RTX Spark Laptops Match RTX 5070 Gaming, Cost $2,600 To $7,000
Nvidia's new RTX Spark laptop platform, tested by PCWorld on HP's Omnibook Ultra 16, plays modern games at roughly RTX 5070 levels. But at $2,600 to $7,000, it's a costly way to get there.
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Gaming
RTX Spark Laptop Runs Minecraft Alongside A 125B Local AI Model
XDA Developers ran Minecraft and a 125B-parameter local AI model at the same time on an HP OmniBook Ultra 16 with Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, reporting roughly 120 FPS throughout the session.
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Tech Business
Britain Pours £100 Million Into AI Biosecurity Lab With OpenAI, Anthropic
The UK government is funding a £100 million AI Biosecurity Lab to spot biological threats early, with OpenAI and Anthropic kicking in up to £200 million combined in compute and model access rather than money.
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Laptops & PCs
HP's RTX Spark Laptop Out-Rendered An RTX 5090 In Blender Test
An XDA Developers test of HP's RTX Spark laptop had a local AI model write and render a Blender city scene using 49GB of GPU memory, more than an RTX 5090 or a 48GB RTX PRO 5000 workstation card can hold.
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Laptops & PCs
Windows 11's WSL Can Now Run Linux Containers Without Docker Desktop
WSL 3.0.1 adds a built-in wslc command that runs Linux containers on Windows 11 without installing Docker Desktop, including GPU passthrough for Nvidia cards, though it still lacks a compose feature.
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Laptops & PCs
Asus ProArt P16 RTX Spark Laptop Lands At A $7,000 Price Tag
Asus' ProArt P16 pairs Nvidia's RTX Spark chip with 128GB of unified memory and a 16-inch OLED screen in a 0.51-inch chassis, carrying a $7,000 price that puts it squarely against premium MacBook Pros.
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Laptops & PCs
Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X Trails Apple's M5 Pro, Notebookcheck Finds
Notebookcheck's analysis of Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X chip shows it falling behind Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max on CPU performance and efficiency, though its Blackwell GPU beats the M5 Pro's graphics core.
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Laptops & PCs
Nvidia RTX Spark Laptops Still Can't Run Valorant Or Call Of Duty
Testing of Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops found Counter-Strike 2, Destiny 2 and Marvel Rivals load fine, but Valorant, Call of Duty: Warzone, Battlefield 6 and Delta Force still refuse to run their anti-cheat drivers.
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Laptops & PCs
Windows PCs are splitting into cheap x86 and expensive Arm AI machines
Hitechreports's October coverage shows Arm-based, unified-memory laptops aimed at local AI arriving at premium prices while ordinary x86 Windows machines get cheaper.
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Tech Business
Google Open-Sources TorchTPU To Challenge Nvidia's Grip On AI
Google has released TorchTPU, an open-source version of PyTorch built for its own AI chips, a day after Amazon shipped a similar tool for Trainium, both aimed at loosening Nvidia's hold on AI development.
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Laptops & PCs
Asus ProArt P16 Switches to Nvidia RTX Spark With Tradeoffs
Asus revamped the ProArt P16 with Nvidia's ARM-based RTX Spark silicon, offering full unplugged performance and unified memory while trailing the older RTX 5090 in pure graphics muscle.
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Laptops & PCs
Nvidia RTX Spark is live: First SoC powers Asus ProArt P16, enables hybrid agentic AI
Nvidia’s RTX Spark SoC is shipping now in the Asus ProArt P16. It’s ARM-based, integrates up to 20 CPU cores and 6,144 CUDA cores, and enables true hybrid agentic AI — local models for privacy, cloud models for scale — all on one chip.
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Gaming
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 DMZ Early Access Launches Today
Activision has opened early access for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ ahead of the game's full launch on October 23, unlocking extraction operations for digital pre-order buyers on PC, consoles, and Switch 2.
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Laptops & PCs
NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026 may boost Intel more than NVIDIA
NVIDIA's GTC Berlin 2026 event—slated for Wednesday—may deliver outsized benefits to Intel through confirmed Xeon CPU roles in DGX systems and potential use of Intel's 18A-P/14A nodes or EMIB-T/Foveros packaging for Feynman GPUs.
