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Samsung is planning a major pivot for its smartphone chips, with reports suggesting the company will finally launch a processor with its own, fully in-house GPU by 2027. According to a report, Samsung’s System LSI team is currently hard at work on a next-generation chip, tentatively called the Exynos 2800. This chip is expected to feature a graphics unit built entirely on Samsung’s own architecture, marking a clean break from its long-standing reliance on outside blueprints. From Partner GPUs to Proprietary AI Engines Up until now, Samsung has always leaned on external partners for its mobile graphics. Even the upcoming…
Once the mince pies have been put away and the wrapping paper is being cleared up, spare a thought for the lonely gadgets, clothing and snacks that haven’t been gifted this festive season. The Christmas sales spin up after the big day itself and give you a chance to grab various items at a nice discount. While not as feverishly followed as Black Friday or Prime Day, the post-Christmas sales are still a great time to pick up a discount, whether it’s on a gift you were hoping for and didn’t receive, or on leftover stock of the year’s big…
Humanoid robot startups are raising massive funding rounds, and the sales pitch is familiar. Human-shaped machines will soon step into warehouses and factories, and then eventually our homes. But the Wall Street Journal reports a more restrained view inside the industry, even the companies building these bots think expectations have gotten ahead of what works. Executives and engineers say today’s humanoids are still too unreliable for the messy, multi-step work people imagine at home, even if they can handle simpler jobs in controlled settings. The goal is not just a humanoid, but a humanoid that does useful work. Humanoid robot…
A team of South Korean scientists has just reported a massive breakthrough in electric vehicle battery tech, revealing an “anode-free” lithium metal battery that nearly doubles energy density without making the battery any bigger. This work—a joint effort between POSTECH, KAIST, and Gyeongsang National University—could be the key to finally giving EVs the long driving range and cold-weather reliability they’ve been missing. Packing more energy into the same battery space The research team, led by Professor Soojin Park and Dr. Dong-Yeob Han at POSTECH, showed off a battery with an energy density of 1,270 Wh/L. For context, most lithium-ion batteries…
Waymo’s robotaxis can drive city streets without a human at the wheel, but they can still stop over basic issues that need a person to resolve, the Washington Post reports. That support layer, remote staff and local contractors, is part of how the service stays running. The same weakness shows up in minor hiccups and citywide disruptions. A door that is not fully latched can keep a vehicle from moving. During a major power outage, so many vehicles may ask for guidance that some end up waiting in place long enough to block traffic. The car does the driving, but…
A new report from VideoCardz, citing Board Channels sources, says Intel is preparing a Core Ultra 200K Plus refresh for its Arrow Lake desktop lineup. The hook? Better specs without a higher price tag. None of this is official yet, so treat it as a snapshot of what Intel could be planning. Still, if you’re timing a build, the rumored mix of added Efficiency cores, faster rated memory support, and platform continuity is exactly the kind of update that can change when you buy. The spec bump is aimed at midrange According to the leak, the biggest changes land in…
Google has quietly taken a major step toward beefing up browser-level privacy. A new entry in the Chrome Platform Status shows that Google and the Chromium project are finally getting ready to support Global Privacy Control (GPC). This is a big deal because it’s a legally recognized signal that tells websites – automatically and right from your browser – to stop selling or sharing your personal data. A privacy signal with legal weight The idea behind Global Privacy Control is to let you make one single privacy choice that sticks. Once you turn it on, your browser sends a “hush”…
A couple of days ago, I wrote a news story about how smartphone prices could soar across segments, and now, we’re seeing the theory in action, starting with the Xiaomi 17 Ultra. The handset’s base variant costs more than its predecessor, and neither Samsung nor Apple is entirely immune either. Here me out and pay attention. Last year, the Chinese manufacturer launched the Xiaomi 15 Ultra at CNY 6,499 for the baseline variant with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The variant with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage was priced at CNY 6,999. Xiaomi’s pricing tells an…
A smartwatch is one of the most meaningful devices you can add to your daily routine, and they make for a fantastic gift option for the Holiday season, as well. And in the realm of wearables, there’s hardly a product that is as refined as the Apple Watch. Apple’s smartwatch is loaded to the brim with advanced health-centric and communication features, and stories about how it saved a person’s life regularly appear on the internet. But there’s a lot that these smartwatches can pull off than just keeping an eye on your heart rate, sleep tracking, and interacting with notifications. …
If you’re shopping for a lightweight “daily driver” laptop and you don’t want to spend midrange money, Best Buy has the ASUS Vivobook 14 (Copilot+ PC) down to $349.99. That’s $400 off (about 53%) for a modern Windows laptop with Snapdragon X, 16GB RAM, and a 512GB SSD, which is a lot of hardware for this price tier. What you’re getting This model pairs a 14-inch display with a taller 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA) resolution in an IPS panel with 300 nits brightness and a 60Hz refresh rate. On the portability side, the product specs call out 3.28 lb weight…