CHIPS & AI
20 Years of CES Through My Lens: 2007 to 2026
Two decades of CES in one place: a year-by-year diary from 2007 to 2026, plus the retrospective on what panned out, what…
CHIPS & AI
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
BYD Great Han: The Dynasty Brand Goes Premium
The BYD Great Han is BYD's new D-segment flagship sedan: Blade Battery 2.0, megawatt flash charging, and over 1,000 km of range.…
AI
On-Device AI Is Now a Business Decision, Not a Feature
On-device AI has shifted from a phone spec bullet to a real business architecture choice. Why where your AI runs is now…
AIOT
Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ10: The Robot Brain Behind the Computex Flex
Everyone noticed Qualcomm's $300 laptops at Computex 2026. The Dragonwing IQ10 robot brain, up to 700 TOPS and built for humanoids, is…
AI
Chicago Tech: 8 Years in 8 Stories
Eight years of Chicago tech in eight stories: Tempus, the unicorn boom, Rivian's EV corridor, the 2022 exodus, Aurora, Outcome Health, and…
CHICAGO
The Chicago Bears Stadium Saga: From Soldier Field to Indiana
From the lakefront to Arlington Heights to a billion-dollar Indiana offer, here is the full Chicago Bears stadium saga, taxes and fiscal…
SNAPDRAGON
Featured by Snapdragon: My Shot in the #MayInMotion Wallpaper Drop
Snapdragon's #MayInMotion wallpaper drop featured my parasailing shot alongside three other community captures. A quick story about what makes the image work…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Proton Mail Security: Every Bug, Block, and Milestone Since 2013
Proton Mail security in one place: the 2015 DDoS ransom, CVE-2021-32816, the 2022 XSS bug, the activist IP handovers, the 2025 Phrack…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
The Competitor Landscape in 2026: Nothing, Pixel, Xiaomi, and the Ground That Shifted
In June 2026, OnePlus faces a complex competitive landscape, struggling with unclear market positioning across flagship, mid-range, and budget tiers. Competitors like…
CHIPS & AI
Amazon’s Corning Deal: The AI Boom’s Least Glamorous Winner
Amazon's multi-billion-dollar Corning deal is the AI boom's least glamorous signal: optical fiber is the data center's nervous system, and a 175-year-old…
AI
Quantinuum’s IPO: The First Quantum Listing, and a $14B Valuation on Shrinking Revenue
Quantinuum pulled off the first traditional IPO for a full-stack quantum company, raising $1.68B at a ~$14B valuation, on revenue that shrank…
CHIPS & AI
Nvidia’s Korea Deals: SK Hynix, Naver, Doosan, and the Sovereign-AI Roadshow
Nvidia signed deals with SK Hynix, Naver, and Doosan to build AI data centers across South Korea. A sovereign-AI roadshow, a physical-AI…
GAMING
Xbox at 25: A New CEO, the Green X25, and Exclusives Are Back
Xbox's 25th anniversary show was new CEO Asha Sharma's debut, and she used it to reverse course: console exclusives are back, plus…
AI
Alphabet’s $84.75B Raise: When Even Google Has to Pass the Hat for AI
Alphabet just pulled off the largest equity raise in tech history to fund its AI buildout, and got Warren Buffett to anchor…
AI
Welcome to the new M1k.tech
Introducing the new M1k.tech: honest, hands-on tech reviews, a business lens on the industry, and the view of a French expat in…