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Framework's new sub-$500 modular laptop has no RAM, storage or OS
Framework is selling its cheapest modular laptop to date. However, you'll need to add RAM, storage, a power supply, an operating system and (probably) a Wi-Fi card.
Engadget Podcast: The Mac turns 40
We look back at the history of Apple's computers as the Mac turns 40.
8010080100Framework Laptop 16 review: A modular marvel, but a mediocre gaming laptop
Framework has achieved a remarkable feat by building a gaming laptop where you can replace practically every component. It’s a dream for gadget geeks, it’s just a shame it’s not a great gaming laptop.
Cooler Master’s Framework case gives your laptop a second life
It takes your Framework mainboard, any old parts you have lying around, and turns it into a small form factor PC for light tasks to give your laptop a second, or third, life.
Framework brings AMD mainboards to its 13-inch laptop
It's the same machine, just with a very different brain.
You can pre-order Framework's modular gaming Laptop 16 today
Framework’s modular Laptop 16 is available for preorder in the US, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Netherlands, Austria, Ireland and Australia. The company’s first gaming notebook starts at $1,399 for a DIY system (sans operating system). Pre-built variants start at $1,799.
Framework's Laptop 16 is a modular, upgradable gaming laptop
Framework has a track record of supporting laptops for several successive generations. Can it crack the high-pressure world of gaming machines?
Framework brings updated Intel and AMD chips to its modular laptop
Framework's 13-inch laptop gets its third annual chip upgrade.
8410084100Hear me out: The modular Framework Chromebook is worth the $1,000 (for some)
It’s been a little over a year since the first Framework laptops launched, and now the company has a new model, the Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition. It offers the same benefits as its Windows sibling – namely, solid industrial design and specs coupled with the promise of customization and future expandability. That said, it’s also one of the more expensive Chromebooks available, starting at $999. That’s a lot of money for a Chromebook – but if it can last you five years or more, it might be worth the cost.
Framework is selling refurbished versions of its modular laptops
Framework, which make modular, easy-to-repair laptops with the idea of reducing e-waste, is now selling refurbished models.
Framework made a modular, repairable Chromebook
It's the Framework Laptop, but running ChromeOS, and with a Titan C chip nestled inside.
How easy is it to upgrade a Framework laptop?
Framework sold its eponymous laptop on the promise that end users should feel comfortable enough to fix almost any hardware problem themselves. A year on, and the first major upgrade is here
Framework’s first major laptop upgrade lets you swap your system’s brain
It's easy enough to swap a mainboard if you can handle a Torx T5 screwdriver.
Framework brings 12th-generation Intel Core chips to its modular laptop
The company has also produced a new top lid for better rigidity and weight.
Framework’s modular DIY laptop is available to pre-order
Each module is replaceable, which should hopefully make it last for a lot longer.
Startup designs a modular, repairable laptop
Framework wants to apply the Fairphone model to laptops.
Facebook is open-sourcing its most powerful AI tools yet
Facebook is continuing its push to more openly share its AI research and code with the release of PyTorch 1.0 -- a deep-learning system that Facebook says represents a "fundamental shift" in open source AI frameworks. Traditionally, taking AI development from research to production has been a complex and time-intensive task involving multiple steps and various tools. PyTorch 1.0 has been designed to optimize the process.
Microsoft and Intel want Bitcoin tech in your workplace
Blockchain is practically tailor-made for business, and not just because it's a cornerstone of Bitcoin. Its decentralized, speedy approach to secure transactions is more convenient for tracking cargo around the world or providing digital IDs to those who'd otherwise have nothing. And Microsoft knows it -- it's partnering with Intel to introduce a framework, Coco, that promises to make blockchain accessible to virtually any large business where it might help. It draws on Intel's Software Guard Extensions to provide blockchain's distributed tech with speed (up to 1,600 transactions per second) and security that scales to just about any kind of business with relative ease. You don't need to spend as much time crafting a custom blockchain system, or pay through the nose for computing power as your demands grow.
Cities are collaborating on rules for Uber and Airbnb
The sharing economy,and the companies that embody it, have often waded into a fight wherever they set up shop. That's because local governments aren't nimble enough to cope with such radically new ideas, and the companies themselves often struggle with compromise. In order to smooth things over, a coalition of 10 cities across the globe are collaborating on a framework that'll provide these companies with ground rules to abide by. Bloomberg quotes New York official Wiley Norvell, who says that providing common rules will help both protect users and ensure that political voices are heard by famously regulation-averse startups.
Sony eases PS4 indie development with new publishing tools
As if Sony's support of independent developers hasn't been apparent enough, the console manufacturer will make it easier for indies to bring their games to Sony's platforms. The company announced partnerships today to offer PS4 exporting tools for game development software GameMaker: Studio and MonoGame for free to licensed Sony Computer Entertainment developers. Sony also made "fully-integrated solutions" for PS3 and Vita available for Unity users, with an early access PS4 version arriving on Unity in April. Lastly, the company opted to offer its Authoring Tools Framework as a free, open source download available on GitHub. SCE uses the framework to help craft games like The Last of Us and Beyond: Two Souls. Created by Yo Yo Games, GameMaker was used to create games such as Hyper Light Drifter, Risk of Rain and Nuclear Throne. Conversely, MonoGame is the backbone of games like TowerFall: Ascension, Mercenary Kings and Transistor. One GameMaker-developed game is Savant Ascent, which Yo Yo Games named as its favorite game of 2013 for the development platform. The stylistic shooter was announced for PS4 this morning following its debut on PC, Mac, iOS and Android in December. [Image: Matt Makes Games]
