3D PRINTING & MAKING
Metal 3D Printing Breaks Through: The Manufacturing Shift Nobody Saw Coming
A team of metallurgists has developed a method using looping lasers to mix molten metals in real-time during additive manufacturing, allowing for…
3D PRINTING & MAKING
AI
Apple’s Siri AI at WWDC 2026: Smarter Inside the Garden, Still Behind Outside It
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…
APPLE
Xiaomi in 2026: Third in Phones, First in China, Building Cars Faster Than It Can Sell Them
Xiaomi recently launched a high-performance electric SUV and a competitive smartphone, the Xiaomi 17. While its phone business thrives in China, it…
AI
ASML: The Chokepoint the Whole Industry Runs Through
The ASML lithography monopoly is the most complete chokepoint in tech. High-NA in fabs, Hyper-NA ahead, China capped, one company holding it…
AI
768 GB Per Card: Where Qualcomm’s AI Actually Lives
Snapdragon Insider bias declared. Qualcomm's AI200 data center card plus the five-form-factor Hexagon NPU strategy is a bet that inference is where…
AI
TSMC’s A16 Node: Backside Power and the Angstrom Era
TSMC's A16 node brings backside power delivery (Super Power Rail) in 2026, answering Intel's 18A and opening the angstrom era for AI…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
OnePlus: The Complete Story, From Flagship Killer to OPPO Sub-Brand
The complete OnePlus story: from the coffee table conversation in Shenzhen in 2013 to the Realme merger in 2026. Every product, every…
DEEP TECH
Intel 18A-P: A Surgical Refinement With a Lot to Prove
Intel showcased advancements in their 18A-P node at the VLSI Symposium, achieving enhanced performance and reduced power consumption. Key features include improved…
AI
Yann LeCun Calls xAI a Failure, and the Numbers Are Hard to Ignore
LeCun says xAI is 'kind of a failure.' With a $2.5B quarterly loss and compute rented to rivals, the numbers are hard…
AI
Midjourney Wants to Scan Your Body in 60 Seconds. The Prototype Takes 20 Minutes.
Midjourney's full-body ultrasound scanner promises 60-second scans. The prototype takes 20 minutes and has scanned just 12 people.
AI
Open-Source AI After the Fable 5 Shutdown: From Preference to Imperative
The Fable 5 shutdown highlighted the importance of owning AI models on personal hardware to avoid government restrictions. Although open-source AI is…
5G
Nothing Has a US Community Representative Now. And I think you know him.
Reflecting my journey with Nothing's products, starting with Phone (1) in 2021. Despite initial challenges in the US market, including limited support,…
AI
Snapdragon Reality Elite: Qualcomm’s Bid to Define the AI-Native XR Era
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite puts the NPU first: 48 TOPS, Android XR, and the XREAL Aura. Here's what the chip actually changes…
AI
Sony LYTIA L910 (LYT-L910): Single-Exposure HDR and the Architecture Behind It
Sony's L910 sensor hits 100 dB HDR in one shot using LOFIC and TCG-HDR—eliminating motion artifacts that plagued multi-frame rivals.
AI
NVIDIA’s Blackwell Era: Why the GPU Monopoly Keeps Getting Stronger
NVIDIA's data center revenue surpassed $100 billion in fiscal 2026, bolstered by innovations like the Blackwell B200, which significantly enhances performance. The…