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CES 2026 Snapdragon X2 series
At CES 2026, Qualcomm showcased the 2nd-generation Snapdragon X Series, particularly the Snapdragon X2 Plus chip. This mainstream chip emphasizes enhanced performance…
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AI
Databricks: A $134B Valuation and the IPO That Keeps Not Happening
Databricks has raised 5 billion dollars at a valuation of 134 billion dollars. Sit with that number for a moment. A company…
AI
A Modern AI History: From TensorFlow to ChatGPT and Beyond (2015 to 2025)
The AI revolution began in 2015 with foundational developments like TensorFlow and the transformer model. By 2022, ChatGPT brought widespread attention to…
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AYN Launches Odin 3 Gaming Handheld With Snapdragon 8 Elite and 120Hz OLED Display
AYN launched the Odin 3 gaming handheld in January 2026, packing flagship-tier specifications into a compact 6-inch device that industry observers call…
AI
SMIC and the EUV Wall
SMIC EUV does not exist and under current rules never will, and that single absence is the wall that decides whether China's…
AI
Chicago AI Startups Get a New Engine: UChicago, Microsoft, and Nvidia
Chicago AI startups have a new engine: UChicago's AI Research Commons with Microsoft and Nvidia, plus the Transform accelerator. Why homegrown AI…
CHIPS & AI
Intel 14A: The Node That Needs a Customer
Intel 14A uses High-NA EUV and may not be built at all unless outside foundry customers commit, the node where Intel Foundry…
APPLE
India: From Premium Darling to Also-Ran (6.1% → 2.9%)
OnePlus has faced a dramatic decline in India's premium smartphone market, dropping from 6.1% in 2023 to 2.9% in 2025, mainly due…
AI
Qualcomm Is Buying Its Way Into Being the Default Edge Platform, One Layer at a Time
How Qualcomm's Foundries.io, Edge Impulse, Arduino and Augentix buys add up to a full-stack edge AI platform, and where the strategy could…
AI
CES 2026: The Physical AI Year
CES 2026 is the physical AI year: AMD's Lisa Su keynote, the Snapdragon X2 Plus, Qualcomm's Dragonwing IQ10 robotics push, and Afeela…
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CES 2026: Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold Stuns the Show Floor at $2,900
CES 2026 in Las Vegas opens with Samsung delivering the show’s most jaw-dropping hardware: the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold — a smartphone…
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Meta Introduces sEMG Handwriting for Ray-Ban Display Glasses Using Neural Band
Meta introduced groundbreaking surface electromyography handwriting capabilities for Ray-Ban Display glasses at CES 2026, enabling users to write text on any flat…
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NVIDIA Unveils G-Sync Pulsar Technology to Eliminate Motion Blur on Gaming Monitors
NVIDIA introduced G-Sync Pulsar at CES 2026 on January 6, the next evolution of its variable refresh rate technology designed to dramatically…
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Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Partner to Bring AI Intelligence to Humanoid Robots
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind announced a groundbreaking AI partnership at CES 2026 to equip humanoid robots with advanced foundational AI capabilities,…
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Intel Unveils Panther Lake AI Chips and Handheld Gaming Platform at CES 2026
Intel announced its next-generation AI laptop processor, Panther Lake (Intel Core Ultra Series 3), at CES 2026 on January 5, alongside plans…