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Intel Drags Partners Into a Unified Wildcat Lake Blueprint, as ‘Project Firefly’ Standardizes Laptop Designs To Tackle MacBook Neo

The Hot Take: Sub 1000 notebook competition is getting heated.

Intel today unveiled its "Project Firefly" initiative in China, which aims to bring the supply chain together to allow cost-effective & standardized Wildcat Lake laptop designs. Intel Wants A Coherent Design & Pricing Structure Across Its Wildcat Lake Laptops & That's Exactly What "Project Firefly" Aims To Ensure Intel hosted an event today in China where the company formally launched its Core Series 3 SoCs for laptops, codenamed Wildcat Lake. These SoCs aim to bring better value and a unified design across a range of mainstream…

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Google Tensor G6 Chip Likely To Launch With An Ancient GPU That Debuted Around 5 Years Back

The Hot Take: Apple to me is starting to look better and better I hate to say it.

It wouldn't be Google if it did not somehow try to hobble its Tensor-class chips. And, this unfortunate trend appears all set to continue with the upcoming Tensor G6 SoC, which is quite likely to sport a GPU that launched all the way back in 2021! A new leak indicates that the Google Tensor G6 chip will sport the PowerVR CXT-48-1536 GPU that debuted in 2021 As our readers would be well aware, we had ripped into Google a few months back for using generations-old ARM CPU cores within the Tensor G5 chip. Thankfully, as per recent leaks, Google…

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NVIDIA N1 Laptop Motherboard Leaks With 128GB RAM And More Surprises

The Hot Take: Mid-range is the target and your new standard.

We already knew the NVIDIA N1 was a thing; NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang told the world straight up that his company was working with Mediatek on SoCs for AI PCs, and he also confirmed that the N1 and the GB10 Superchip in the DGX Spark are one and the same. However, this is the first time we've really seen anything like an end-user device sporting

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Calcium-ion batteries in smartphones? What's the verdict?

The Hot Take: Seems like theses new "Solid-state" batteries are some goal for something other than battery life. I can understand with lit-ion being unstable in extreme head, makes sense. I doubt its just for mobile though.

Battery tech is moving rapidly forward. We have a new milestone and a potential candidate to replace good old lithium-ion batteries.

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Nvidia tries to muscle into laptop chips

The Hot Take: You will get mid-range only and love it.... Probably all while renting it I assume.

Nvidia wants a slice of every laptop sold, not just the ones with a chunky discrete GPU. The firm is lining up “exclusive” laptop system-on-chips for consumers this year, barging into a market long owned by Intel and AMD while trying to cash in on the AI PC hype. The pitch is that Nvidia has ignored the huge integrated CPU-and-GPU segment, even though it ships bucketloads of graphics chips for gaming and workstations. Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said: “There’s 150 million laptops sold per year, and Nvidia’s market largely targets…

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Apple testing a 200MP rear camera for future iPhone, rumor claims

The Hot Take: Playing catch up?

While Android smartphones have been offering large 200MP sensors for some time, Apple has yet to introduce a similar sensor on the iPhone. That could change soon, according to a new rumor. In a post on Weibo, tipster Digital Chat Station, citing supply chain sources, claims that Apple is testing a large 200MP sensor for a future iPhone. The iPhone 17 Pro Max has a triple 48MP camera setup According to the tipster, Apple is evaluating a 1/1.12-inch sensor, a similar unit expected to debut on the upcoming Oppo…

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Razer's new Blade 16 drops AMD Ryzen for Intel Panther Lake — Brighter OLED display, faster RAM, and Thunderbolt 5 make it better than ever for mixed use

The Hot Take: Interesting, suddenly intel is back in style again? Let's see where this goes.

Razer has taken the wraps off its Blade 16 for 2026, and it's a significant refresh that now builds on Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" chips. Here's what you need to know (and where you can buy it today).

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