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Your PC Is Now an AI Powerhouse: Running Llama, DeepSeek, and More Locally on Windows 11
Microsoft’s vision for AI on the edge is no longer a distant promise. By 2026, Windows 11 has quietly evolved into a robust platform for running state-of-the-art language models—completely...
GMKtec EVO-X3 Early Access Opens June 22 with Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB RAM
GMKtec will open early access registration for the EVO-X3 mini PC on June 22, 2026, a week ahead of its global launch on June 29. The compact system, first teased earlier this year, crams AMD’s...
Microsoft Widens On-Device AI: RTX 30-Series & Up Now Support Local APIs
Microsoft is opening the floodgates for on-device AI on Windows 11. The company is expanding its local Language Model APIs—previously locked to Copilot+ PCs—to a wide range of non-Copilot+...
Nvidia RTX Spark: A New Dawn for Local AI on Windows-on-Arm with 20-Core CPU and Blackwell GPU
Microsoft and Nvidia chose Computex 2026 in Taipei to jointly unveil RTX Spark, a groundbreaking Windows-on-Arm PC platform that promises to bring workstation-class local AI performance to a new...
WinUI 4, Arm PCs, on-device AI: Microsoft redefines Windows 11 at Build 2026
Microsoft kicked off its Build 2026 conference in San Francisco with a barrage of announcements that fundamentally reposition Windows 11 around native code, Arm silicon, on-device AI, and a new breed...
NVIDIA RTX Spark: Grace Blackwell Superchip Brings 128GB Unified Memory to Windows on Arm PCs
NVIDIA has dropped a bombshell for Windows enthusiasts and AI developers alike. At GTC Taipei and Computex 2026, the company unveiled RTX Spark, a Grace Blackwell-based superchip purpose-built for...
Asustor Flashstor 6 Gen 3 Debuts Ryzen Power for All-NVMe NAS Speed
Asustor stormed into Computex 2026 in Taipei with a hardware lineup that pushes the boundaries of home and small business storage. The star of the show was the new Flashstor 6 Gen 3, a compact...
Minisforum M2 Pro Delay: Panther Lake Mini PC Still MIA as M2 Sits Ready
Minisforum’s M2 Pro mini PC, first teased at CES 2026, was supposed to be a game-changer for the palm-sized PC segment. Six months later, it’s still nowhere to be found. As of June 7, 2026, the...
Minisforum M2 Pro & MS-03 Launch with Intel Panther Lake, Desktop I/O, and NPU AI from $699 in Q3 2026
Minisforum just announced two Panther Lake mini PCs that bring desktop-class connectivity and local AI acceleration to the sub-1L form factor. The M2 Pro and MS-03, unveiled in early June 2026, mark...
Nvidia & Microsoft RTX Spark PC: Local AI Agents, 128GB Unified Memory
Nvidia and Microsoft today unveiled the RTX Spark, a radical new breed of Windows PC built to run personal AI agents entirely on-device. Jointly announced at Computex and elaborated at Microsoft...
Surface RTX Spark Dev Box delivers petaflop AI for local Windows 11 agents
Microsoft has put a one-petaflop AI powerhouse directly onto the desks of Windows 11 developers. On June 2, 2026, the company announced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a new device category that...
Microsoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box Unveils Arm AI Developer Power
Microsoft announced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box on June 2, 2026, a new compact developer PC that aims to put local AI processing and Arm-native Windows development into overdrive. The machine,...