CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Game Pass Ultimate Jumps 50 Percent (2025)
On October 1, 2025, Microsoft raised Game Pass Ultimate by 50 percent, from $19.99 to $29.99 a month, and the cancellation page…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
5G
What Qualcomm Actually Built Into the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
A silicon-level read on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5: the all-Oryon 2+6 CPU, the Adreno GPU, the Hexagon NPU, and the…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Electronic Arts Acquired for $55 Billion by PIF-Led Consortium in Gaming’s Biggest 2025 Deal
Electronic Arts was acquired by a consortium led by PIF (Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners in September…
AI
Stargate Gets Real: Abilene Goes Live and Five New Sites Land
Stargate's Abilene flagship is live with Nvidia GB200 racks, and five new sites push the project toward 7 gigawatts and $400 billion.…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
CMF Goes Independent: India HQ, Optiemus JV, and a $100M Manufacturing Bet
CMF spun off as an independent subsidiary in September 2025, establishing its headquarters in India and forming a $100M manufacturing JV with…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
NVIDIA and OpenAI Announce Historic $100 Billion AI Infrastructure Partnership
NVIDIA and OpenAI announced a landmark $100 billion strategic partnership in September 2025, representing the largest AI infrastructure investment in history and…
AI
Xiaomi Is Recalling 116,887 SU7s, Six Months After the Crash That Started It
Yesterday China’s market regulator and Xiaomi announced an over-the-air recall of 116,887 SU7 Standard sedans, every one built before August 30, to…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Meta Launches Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 Smart Glasses With Doubled Battery Life and 3K Video
Meta unveiled the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 smart glasses at Connect 2025 on September 18, delivering significant improvements over the original model…
CHIPS & AI
Ray-Ban Display and Neural Band: The Two-Tier Strategy
Meta launches the $799 Ray-Ban Display with a monocular HUD and Neural Band wrist controller, building a two-tier smart glasses business nobody…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Samsung AI Forum 2025 Brings Global Leaders Together to Define Future of Artificial Intelligence
Samsung hosted its global AI Forum 2025 on September 15-16, bringing together leading AI researchers, academics, and industry experts to share breakthrough…
AI
Databricks: Why NVIDIA’s $500M Investment Mattered More Than the Number
NVIDIA's $500 million investment in Databricks, although relatively small, marks a significant milestone in the AI industry. It strengthens their strategic partnership,…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Nothing Becomes a Unicorn: $200M Series C, $1.3B Valuation, and the IPO Clock.
Nothing closed a $200M Series C at a $1.3B valuation in September 2025, led by Tiger Global with Qualcomm Ventures and Nikhil…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Oracle Stock Surges 36% on $455 Billion in AI Cloud Contracts, Revenue Projected to Reach $144B by 2030
Oracle emerged as a surprise winner in the AI infrastructure race on September 11, 2025, with its stock soaring 36% following announcements…
CHICAGO
The Fintech That Built Chicago: From the Trading Floor to AI Lending
Chicago's fintech ecosystem was born on the trading floor, and the derivatives culture that created CME, Morningstar, and the prop trading firms…
APPLE
iPhone Air Is Official: Apple’s Thinnest iPhone Ever at 5.64mm, $999
Apple’s “Awe-Dropping” event unveiled the iPhone Air: at 5.64mm thin, it is the thinnest iPhone Apple has ever made — and thinner…