OnePlus is pushing you toward a different brand now
The Hot Take: RIP
It's happening on the company's own website.
Read the full articleOnePlus once again rumored to lose brand independence and devolve to an Oppo product line
The Hot Take: Yeah seemed inevitable.
OnePlus is likely ceasing to exist as we know it.
Read the full articleIncoming Apple CEO tells employees how new products will be supercharged with AI
The Hot Take: And you get Ai, you get Ai and you get Ai!
Apple's new CEO is very hopeful for how AI can transform the company.
Read the full articleCalcium-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.
Read the full articleNvidia 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 gaming and workstation markets where discrete GPUs are used. And we’re very successful there. There’s an entire segment of the market where the CPU and the GPU are integrated. And that segment has been largely unaddressed by Nvidia today.” He said that entire segment of the market is quite rich, large, and underserved today, with state-of-the-art, world-class GPUs like Nvidia’s. The big idea leans hard on on-device AI, with CPU vendors repackaging product lines around NPUs such as Intel’s NPU and AMD XDNA, and Nvidia fancies itself as the obvious third wheel. It is pushing the envelope by pairing silicon with software, dropping its open-source model stack, Nemotron, alongside laptop SoCs to ride the edge AI frenzy. If Nvidia stuffs enough consumer machines with its own silicon, it can bake “on-device AI” features in as defaults and grab a bigger cut of whatever edge AI turns into. This would give Nvidia an edge that Intel and AMD “cannot achieve”, because they are not building foundation models, they are just selling the compute. If edge AI really does hit the predicted $160 billion valuation by 2030, then Nvidia could be on to something. On the silicon side, the rumour mill says Nvidia is building ARM-based laptop chips with MediaTek, following the shape of its GB10 SuperChip used in the DGX Spark mini-AI supercomputer. The Nvidia and MediaTek pairing is not new, since they have already collaborated in automotive via the “Dimensity Auto” line with RTX GPU IP bolted in. Two consumer SKUs are expected, codenamed “N1X” and “N1”, with the latter pitched as the weaker of the two, and both have appeared on public benchmarks. The architecture is tipped to use “ARM foundations” because power efficiency matters in laptops and MediaTek lives on ARM anyway. There is speculation that Nvidia could co-design ARM IP to stand out from other ARM laptop plays, such as the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Qualcomm. If Nvidia follows the GB10 pattern, it could use ARM v9.2, but that is still guesswork. Process rumours point to TSMC 3nm, and the leaked CPU numbers for the bigger N1X suggest a 20-core cluster at 2.81GHz base with a 4GHz boost. The weaker N1 is expected to land in eight or 12-core setups. In graphics, the integrated RTX chunk is expected to be Blackwell-based, and early chatter claims a 6,144-CUDA-core layout with 48 SMs. Despite that headline figure, it is still a mobile part, with leaks suggesting up to 120W TDP, putting it in the same power bracket as AMD Strix Halo and Intel Lunar Lake. The Geekbench OpenCL numbers being waved around put “Nvidia N1X (6144 Cores)” at 46,361, miles behind “RTX 5070 Desktop (6144 Cores)” at 185,269. Memory support is expected to include LPDDR5X, with up to one petaflop of FP4 AI compute. Nvidia is even rumoured to be eyeing handhelds later, since it cannot resist chasing the whole gaming market once it smells blood. It is not stopping at ARM, either, since it is said to be working on an x86 laptop chip through its partnership with Intel, which would give it a foot in both camps. That ambition runs straight into supply reality, with DRAM tight and TSMC capacity reportedly fully booked, so consumer dreams may lose to data centre margins. The expectation is that if the N1X and N1 show up at Computex in early June 2026, early availability may be limited due to a stretched supply chain. Dell and Lenovo are said to be gearing up for designs, hinting that OEMs are curious, even as they brace for pricing and volume drama. Pricing is still foggy, but the piece puts the N1X laptops in a rough $1,500 to $2,000 range, depending on configuration.
Read the full articleYour next Android flagship might run on an upcoming Qualcomm chip that could leave rivals scrambling
The Hot Take: Nice, maybe they can start competing with Apple SoCs.
A pair of leaked model numbers hints at something major coming from Qualcomm's next generation.
Read the full articleIf this isn't a sign that BlackBerry can still succeed today, I don't know what is
The Hot Take: Physical keyboard are back in style apparently.
Phones with physical keyboards are making a comeback as evidenced by the strong demand for the Titan 2 Elite.
Read the full articleApple 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 Find X9 Ultra, which is rumored to feature dual 200MP cameras. The sensor...
Read the full articleRazer'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).
Read the full articleYour Android 16 phone has a serious VPN bug that could leave you exposed – here's how to fix it right away
The Hot Take: Trying to prevent privacy or true bug? Hmmmmm
It's not your VPN app that needs to be blamed. It's Google.
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