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The iPhone 18 Pro adds a variable aperture, the A20 Pro chip, and longer battery life, but U.S. launch prices rise by US$100 and weight also increases. Comparing equal-capacity models against the 17 Pro generation clarifies the upgrade's value and what to verify after launch.
Apple has unveiled the AirPods 5, its open-ear wireless earbuds. By making ANC standard even on the entry-level model, Apple lowers the barrier to entry, while the higher-end version adds swipe-based volume control and longer battery life, improving everyday usability and integration with AI features.
SMIC's Q2 2026 revenue rose 20% to over $3 billion. We break down the 14.4% rise in shipments and shifts in product mix, examining SMIC's approach to Samsung and its distance from leading-edge technology using primary sources.
Panmnesia and Meta have unveiled a next-generation AI infrastructure design that uses CXL to tightly couple an entire data center as if it were a single chip. The architecture cuts cross-rack communication latency to a few hundred nanoseconds and forms a shared memory space spanning up to 960 accelerators.
A survey says about 80% of EU smartphone registrations lack adequate repair information. We read the law and product registration sheets to see why a top rating doesn't tell buyers what parts cost, and what disclosure would need to improve.
An analysis of 500,000 diagnostic readings from used EVs in Europe found that the median battery capacity after 150,000 km of driving remained at roughly 90%. Yet even within the same model, individual differences reached up to 13.5 percentage points. This piece examines what the non-peer-reviewed commercial diagnostic data reveals—and its limits—for used EV buyers.
imec has demonstrated 3-layer NbTiN superconducting circuits with 30nm wiring. We examine how close this brings the technology to 300mm manufacturing, based on the 3.8 million junction achievement, the gap with the 400 million device vision, and untested issues around cooling and yield.
Meta's Muse separates permissions and credentials from the AI doing the work. We look at how it blocks risky communications and payments, and what conditions remain around Meta's own access and training use, based on official materials.
A proposal to cut legacy Arm support in Linux draws different lines even within the same product family. Patches and developer discussion show the removal timeline, CPU-specific maintenance burdens, and what users of older hardware should check before updating.
A hobbyist's ReShade add-on runs DLSS 5 neural processing on a separate GPU, and the game's frame rate largely recovers. We recalculate the published comparison table and look at display performance, latency, and image-quality caveats versus an official implementation.