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Laptops & PCs
Surface Laptop Ultra battery life: RTX Spark N1X vs MacBook Pro, Zenbook A16
Surface Laptop Ultra battery life is 9 hours in video playback — same as MacBook Pro 14 — despite a 27% larger battery. Under GPU stress, it lasts just 53 minutes.
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Gaming
Demon's Souls Remake hits 60 fps on PC through KyTyPS5 emulator
A modified PlayStation 5 emulator now runs Bluepoint's Demon's Souls Remake above 60 fps on an RTX 5070, nearing 120 fps when using Nvidia Frame Generation.
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Gaming
DLSS on AMD Radeon: Ray Reconstruction, SR 4.5, MFG Now Possible via Mod
NVIDIA’s DLSS Ray Reconstruction now runs on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and other RDNA 3/4 GPUs — not via official support, but through a mod called DLSS-NR-on-AMD v0.8.0, released Friday by developer danielblnc.
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Surface Laptop Ultra is shipping: $2,599, ₹3.29 lakh, and built to run AI agents locally
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra is now shipping — October 16, 2026, in the US and India — as the first Windows laptop powered by an Nvidia chip.
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Laptops & PCs
RTX Spark Laptops Arrive in Stores Starting at 2599 Dollars
The first wave of Nvidia RTX Spark laptops has reached store shelves, bringing unified memory and N1X silicon to creator machines starting at $2,599.99 from makers like Microsoft, Asus and Dell.
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Nvidia RTX Spark N1X laptops are live: $3,199.99 HP OmniBook Ultra 16, 6,144 CUDA cores, 80W TDP, Arm-only games
HP OmniBook Ultra 16 with Nvidia RTX Spark N1X starts at $3,199.99 in US, ₹4,29,999 in India. 80W TDP, Arm architecture, and limited game compatibility mean it’s built for AI workloads — not AAA titles.
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Tech Business
Former Nvidia Robotics Executive Launches Venture Capital Fund for Physical Artificial Intelligence
Amulya Vishwanath, ex-NVIDIA robotics product marketing lead, says robotics is in a 'Lego era' — basic hardware, software, and safety standards are still being rebuilt. Her new VC fund, Techable, is backing physical AI in robotics, materials science, and life sciences — not chatbots.
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Laptops & PCs
RTX Spark laptop price: $2,599, ₹2,49,999 in India
Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops launched in the US on Friday at a single Best Buy in San Francisco — and while over 100 people queued before 10 a.m., only a handful walked out with one.
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Reviews
Nvidia's RTX Spark Laptop Chips Impress At Work, Stumble In Games
Three Verge writers spent a week with five laptops built on Nvidia's new RTX Spark N1X chip, from the Surface Laptop Ultra to the Asus ProArt P16, and found solid app support but mixed gaming results at prices from $2,599.99 to $6,999.99.
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Laptops & PCs
NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X launches: Surface Laptop Ultra and Asus ProArt P16 arrive this week
NVIDIA’s RTX Spark N1X chip is official — and it’s shipping in Windows laptops this fall. The first device, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra, launches Thursday, October 17, priced at $2,499 in the US and ₹2,19,999 in India.
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Laptops & PCs
NVIDIA RTX Spark Gaming Laptops and Desktops Launch October 16 With N1X
Nvidia launches its RTX Spark platform on October 16, powering laptops and small desktops with N1X chips, broad anti-cheat support, and up to 6x DLSS frame generation.
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Laptops & PCs
Nvidia RTX Spark laptops are here: A new Windows platform for agentic AI
Nvidia RTX Spark laptops are here — and they’re not just another AI PC refresh. They’re a new hardware platform, built from the ground up on Arm, with the Grace Blackwell architecture, unified memory, and NVLink-C2C interconnect baked in.
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Laptops & PCs
Microsoft Tunes Windows for Nvidia RTX Spark Laptops With Custom Emulation and Anti-Cheat
Microsoft has reworked Windows for Nvidia's Arm-based RTX Spark laptops, introducing a two-click agent onboarding process, tuned x64 emulation, anti-cheat gaming support, and unified memory management sliders.
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Laptops & PCs
Nvidia RTX Spark Laptop Review Shows On-Device Agents Running Complex Workflows
Early testing of Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip shows how on-device AI agents handle OS settings and creative tasks in DaVinci Resolve, backed by up to 128GB of unified memory.
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