RTX 4060 review, 'quantum processor' mess-ups, and Microsoft's light based computer.

This week has been unsurprisingly wrought with artificially intelligent weirdness. Google's considering imbuing the upcoming Gemini LLM with its all-conquering gaming AI aIalgorithm, while the US makes plans to restrict China's access to AI chips--meaning Nvidia could lose out as a result.

That's alongside news that Nvidia's next-gen GPUs will arrive in 2025, which is later than expected, so we might have to wait until spring the year after next before we're *ahem* graced with the upcoming Blackwell GPU family (name not officially confirmed). I suppose if you're looking for something to amuse you until then, these tech mandalas might help. They're certainly giving me an ontological crisis over how stunningly beautiful they are.

We've had a back and forth with representatives from AMD and so far AMD has chosen not to comment on whether Bethesda is completely free to add in support for other upscalers alongside FSR2 in light of its AMD partnership. And we have not had any response at all from Bethesda to a similar request for comment on the situation.

Proof that Nvidia's new RTX 40-series graphics tech doesn't always come at a crazy price. This RTX 4070 laptop is relatively affordable and comes ready to roll with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. The 15.6-inch screen rocks IPS tech and 144Hz, too. OK, it runs last-gen Intel CPU tech, but with six performance cores, it has all the processing grunt you need for gaming.

A mega combo here of current-generation core components, backed up by just the right ammount of storage and a tasty bit of DDR5 RAM for a great price, even before the discount. It's out editors pick for the month on 40-series gaming PCs, and it's well worth a look.

The cheapest Steam Deck model available just got cheaper. That's a key discount, too, as you can spend just a little over $40 on a 256GB Steam Deck-compatible SSD and turn this machine into the more expensive middle-tier model for next to nothing.

Nvidia's RTX 40-series is almost complete. Apart from a probable RTX 4050 and potential RTX 4090 Ti, this GeForce RTX 4060 is shaping up to be one of the final RTX 40-series offerings. It's a major release—as the de facto mass-market Ada Lovelace GPU—and an important piece of the larger PC gaming puzzle. Should the RTX 4060 be a good performer it has the potential to drive a wave of upgrades, or conversely, deter them if it is weak.

Presenting its findings as "Unlocking the future of computing" Microsoft is edging ever closer to photon computing technology with the Analog Iterative Machine (AIM). Right now, the light-based machine is being licensed for use in financial institutions, to help navigate the endlessly complex data flowing through them.

Iran's recently announced, and very quickly debunked, "quantum processor" now comes with an official withdrawal statement from Imam Khomeini Uni's Research vice chancellor.