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The mobile chip race was already crowded. Qualcomm has Snapdragon, Apple has its A-series silicon, MediaTek’s Dimensity chips have become genuine high-end contenders, and Samsung is making another serious push with Exynos. Despite Google’s best efforts, Tensor never really caught up to these chips in raw performance. However, there’s another chip demanding a seat at the table. Xiaomi has officially unveiled the XRing O3, its second-generation flagship smartphone processor, and the numbers being claimed are difficult to ignore. The 3nm chip scored 5,228,014 in AnTuTu V11, while Xiaomi is calling it the fastest smartphone SoC currently available. Independent testing still…
Google’s Pixel 11 series has plenty of clever tricks. But apparently, rendering a popular mobile game is not one of them. Owners of the new Pixel 11 lineup are reporting severe graphical problems that make HoYoverse’s Genshin Impact effectively unplayable. Wired reported on the problem while testing the Pixel 11 Pro, describing a purple screen that prevented normal gameplay, and additional users have reported the issue to Google. For a flagship family starting at $899, this is a pretty bad look–especially when you look at how Google talked about the Tensor G6 being more powerful. Is PowerVR causing headaches again?…
ASUS Zenbook A14 (UX3407NA) MSRP $1,349.00 “Weighs almost nothing, lasts all day, and finally makes Windows on Arm easy to forget.” Pros Impressively light Ceraluminum construction Top-tier battery life Snapdragon X2 Elite brings some serious performance upgrades OLED display still looks excellent Decent port selection Cons 1200p display with 60Hz is a letdown 16GB of soldered RAM SSD performance trails recent rivals Both USB-C ports are on the same side Quick take Picking up the ASUS Zenbook A14 for the first time messed with my perception of how much a 14-inch laptop should weigh. My review unit comes in at…
Samsung may be preparing to make its boldest Exynos claim in years. A new report shared by industry analyst Ice Universe, citing Korean media, suggests that Samsung is highly confident its next-generation Exynos 2700 chipset can outperform Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, including its higher-end Pro variant. The reported figures are ambitious enough to raise eyebrows. If they hold up in production hardware, the Galaxy S27 could mark a major turnaround for Samsung’s in-house processor business. For now, however, the numbers remain early estimates rather than independently verified benchmark results. Samsung’s next Exynos could finally challenge Qualcomm According…
Apple added desktop widgets to Mac with macOS Sonoma back in 2023. I remember dragging a few onto my desktop on day one and moving them right off a few minutes later. The native widgets never fit into how I use my Mac. The look felt off, and honestly, there just weren’t enough of them to bother with. Ever since, I have been searching for something that does for Mac what the widget apps like Widgetsmith did for iPhone. I wanted more options, and more importantly, I wanted widgets that actually looked like they belonged on a Mac desktop instead…
If you’re eyeing an iPhone upgrade this September, the equation is a bit more complicated than usual. Apple is reportedly splitting its big September reveal into two relatively smaller but equally important product drops: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra (the rumored foldable) this fall, and the regular iPhone 18, iPhone Air 2, and the iPhone 18e in spring 2027. That means anyone who wants a new iPhone in September most likely has three options, all at the premium end of Apple’s lineup, including a foldable that could cost as much as a laptop. Although the company hasn’t sent out…
The Galaxy S27 Ultra could be getting more than just a major design change next year. A new leak suggests Samsung may also be considering two different sizes for its next Ultra flagship, which could make the Galaxy S27 family much larger than we are used to. Tipster Sonny Dickson has shared two CAD models that appear to represent differently sized Galaxy S27 Ultra devices. Ice Universe has also weighed in on the leak, although it is still unclear whether both models actually belong to the Ultra lineup or if the smaller one is the rumored Galaxy S27 Pro. If…
Imagine you visit a dumpling shop to indulge in a plate of piping-hot savory goodness. And as you queue up, you are given access to compute tokens for AI interactions and to an agentic system that recommends delicacies and helps visitors explore the menu in an interactive fashion. That’s exactly what a viral dumpling shop in China’s national capital is serving. The unexpected pairing of AI agents with dumplings is not surprising, at least for the Chinese market. It’s not just the corporate race, where companies are offering frontier AI models at a fraction of the cost compared to American…
For all the noise tech companies are making about AI slop, I haven’t seen much evidence that they actually want less AI. Spotify has purged tens of millions of spammy uploads. LinkedIn lets users flag posts that seem like AI slop, while YouTube has wiped out networks of low-quality channels. Pinterest and TikTok are giving people more control over how much synthetic content reaches them. Taken together, it almost looks like an AI backlash. I think it’s closer to a cleanup operation. Silicon Valley wants better AI, not less of it Spotify is probably the clearest example. The company says…
While Google has never quite matched its competitors in the smartwatch market, particularly when it comes to health tracking features, the Pixel Watch 5 feels like its strongest attempt yet to close that gap. With features such as Insulin Resistance Trends and Breathing Emergency Detection, Google is making a serious push in a category where wellness and proactive monitoring are becoming increasingly important. With the Pixel Watch 5 now going head-to-head with Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 and Apple’s Watch Series 11, the differences go well beyond the usual Android vs. iOS divide. The interesting question isn’t which smartwatch has the…