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AI is going to change games in countless different ways, and it’s going to come at a cost too.

It doesn’t take a particularly keen eye to notice that AI is the star of CES 2024.


It doesn’t take a particularly keen eye to notice that AI is the star of CES 2024. At a certain point, every single conversation I had at the giant technology show led back to AI and how it’s going to change the way we use our computers and even play our games.

The core of that trend traces back to the Intel Core Ultra processors and how Team Blue has worked an NPU, or Neural Processing Unit, into its laptop CPUs. This isn’t necessarily anything new but given the sheer number of laptops that are powered by Intel, we’re about to enter into a new phase of AI technology that really is going to change how pretty much every computer is built and used.

The language-learning app downplayed automation’s role in a recent offboarding of contractors, but translators worry it’s a harbinger of things to come.

Lost in translation?


A recent off-boarding of contractors at language-learning app Duolingo has raised concerns about quickening disruption from AI in the $65 billion translation industry.

As the 14th season of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York City came to a close this fall, I found myself on Reddit, reading rumors about the marriage and divorce timeline of one of the show’s stars.


The web is filled with content designed for Google, not humans.

Holograms have long been a staple of science fiction, but they are now becoming a reality thanks to Holoconnects, a leading technology provider of AI-powered holographic solutions. This company is dazzling the attendees of CES 2024 with its lifelike, highly advanced hologram technology, which can create 3D holographic visualizations of people, products, or logos.

The company’s products are Holobox, the Modular Holobox, and the Holobox Mini, which can project holograms of anything you want, such as yourself, your favorite celebrity, or your brand logo. The devices are very easy to use; you need electricity and the internet to bring holograms to any location. They also have a touch system, so you can interact with and control the holograms.

Learn about the Kapolei Energy Storage plant, the world’s most advanced battery energy storage system.


The KES batteries play a crucial role in reducing the curtailment of renewable energy by 69%, allowing Hawaiian Electric to integrate 10% more new utility-scale renewables than previously projected. Additionally, the project is estimated to save customers money, reducing electric bills by an average of $0.28 per month over a 20-year contract life.

The specifications of the KES plant include 135 MW / 540 MWH of capacity and energy, 50 MW / 25 MWH of additional ‘fast frequency response’ for grid stability, ‘virtual inertia’ to mimic the power-smoothing function of a spinning turbine, and ‘black start’ capabilities for grid recovery during blackouts.

This innovative battery energy storage system replaces the grid capacity of a nearby AES coal power plant, contributing to the state’s clean energy transition. Plus Power, a leader in developing, owning, and operating standalone energy storage, has a growing portfolio of large-scale battery systems across the United States and Canada.