TSMC’s 3nm Node: FinFET’s Last Stand as AI Demand Arrives
TSMC's 3nm node is FinFET's last stand: hard, expensive, and splitting into N3B and N3E, just as AI accelerators arrive to fight…
3D PRINTING & MAKING
Bambu Lab X1 Carbon: The 3D Printer That Changes Everything
If you’ve been following the 3D printing space, you’ve almost certainly heard the buzz around Bambu Lab — the Shanghai-based startup that…
Game Awards 2022: God of War Ragnarök Wins GOTY, Alan Wake 2 and Hades II Revealed
The Game Awards 2022 crowned God of War: Ragnarök as Game of the Year, and the result felt inevitable. Santa Monica Studio’s…
Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro: The First Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Phones Are Here
Xiaomi unveiled the 13 and 13 Pro in China today — the world’s first Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 smartphones. The 13 Pro…
SKU Multiplication and OPPO Rebranding: When OnePlus Became a Label, Not a Company
Between 2022 and 2024, OnePlus launched more SKUs than most analysts could track: Ace, Ace Pro, Ace 2, 10 Pro, 10T, 10R,…
Galaxy S23: Samsung Confirms Global Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 — No More Exynos
Samsung has confirmed what leakers have been saying for months: the entire Galaxy S23 lineup will run on the Snapdragon 8 Gen…
ChatGPT Arrives and the Whole World Pays Attention at Once
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released a free research preview of a chatbot called ChatGPT. It is not built on a dramatically…
ChatGPT Launches: OpenAI’s Conversational AI Is About to Change Everything
OpenAI just launched ChatGPT to the public, and the tech world is already losing its mind — in the best possible way.…
Snapdragon Summit 2022: The 8 Gen 2 Switches to TSMC and Raises the Bar
The Snapdragon Tech Summit 2022, held in Hawaii in mid-November, delivered the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 — and this time Qualcomm had…
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Is Official: Ray Tracing, 3.2GHz, and a Big Efficiency Leap
Qualcomm officially unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 at its annual summit in Maui, Hawaii, and the chip is every bit as…
MediaTek Dimensity 9200: Ray Tracing and Wi-Fi 7 Come to MediaTek Flagships
MediaTek pulled the curtain back on its next flagship SoC today: the Dimensity 9200. Built on TSMC’s cutting-edge 4nm process, this chip…
Elon Musk Buys Twitter for $44B: The Tech Deal That Changes Everything
It’s done. After months of legal drama, on-again-off-again negotiations, and a Twitter lawsuit that forced his hand, Elon Musk has officially acquired…
ear (Stick) and ear (1)i: Nothing Builds a Product Family
October 2022 brought the ear (Stick) with its iconic rotating tube case. November brought the ear (1)i, a refined version of the…
Windows 11 22H2 Update: Tabbed File Explorer and Smart App Control Arrive
The Windows 11 2022 Update (22H2) is now rolling out to all eligible PCs, and it’s the most substantial Windows 11 update…
ASML and the Export-Control Vise
ASML export controls went from one license to a sweeping regime in 2022. EUV is blocked, DUV is next, and ASML sits…