After taking a stake in Intel, the Trump administration seems to have taken upon itself the responsibility of filling Intel's order book, be it the enthusiastic courting of Apple's Tim Cook with anecdotes of the "tens of billions of dollars" that the US government has recorded in gains over the past few months as Intel shares surged, or pressuring Tesla to now abandon TSMC in favor of Intel's Arizona fabs. Tesla is reportedly facing concerted pressure from the Trump administration to move the fabrication of its AI6.5 chips from TSMC to Intel Back in April, while discussing the taping out […]

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Apple has now publicly rolled out the iOS 26.5 update along with a host of other software updates for its sprawling ecosystem of devices, including iPadOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, HomePod Software 26.5, and macOS Tahoe 26.5. The Apple iOS 26.5 update is a hefty file, one that is big on bug fixes but light on material feature upgrades Apple has now released the 11.98GB iOS 26.5 update file, bringing new wallpapers along with 2 feature upgrades: Elsewhere, the update brings fixes to over 50 security vulnerabilities in iOS 26.5 alone. Did Apple use Clause Mythos to […]

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In what is entirely in line with rumors that have been swirling fairly persistently, AMD appears to have settled on Samsung's chip fabrication arm to produce its next-gen 2nm CPUs, Venice and Verano, as per the outlines of a fresh speculative reverie, this time from Daishin Securities. AMD best fits the contours of a fresh rumor that suggests Samsung has just won an order for 2nm CPUs The prolific tipster Jukan has just cited Daishin Securities to note that Samsung has likely won a new order for 2nm notebook CPUs. While Daishin only referenced a "North American fabless customer," Jukan […]

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One person's loss is another's gain, or a company's in this case. After all, AMD seems to be having a field day with its older 5nm CPUs, which entail crazy-high yields by the way, as both Qualcomm and MediaTek vacate some of TSMC's 4nm and 5nm lines on shrinking smartphone demand. AMD reaps the benefits as the broader smartphone industry enters a deep freeze, forcing Qualcomm and MediaTek to abandon some of their reserved capacity at TSMC By now, it's public knowledge that the global mobile industry is contending with a chronic DRAM shortage as most of the associated fabrication […]

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Whatever else one might think of President Trump, it is plain as day that he is a connoisseur at shaping narratives. And, apparently, the President seems to have played a material role in selling an Intel deal to Apple, one that might accrue sizable short- and long-term benefits to the Cupertino-based tech giant. Apple's chip fabrication deal with Intel entails sizable margin benefits, reduces supply chain risks, and weakens TSMC's monopoly Apple has reached a preliminary chip fabrication deal with Intel, according to the Wall Street Journal. While the specifics of this agreement are not known at this time, it […]

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In what is nothing short of a veritable earthquake, Apple has finally signed a preliminary chip-making agreement with Intel, adding critical optionality within its supply chains at a time when TSMC's advanced node capacity largely remains choked. Apple and Intel formalize their rumored chip-making tie-up via a preliminary agreement According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple and Intel have now reached a preliminary agreement, whereby the silicon powering some of Apple's devices will be fabricated within Intel's fabs. It remains unclear at this stage exactly which Apple products will get their silicon from Intel. At any rate, the agreement is […]

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Apple's incoming CEO, John Ternus, is quite confident that his company's upcoming slate of new products - which include a camera-equipped AirPods Pro, an AI pendant, and a bevy of smart glasses - will "change the world," quite literally. Apple's planned slate of new products - which include a camera-equipped AirPods Pro - has received a particularly audacious endorsement from its incoming CEO, John Ternus We reported back in February that Apple has been working on a new camera-equipped AirPods Pro. Do note that Apple received a patent back in July 2025 for leveraging cameras - akin to the Face ID's dot […]

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In a series of health-focused announcements, Google has just rebranded the Fitbit app to Google Health, imbuing it with a dedicated AI health coach as well as the ability to work with any health tracker. The tech giant has also announced the $100 screenless Fitbit Air alongside a pricier special edition version. Google Health rebrand brings universal tracker compatibility and a dedicated AI health coach Google has just rebranded its Fitbit app to Google Health, replete with a more refined layout, customizable dashboards, and the ability to sync a variety of data, including health records. What's more, the new Google […]

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Apple might adopt a clever strategy to paper over the fact that selling the base MacBook Neo at $599 is increasingly becoming uneconomical, forcing a switch to higher-tier storage options where an elevated cost pass-through is much more feasible. Apple might cushion the blow from an effective $100 price increase for the MacBook Neo by introducing new color options As most of our readers would know by now, the MacBook Neo is powered by the binned A18 Pro chips, where one GPU core is disabled. Even so, Apple has been shocked by the oncoming demand for its new budget MacBook, […]

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Apple's MacBook Neo has popularized a trend of high-end smartphone SoCs powering low- and mid-tier laptops. And, Samsung now appears to be readying a Chromebook version of its 2028-launching Exynos 2800 SoC to power not only a MacBook Neo rival but also take on Apple's base M7 chip. Samsung has much grander plans for the Chromebook version of its Exynos 2800 chip than merely to power a MacBook Neo competitor, and those plans revolve around tackling Apple's base M7 chip itself The tipster Schrödinger appears to be on a roll lately. Just hours back, he revealed the CPU architecture of […]

