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Ban a Banana Tech News Gotcha. Don't do the Blood It's Gross Images of the Xbox branded handheld known as Project Kennen have leaked and so have images of the Asus rog ally 2. Coincidence? I think not, because it looks like they're just the same device. An Indonesian regulatory listing for the handheld was first spotted by 91mobiles and and then connected to an FCC listing which included photos of white and black variants of the devices taken by someone who was apparently trying to disguise them by making them look as gross as possible. I hope this person gets medical attention soon because they appear to suffer from a condition that makes their fingers sweat dust. The leaked listings also revealed one variant has a Ryzen Z2 chip with 16 gigs of memory and another has a Z2 extreme with 32 gigs. Jez Cordon at Windows Central, who was first to get the word out about Project Kennon, thinks we may learn more about both of these devices at Computex and I am looking forward to it because despite looking like just black and white variants of the same device, the black one pretty clearly has an Xbox button while the white one does not. Now old Jezz also claimed a proper first party Xbox handheld is coming in 2027 alongside a new traditional console. But but these handhelds are probably both just gonna run Windows, so what are they? Xbox PCs, which is a thing now apparently. Ah, we'll just have to wait to find out whether These devices are two sides of the same coin or just one side of a of a one sided coin. Microsoft officially announced two new Surface devices, a 13 inch Surface Laptop and 12 inch Surface Pro that are a bit cheaper than the existing 13.8-inch laptop and 13-inch Pro because they're worse. Both devices are only available with eight core Snapdragon X plus chips and don't have Magnetic Surface Connect charging ports anymore. They both come with a decent 16 gigs of RAM, which is good because it's the only option. The 13 inch laptop starts at 900 USD while the 12 inch Surface Pro starts starts at 800 instead of 940 for the 13 inch, but its keyboard lies flat now instead of ergonomically popping up. And the keyboard also can't be used as storage for the Surface Slim pen, which now sticks to the back of the tablet like a hastily hidden piece of gum. But don't worry if you lose it because it popped off while shoving your expensive device into your backpack. It's super easy to purchase replacements on the Microsoft Store, where the keyboard still costs an extra 150 bucks and and you can pick up a 45 watt charger for $70 if you maybe, you know, need to charge your laptop for some reason. That launch video sure was fun though. Microsoft Kudos for that A New York magazine article has gotten some traction for describing how for many students, university is now basically a place to test their ability to use AI. The article partially follows Roy Lee, the guy behind that AI app that promises to help you cheat at everything. Accept the use case explicitly shown in their ad, which maybe says something about the critical thinking development that is being missed by these students using AI to write large chunks of their essays for them. Like this student who is asked by writer James D. Walsh if she recognizes the irony in depending so heavily on AI to write her paper, which is about school hindering students cognitive ability to think critically. She acknowledges the risk, but then essentially says there's no putting the genie back in this bottle. That's okay. This university crisis has been covered for years at this point, but nothing seems to have significantly changed. Possibly because at least in North America, we're kind of in a crisis over what university is for and what it should look like. Many go to college just looking for a rubber stamp so they can get a better job. A job that verified Twitter accounts are constantly saying we'll be gone soon along with our critical thinking skills. The but hey, at least we made some funny AI memes along the way. That's what it's all about. And our sponsor Odoo, your one stop shop chock full of every app you need to run your business. It puts them all on one user friendly platform so you don't need to go oh accounting. I need these guys for that and building a website. I need to sign up for this other thing. No you don't. All you gotta oh do is sign up for a free trial with Odoo. You see what I did there? Their apps make it super simple to manage all aspects of of your business. Generate and send invoices that automatically convert currencies and apply your custom tax rules the ones you love Use phones, tablets and PCs for point of sale Create org charts Assign employee duties on a modern project management interface. I could go on, but we'd literally be here all day and we'd enjoy it. So I mean, that's a point. Now you don't have to use all the apps if you only need to use one. It's free. Whatever your needs are. Use our link for a free 15 day trial with no credit card required or book a demo with their expert team to learn how Odoo can help your business. I'll have quick bits dry shaken up and don't stir it around. I'm not really a big bond guy. I don't know what the Nvidia has revealed the official release date of the RTX 5060 May 19. Just don't hold your breath because it's got 8 gigabytes of VRAM and hardware. Unboxed found that the 8 gigabyte version of the RTX 5060 Ti performed worse than the Intel Arc B580, which is much cheaper. Thankfully, VideoCards.com spotted a listing for AMD's own 60 tier card, the RX9060XT, with 16 gigabytes of VRAM, which is at least double that of the number 8. In a time when every company is upping prices, intel has announced a $100 price cut for its Core Ultra 7 265K and KF desktop processors, which was greeted by fans with cries of should have been that price when you launched it. Oh man, this is the coolest thing since the Core 2 duo. No, not the intel processor. The new smartwatch from pebble creator Eric Migakovsky, which he showed off in a podcast he called TikTok. Spelled differently though, this guy's big into stepping on other brands toes. Nvidia and Mediatek may show off their arm based Windows PC processor codenamed A N1 at Computex in mid May, according to mysterious sources who spoke to German outlet Computer Base, possibly in German, but our team could not confirm that a company called Physical Intelligence has shown off household robots powered by their new Pi05AI model, following spoken instructions and successfully performing household tasks in several Airbnbs they had never seen before. A use case I know is not in the Airbnb terms and conditions I'm suing, but to really be a part of the family, these bots will need a sense of touch, which Amazon just added to their warehouse robots, although Amazon added it so they can feel pain and thus be punished properly for missing their quota. It's a bit different. And researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a new species of electrically conducting bacteria they've called Electro Thrix yaconensis. Maybe we can use these to make better biomedical devices. Or use them instead of wires. Why? Look, I don't know, but it makes more sense than electrocuting bugs into playing music. And you know what would be music to my ears? You coming back here on Friday for more tech news. I can almost hear it. Nope, that's the bugs.