I’ve seen the future of Mac gaming, and it’s not Metal 3 or Apple silicon. It’s a PC sitting in a Dallas data center with an NVIDIA 4080 GPU. That’s the data center my Mac connects to when I log into GeForce NOW Ultimate, the top tier of NVIDIA’s videogame streaming service. NVIDIA has data centers like it across the US and in Europe, streaming the latest, most demanding titles to a wide range of devices, including the Mac.
GeForce NOW is a technological marvel that turns traditional computing expectations on their head, offering Mac users a world where your Internet connection and display are more important than the computing power of the device on which a game is played. For Mac users, GeForce NOW is an opportunity to finally play the most advanced games available on the computer they love, which is exciting. However, for Apple, which has begun to market Macs as capable of playing modern games, GeForce NOW and services like it may end its AAA gaming ambitions before they leave the gate.
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This week on AppStories, we conclude our mini-series on artificial intelligence with a conversation about the apps we’ve used that include AI features.
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This week, Federico and John conclude their mini-series on artificial intelligence with a conversation about the apps they’ve used that include AI features.
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Ivory Tapbots’ excellent Mastodon client was updated to version 1.1 earlier this week, and you can now edit posts in Ivory if your server supports the feature. Not only does Ivory support editing an existing post, but it also shows you if a post has been edited by the author along with a button...
Kevin Roose of The New York Times has a disturbing conversation with Bing’s AI. (Link) PSVR 2 is coming from Sony next week, and The Verge took it for a spin. The new headset requires you to be tethered to a PS5 and has a somewhat weak launch day lineup of games, but it...
A few days ago, I was listening to Mac Power Users. Stephen and David were walking through their Mac Docks, menu bars, and startup folders, covering a wide variety of excellent apps. That got me thinking about my menu bar, which I hadn’t changed in a while. Looking at the apps lined up in the...
Here are the highlights from the Club MacStories Discord this week:
A cool trick for finding the battery health of your iPad. Rod explains what’s going on when you update your iPhone or iPad and you see the ‘preparing update’ message.
Over in the app-theming channel, members have been posting some great themes...
After a long hiatus, I’m digging back into HomeKit. We’ve settled into our new home, and I’m in the process of repurposing older HomeKit devices and buying some new items that will fit better with our new setup. For more on my projects, check out this week’s episode of MacStories Unplugged. That process has me...
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