CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Game Awards 2024: Astro Bot Wins GOTY in the Year’s Biggest Surprise
The Game Awards 2024 pulled off the year’s biggest upset in gaming: Astro Bot by Team Asobi won Game of the Year…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
GAMING
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Is the Adventure Game We Deserved
MachineGames delivered something genuinely surprising with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, launched December 6, 2024. The Swedish studio behind Wolfenstein brought…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
OPPO Find X8: The Post-Hasselblad Era and the European Return
November 2024. OPPO's 20th anniversary: 104 million smartphones shipped, 8.5% global market share, fourth place worldwide. The Find X8 series drops Hasselblad,…
AI
McDonald’s Is a Tech Company, and Chicago Should Say So
McDonald's runs one of the most used consumer AI platforms on the planet from its Chicago HQ, and the city should claim…
AI
Why Chicago Is Becoming a Serious AI Hub
Chicago's AI ecosystem: world-class research from UChicago, TTIC, Argonne, and Fermilab; enterprise-focused applied AI in healthtech and logistics; talent costs well below…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Xiaomi 15 Pro: Snapdragon 8 Elite and Leica Summilux Lead the 2025 Charge
Xiaomi is first to market with the Snapdragon 8 Elite in the 15 and 15 Pro. The Pro keeps the 1-inch Sony…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Qualcomm FY2024: $39.1B Revenue, 55% Automotive Growth, Amon Eyes PC and AI Frontier
Qualcomm’s fiscal year 2024 results are in, and the diversification story has never been stronger. The company posted revenues of $39.1 billion,…
APPLE
MacBook Pro M4: 16GB Standard RAM, Apple Intelligence, Best Laptop Yet
Apple just refreshed its entire MacBook Pro lineup with the M4 chip family, and this generation is particularly special. Every MacBook Pro…
GAMING
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is BioWare’s Long-Awaited Return to Form
After nearly a decade of waiting, BioWare finally delivered Dragon Age: The Veilguard on October 31, 2024. The fourth mainline entry in…
AI
iOS 18 and On-Device AI: The Sovereignty Question Apple Won’t Answer
The comparison between Apple's iOS 18 with Apple Intelligence and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite highlights a key architectural difference. Apple's system relies…
AI
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4: Qualcomm’s Full-Stack AI Platform Play
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is not a mobile chip refresh. Qualcomm brings custom Oryon CPU architecture to phones for the first…
QUALCOMM
Snapdragon 8 Elite: Qualcomm’s Custom CPU Hits 4.32GHz and Redefines Mobile
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit 2024 delivered something historic: the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the company’s first chip featuring a custom Qualcomm Oryon CPU architecture…
AI
Google and Amazon Bet on Nuclear: AI’s Power Problem Goes Atomic
Days apart, Google ordered 500MW of small modular reactors from Kairos and Amazon backed 5GW of X-energy SMRs. Big Tech has decided…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Snapdragon x Manchester United Extended Through 2029: Record-Breaking Shirt Partnership Grows
Qualcomm and Manchester United have confirmed the extension of their Snapdragon principal shirt partnership through 2029, following a first season that broke…
GAMING
PAX Australia 2024: A Growing Show for a Growing Scene
PAX Australia 2024 ran October 11–13 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, and this year’s show felt like a watershed moment…