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…
DEEP TECH
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…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
The Commodore Callback 8020 and Sailfish OS: A European Mobile Comeback
Commodore is back in the phone business, and the actual story is the operating system. The Callback 8020 runs Sailfish OS, made…
AI
Snapdragon Reality Elite: The XR Chip That Finally Solves the AI Ceiling
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite lands 48 TOPS of on-device AI compute in XR headsets, a 160% NPU jump over the XR2+ Gen…
AI
EU AI Act: Sovereignty Governance Without Sovereignty Infrastructure
The EU AI Act highlights a disconnect between regulatory ambitions and Europe's hardware capabilities, creating compliance burdens for startups while relying on…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
OPPO: The Complete Story, From DVD Players to the Hidden Empire Behind Five Billion Devices
The complete OPPO story: from DVD players in Silicon Valley in 2006 to running the BBK empire that owns OnePlus and Realme…
AI
The AI Power Shift: Control, Capital, and Who Gets Cut Off
SpaceX went public without loosening Musk's grip. The US government picked quantum winners with political ties. AI agents started trading crypto alone.…
CHIPS & AI
On-Device AI Code Generation: The MIT and AMD Shift That Redefined Developer Tools
MIT's 2024 reasoning model and AMD's Ryzen AI chips proved on-device AI code generation could work. Two years later, the shift is…
AI
Satya Nadella’s Human-Token Capital Framework: The Learning Loop as the New IP
Satya Nadella's recent LinkedIn piece outlines a framework for companies to build both human and token capital in AI. He emphasizes the…