The biggest chunk of what I cover: phones, the silicon inside them, the software that ages them, and the slow creep of AI into every part of the stack. I care more about what a device is actually like to live with than about the spec sheet it launched on.
November 2024. OPPO's 20th anniversary: 104 million smartphones shipped, 8.5% global market share, fourth place worldwide. The Find X8 series drops Hasselblad, adds Telefónica's…
Xiaomi is first to market with the Snapdragon 8 Elite in the 15 and 15 Pro. The Pro keeps the 1-inch Sony IMX989, adds…
Apple just refreshed its entire MacBook Pro lineup with the M4 chip family, and this generation is particularly special. Every MacBook Pro model now…
The comparison between Apple's iOS 18 with Apple Intelligence and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite highlights a key architectural difference. Apple's system relies on cloud…
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is not a mobile chip refresh. Qualcomm brings custom Oryon CPU architecture to phones for the first time, a…
Apple's Vision Pro ships at $3,499 and amazes without converting the mainstream, then Meta shows Orion, true AR glasses that split XR's future in…
Meta's Llama 3.2 is a multimodal model that runs locally on mobile devices or in your own data center with no API dependency. The…
Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event brought the iPhone 16 series, and the headline is clear: this is the first iPhone designed from the ground up…
Google’s “Made by Google” event has brought forth its most impressive lineup to date, showcasing the new Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9…
The EU blocked Apple's on-device Siri AI from launching in Europe. Apple's architecture was specifically designed to keep data local. The EU blocked it…
Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked Paris 2024 showcased an exciting leap forward in foldable smartphones with the introduction of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6, along…
CMF Phone 1 launched July 8, 2024 at ₹15,999 and sold 100,000 units in three hours. The sub-brand's first smartphone proved that Nothing's ecosystem…
By June 2024, the European OnePlus community has largely dispersed, moving to rival brands like Nothing, Pixel, and Xiaomi. With increased competition and superior…
Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro extends AI context to 2 million tokens, OpenAI expands beyond Azure to multi-cloud deployment, and Microsoft releases its first AI…
Google Cloud's Gemini 1.5 Pro and Intel's new AI chips intensify cloud AI competition. Discover the latest in enterprise AI...
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