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Samsung has finally entered the hallowed trillion-dollar club, courtesy of the memory-driven tailwind that continues to emanate from AI-focused data centers, going on to permeate nearly every facet of the global consumer electronics industry. Samsung is worth $1.2 trillion right now and continues to close in on Tesla's valuation, courtesy of the relentless global demand for memory resources As per a tabulation by CompaniesMarketCap, Samsung is worth $1.21 trillion right now, and remains poised to overtake Tesla as the world's tenth most valuable company. This comes as the operating profit of Samsung's semiconductor unit in Q1 2026 surged by an […]

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Apple's MacBook Neo appears to have unleashed a litany of earthquakes within the fairly complacent Windows 11-based laptop sphere, so much so that Microsoft is now apparently paying third-party organizations to come up with favorable comparisons to downplay the MacBook Neo's utility. Signal65 concludes in a Microsoft-funded report that Windows 11-based laptops provide higher value than Apple's MacBook Neo In its latest Lab Insights report, which has been commissioned by none other than Microsoft itself, Signal65 notes: "[Across the segment targeted by Apple's MacBook Neo], many Windows 11 laptops are designed to target similar audiences with a differentiated value proposition […]

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Samsung's display-related prowess remains unmatched right now, even as it continues to expand its lead by undertaking ambitious innovation. Now, a new leak has shed some much-needed light on a new holographic display that Samsung might be developing for Apple's secretive Spatial iPhone. Samsung appears to be working on its MH1 holographic display that supposedly uses eye-tracking and diffractive beam-steering, possibly to enable Apple's rumored Spatial iPhone Samsung typically implements significant technological upgrades with each new generation of its display panels. For instance, the M16 panels that are slated for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will swap blue […]

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Apple iPhone 18 Pro is now widely expected to sport a more efficient display sourced from Samsung and LG, leaving China's BOE scrambling for the proverbial crumbs. At the same time, tipsters continue to feud over the size of the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, with the latest CAD renders inviting some hefty skepticism. The LTPO+ OLED screens from Samsung and LG will allow for an improved battery life on the Apple iPhone 18 Pro duo, as the Dynamic Island conundrum continues According to The Elec, Samsung and LG are now expected to supply the […]

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Apple had gone all-in on AI at its WWDC 2024, promising a veritable suite of AI-powered capabilities that have yet to materialize even after two years. And now, the Cupertino-based tech giant is paying the price for over-promising and under-delivering on its much-hyped AI-powered Siri. Apple to pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that had accused it of running a false advertisement campaign by hyping up the yet-to-be-seen AI capabilities of its Siri voice assistant For the benefit of those who might not be aware, Apple had extensively touted a more personalized Siri at its WWDC 2024, promising […]

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Another day and another Apple Mac configuration appears to have been pulled, all in a bid to conserve precious memory resources for Apple's upcoming M5-based Mac Studio and Mac mini devices. Just days after pulling the base M4 Mac mini, Apple has narrowed the M3 Ultra Mac Studio configurator to the lone 96GB memory option First, Apple increased their lead times. And now, entire memory configurations for the Mac Studio and Mac mini devices are going offline. Just last week, Apple pulled the base variant of the Mac mini, which sported the M4 chip, 16GB RAM, 256GB of storage, and a […]

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Apple is still a fair distance away from unveiling the 2027-launching iPhone 20. Yet, the iPhone has been the focus of supply chain leaks for quite some time, which is hardly a surprise given the quantum of change that Apple is reportedly bringing to the proverbial table. Now, a well-known tipster has tried to wholly demystify the iPhone 20 by pairing feature leaks with plausible speculation. Apple iPhone 20 to sport an all-glass look, replete with solid-state buttons, a quad-curved display, and hefty use of under-display tech, and topped off with a massive battery The Weibo-based tipster Instant Digital has […]

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Samsung is not expected to fundamentally alter the prevailing mold when it launches the Galaxy Z Flip 8 later this summer. Even so, the South Korean tech behemoth is looking at a few iterative improvements that are likely to improve the device's ergonomics and aesthetics. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 will weigh 8 grams less than its Flip 7 counterpart, and come equipped with a new hinge and a crease-free display South Korea-based Yeux1122 has now published a new blog post detailing that the Galaxy Z Flip 8 will be slimmer than its Flip 7 counterpart by around 0.5mm, courtesy […]

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The mobile DRAM market is showing no sign of retrenchment as the wider industry stares at a ~100 percent quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) price increase in Q2 2026, building upon the 58 percent - 63 percent QoQ price growth for LPDDR5X in Q1. The mobile DRAM market shows no sign of cooling off, as Long-Term Agreements (LTAs) entrench price hikes SemiAnalysis reported just a few days back that LPDDR5 contract prices were recently hovering at around $10/GB after undergoing a 3x increase since Q1 2025. What's more, the firm expected this trend of price hikes to continue well into 2027. While DRAM […]

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