Google gunning for the Apple MacBook Neo with its very own Googlebook was certainly not on anyone's bingo card while tuning in to watch the Android Show I/O edition earlier today. And yet, that's exactly what Google appears to have done, made all the more dramatic with a perfectly timed confirmation from Intel just moments ago, openly declaring that the Googlebook will be powered by its silicon, though we are not sure at this nascent stage if it's meant to be an exclusive arrangement. Googlebook increasingly looks like a synchronized effort to thwart the MacBook Neo, especially as Intel, ASUS, […]

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As one of the most prevalent operating systems in the world right now, Android continues to receive a lot of limelight, including from its progenitor Google, which has again chosen to dedicate an entire livestream to the OS as a part of its annual I/O event. This year's Android Show has revealed a fair number of goodies that are coming to Android 17 this summer, including Gemini Intelligence, while giving a teaser of the brand-new Googlebook. Here are the choice tidbits from Google's latest Android Show I/O edition Google is now packaging disparate AI services and tools under a single […]

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It's a fundamental trade-off for Apple: people use their iPhones quite a lot during summers, when a dual OLED-based brighter screen comes fairly handy, but at the cost of turning your phone into a thermal brick. Now, one tipster believes Apple will leave this conundrum to another day, and that the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will "definitely" miss out on a dual OLED screen. The iPhone 18 Pro won't feature a noticeably brighter display unless Apple revamps its thermal management strategy, and pairs it with a bigger battery The famous Weibo-based tipster, Digital Chat Station, has just declared […]

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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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