I seriously wonder if more competent mobile gaming picks up some of the slack considering the “retro emulator” machines are starting to run PC games via Game Native app. If i didn’t already have a steam deck i would seriously consider one of those devices.

I’m not convinced that we are going to see a renewed push for optimization. I think streaming will be aggressively pushed with low time limits in the forthcoming next gen to “make it affordable.” Xbox was ahead of the curve in that regard.

To prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. I get America-bad or whatever, but even the IAEA has made many statements that Iran has not been compliant for years, is fabricating and outright omitting data, does not permit previously agreed upon inspections, and is stockpiling materials to make nuclear bombs.

Now, is that really the reason we got involve? Israel struck first. So probably not. But it is definitely a reason, and a valid one at that. Any way one slices it, a fundamentalist religious state should never be allowed to have nuclear weapons. The world is bad enough as it is with the fundamentalist religious who do have them already.

EU demands security theater. They are attempting to force backdoors into all of these APIs and systems (including locally run AI) for the nanny state. Very unfortunate.

There is on device AI in the Apple ecosystem. Many of the AI features that they announced will run locally (assuming hardware requirements are met). Things like Spatial Reframing will touch the cloud (via private compute) though. Other than that, Apple has an entire entry point for running AI close to the metal via MLX. It is kind of their entire angle at this point given their inability to create a competitive compelling AI product of their own. They appear to be taking on the role of “platform” once again.

Zen still works beautifully. The only downside I’ve come across is that there isn’t a mobile app, so the ability to hand off isn’t there.