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💻️ Nvidia launches RTX Spark AI chip

Nvidia introduced the RTX Spark SoC for AI-PCs at Computex. It features a 20-core ARM CPU, a Blackwell GPU with 6144 CUDA cores, Tensor Cores supporting FP4, and up to 128 GB of unified memory.

The chip delivers up to 1 petaflop of AI performance at low precision, enough to run models with 70-120 billion parameters using quantization. It supports CUDA and Nvidia's AI software stack out of the box.

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🏎 Honda revealed its first passenger eVTOL flight

Honda quietly completed the first flight of its passenger eVTOL on April 1, but only disclosed it weeks later. The company has been developing the aircraft since the early 2020s, mostly out of public view.

Like projects from Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation, Honda is betting on electric vertical takeoff aircraft as a future alternative to short-distance air travel.

Honda's design uses 8 propellers, which the company says improves safety and reduces noise compared to helicopters.

Its biggest differentiator is range: while many eVTOLs target around 100 km, Honda's hybrid design aims for up to 400 km.

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😭 Microsoft unveils a desktop AI box for developers

Microsoft introduced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a compact PC built around Nvidia’s new Arm-based RTX Spark chip.

The device is designed for local AI development and can run models with up to 120B parameters without relying on cloud infrastructure.

It comes preloaded with Windows 11, VS Code, WSL, and PowerShell 7, targeting developers building and testing AI applications.

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💻️ Nvidia launches DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction

Nvidia introduced DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction at Computex, compatible with all GeForce RTX cards including older RTX 20 series.

It uses a second-generation neural network trained on Nvidia’s supercomputer to clean up ray tracing noise by reconstructing missing pixels while combining denoising and resolution scaling.

This new engine delivers 35% more compute power and uses 20% more parameters at the same speed.

Nvidia claims it improves lighting accuracy and image stability in motion, reducing artifacts like ghosting in games such as Indiana Jones and refining screen noise effects in Alan Wake 2.

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🤖 Anthropic launches CLI for Claude API

Anthropic introduced CLI called ant to manage all Claude API resources from the terminal. Commands like ant models list and ant messages create let users interact directly with the platform.

The CLI supports defining agents in YAML and deploying them with a single command. This turns agents into version-controlled configurations that fit into Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines.

This approach is common in agent frameworks but now is officially integrated into Anthropic's Claude ecosystem, simplifying infrastructure management for developers.

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