2026 is shaping up to be an year when AI server farms, already reeling from energy scarcity, are likely to turn to increasingly efficient computing. And Apple's M5 Pro Mac mini might be the perfect solution, especially as it is already cheaper to run relatively simple ML algorithms and AI workloads on Apple silicon instead of NVIDIA GPUs. macOS 26.1 unlocks a new low-latency Thunderbolt 5 feature, allowing for efficient clustering of multiple Macs Alex Ziskind showed in a recent video that it was cheaper to run less complicated machine learning (ML) and AI tasks on dedicated Apple silicon as […]

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Samsung is reportedly following Apple's lead in giving Meta some much-needed competition in the AI-enabled smart glasses sphere, with two successive versions set to come out in 2026 and 2027, respectively. Samsung's AI-enabled smart glasses versions due in 2026 and 2027 According to the rumor aggregation site, Yeux1122's blog, Samsung is working on two distinct AI-enabled smart glasses projects: Meanwhile, Apple has apparently delayed its plans to launch the Vision Pro Air to focus on AI-enabled smart glasses. The Vision Pro Air also faced another setback recently when it emerged that Samsung has canceled its plans to develop a glass-based […]

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The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 might be a little too pricey for Qualcomm’s partners’ liking, but it is the preferred chipset for consumers when they are shopping for the latest and greatest Android flagship. According to a market research firm survey, respondents are three times more willing to pay for a Snapdragon SoC and do not mind forking over a 16 percent premium just as long as the silicon powers their next device. For Samsung, this is a major conundrum as the company looks to reduce its chipset expenditure heavily by introducing the Exynos 2600 to the Galaxy S26 family early next […]

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The new M5 Vision Pro will garner the same subpar reception as its direct predecessor, with one of the factors hindering its growth being its exorbitant price tag. Apple hasn’t backed down from the $3,499 figure that it has stamped on its second-generation premium headset, meaning that the only way one can get an affordable head-mounted wearable is if the company focuses on launching the Vision Air. There was a glimpse of hope in this regard, as the low-cost device was reportedly slated to arrive in 2027. Unfortunately, Samsung has pulled the plug on developing a G-VR display that would be […]

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Apple’s supply chain made a blockbuster of a blunder when its M5 iPad Pro became a part of an unboxing video that was uploaded to YouTube before the technology giant officially announced the flagship tablet series. The leak certainly highlighted some cracks in the company’s logistics armor, but Apple has taken serious action by bricking the device, ensuring that it can never work again. The damage had already been done, with various YouTube channels likely benefiting from a revenue surge after posting the M5 iPad Pro unboxing videos The latest 13-inch iPad Pro was first spotted in the hands of YouTuber Wylsacom, […]

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