Meta and Google Fought Over Your Face the Same Week. Qualcomm Sold Chips to Both of Them.
Meta renamed its next VR headset "VR Glasses" and put a Snapdragon Reality Elite, Qualcomm's renamed XR2 Gen 3, in the puck. Its camera-free…
Google hardware and software: Pixel phones, Android OS, Gemini AI, and Google services.
Meta renamed its next VR headset "VR Glasses" and put a Snapdragon Reality Elite, Qualcomm's renamed XR2 Gen 3, in the puck. Its camera-free…
Google shipped post-quantum cryptography into the Pixel 11's secure boot chain via a new Titan M3 coprocessor, and every writeup has tied it to…
Ryanair has struck a five-year deal with Google Cloud and its suite of tools to support its workforce of 35,000 employees, aiming to double…
AI regulation enforcement arrived on three continents in one week: the EU AI Act's transparency layer went live, China issued its first companion-AI fines,…
Qualcomm's exploration of RISC-V aims to secure alternatives to Arm, largely driven by the desire for independence amid competitive pressures. While Arm's royalties are…
Quantum computing faces a trust issue: results from quantum processors often can't be verified by classical computers. Recent achievements by IBM and partners Algorithmiq…
Samsung claims its Intelligent Eyewear surpasses Meta's Ray-Ban Gen 2 with nine hours of battery life, attributed to power tuning rather than hardware differences.…
Anthropic is establishing an in-house chip team while securing multiple partnerships, including a $10 billion deal with Volta. The company aims to reduce dependency…
DeepSeek's V4-Flash model is significantly cheaper than competitors like Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, sparking a divide in Silicon Valley over the use of affordable…
The real issue in AI isn't benchmarks, but sovereignty, focusing on control over compute, models, and access. Hardware access determines power, as seen in…
Chiplets and UCIe are unbundling AI hardware the same way Modular unbundles CUDA. Why the moat doesn't vanish, it just relocates to TSMC's packaging…
Apple's WWDC 2026 Siri update is real. The multi-step chaining works. The on-device architecture is the right call for privacy. The gap against Gemini…
The complete OnePlus story: from the coffee table conversation in Shenzhen in 2013 to the Realme merger in 2026. Every product, every corporate betrayal,…
Intel showcased advancements in their 18A-P node at the VLSI Symposium, achieving enhanced performance and reduced power consumption. Key features include improved thermal resistance…
The Fable 5 shutdown highlighted the importance of owning AI models on personal hardware to avoid government restrictions. Although open-source AI is gaining traction,…
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