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Join the community - in the OCAU Forums! Wednesday Night (0 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 9-October-2024  22:10:26 (GMT +10) - by Agg There's growing concerns about the demise of 3G voice services in Australia, and how that may block some otherwise functional devices, thanks Forums member 151528. Starting 1 November 2024, a significant change to Australia’s Emergency Calling rules will require network providers to Block Devices they believe cannot call triple zero (000/112). The carriers must completely cease providing service to that device. Even if the device has working calling, SMS and Data! There's some background info here but unfortunately the public petition closed yesterday. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been won by two pioneers of AI. Scientists John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning within artificial neural networks. There's a long-running Generative AI thread in our General Software forum. Meanwhile, you can now run ChatGPT on a Ti-84. On Saturday, a YouTube creator called "ChromaLock" published a video detailing how he modified a Texas Instruments TI-84 graphing calculator to connect to the Internet and access OpenAI's ChatGPT, potentially enabling students to cheat on tests. The video, titled "I Made The Ultimate Cheating Device," demonstrates a custom hardware modification that allows users of the graphing calculator to type in problems sent to ChatGPT using the keypad and receive live responses on the screen. Google have been forced to open up the Play Store to competitors. Today, Judge James Donato issued his final ruling in Epic v. Google, ordering Google to effectively open up the Google Play app store to competition for three whole years. Google will have to distribute rival third-party app stores within Google Play, and it must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps, unless developers opt out individually. These were Epic’s biggest asks, and they might change the Android app marketplace forever — if they aren’t immediately paused or blocked on appeal. And they’re not all that Epic has won today. HotHardware report on a PC in a keyboard. Ever since William Gibson's Neuromancer, thousands or even millions of nerds worldwide have fantasized about the idea of the 'deck', or 'cyberdeck' as it has been known in later cyberpunk fiction. The idea is that of a portable computer, but not like a laptop—more akin to something like a condensed Commodore 64, with no integrated display. In real life, these machines are usually intended to be used with a head-mounted display. I mean, I'm as much of a Neuromancer fan as anyone, but I think the C64 comparison is closer to the mark. Surely we're harking back to the Sinclair Spectrum and VIC-20 more than "a laptop without a display". The National Communication Museum opened recently in Hawthorn, VIC. There are some current exhibitions you can check out. Ironically, I find their website quite difficult to navigate. The National Communication Museum (NCM) is a brand-new museum in Hawthorn based in a historic 1930s exchange building, parts of which are still operational, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people. Sunday Evening Mega Reviews (0 Comments) (link)  Sunday, 6-October-2024  23:01:58 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Audio, Visual: ASRock PG27QFT2A 27-inch 180Hz Gaming Monitor @ OCinside FiiO M23 Portable High Resolution Music Player @ NikKTech Final Audio VR2000 @ TechPowerUp Shure MV6 USB Gaming Microphone @ ThinkComputers FIFINE K688 Computer Microphone @ aphNetworks Cooler Master MasterHUB @ FunkyKit Keyboard, Mouse: Incott GHERO Pro @ TechPowerUp ASUS ROG Azoth Extreme Wireless Mechanical Keyboard @ TechPowerUp Low-Profile Keyboard Test, Keychron K5 and K7 PRO @ cowcotland ENDORFY GEM Plus Wireless Onyx White Gaming Mouse @ Madshrimps Cases, Cooling: Lian Li Lancool 207 @ aphNetworks ID-Cooling DX 360 MAX AIO @ TechPowerUp ID-Cooling DX360 MAX Liquid CPU Cooler @ TweakTown TRYX PANORAMA 360 Liquid Cooler with Curved AMOLED Display @ TweakTown Alphacool Apex Skeleton @ TechPowerUp NZXT H7 Flow @ TechPowerUp NZXT H5 FLOW RGB @ cowcotland Storage: Crucial P310 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe 2280 M.2 SSD @ Madshrimps Toshiba Canvio Flex 4TB USB 3.2 Gen 1 External HDD @ Madshrimps Crucial P310 2280 1TB Solid State Drive @ aphNetworks Crucial T500 4TB SSD Review @ ThePCEnthusiast Lexar Armor 700 2TB Portable SSD @ Neoseeker Acer Predator GM7 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD @ NikKTech Corsair MP700 Pro SE Gen5 SSD @ ThePCEnthusiast Phison E31T @ HotHardware Phison E31T controller SSD NVMe @ guru3D Phison E31 PCIe 5.0 SSD @ TechPowerUp Phison PS5031-E31T @ TweakTown Silicon Power MS70 2TB USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable SSD @ NikKTech WD Black SN850X 8TB SSD @ TweakTown Motherboard, Memory: ASRock X870E Taichi Motherboard @ TweakTown ASRock X870 Steel Legend WiFi Motherboard @ FunkyKit ASRock X870 STEEL LEGEND WIFI Motherboard @ cowcotland ASUS TUF Gaming X870-PLUS WIFI @ guru3D GIGABYTE X870 AORUS Elite WiFi7 Motherboard @ TweakTown Patriot Viper Elite 5 TUF Gaming RGB DDR5-6600 48GB Memory Kit @ FunkyKit SiFive HiFive Unmatched Rev B @ HotHardware ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming Wifi @ LanOC Asus TUF Gaming X870-Plus Wifi @ LanOC Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite Wifi7 Motherboard @ LanOC ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero @ TechPowerUp ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-E GAMING WIFI @ cowcotland ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-E Gaming WIFI @ guru3D ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E HERO @ guru3D Gigabyte X870 AORUS ELITE WiFi7 Motherboard @ FunkyKit ASRock X870E Taichi Motherboard Review @ FunkyKit MSI MPG X870E CARBON WIFI @ Vortez ASRock X870E Taichi Lite @ Vortez MSI MPG X870E Carbon Wi-Fi @ TweakTown PSU: NZXT C1000 GOLD @ cowcotland Software and Benchmark: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Core i9-14900K Comparison @ FunkyKit Portable & Prebuilt: GIGABYTE AORUS 17X (2024 Edition) Gaming Laptop @ TweakTown Pixel Watch 3 @ HotHardware ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 @ TweakTown Asus Zenbook S 14 (Lunar Lake) @ SMBtech | High Performance Laptops MSI Vector 16 HX A14V Review @ SMBtech | High Performance Laptops HP Spectre x360 2-in-1 Australian Review @ SMBtech | High Performance Laptops Retro Misc Pics (9 Comments) (link)  Friday, 4-October-2024  13:57:46 (GMT +10) - by Agg I always forget that when I'm away I can't upload images to OCAU's servers, and the image script doesn't work on my alternate hosting.. so even if I set aside time for a Misc Pics post I can't upload it. Like I did today, because I am in Brisbane for Inline Hockey Nationals. Anyway, this is a long way of me saying here's Retro Misc Pics from December 2011. Back to normal next week! 2nd Dec 2011: 9th Dec 2011: 16th Dec 2011: 23rd Dec 2011:

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