AI memory crunch will make smartphones more expensive
AI data centers are draining global memory supply, forcing Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) and NAND (Not And) flash memory used in smartphones and PCs to shrink or cost more. This lack of supply will change devices, apps, and the mobile ecosystem through 2027. When SK Hynix said its supply of AI memory chips for […]
Fitbit Air vs. Whoop: I compared Google’s screenless fitness tracker to the industry best
Nina Raemont/Google/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Fitness bands are making a comeback, and Google wants in on the party. On Thursday, the tech giant announced its new screenless fitness band, the Fitbit Air, to its health tracker offerings. The $100 Fitbit Air takes aim at popular fitness band, Whoop, as an […]
BYD’s blazing-fast Flash charging tech for EVs got hot enough to roast a turkey
A real-world test of BYD’s Megwatt Flash Charge technology showed the battery hitting 169.6°F during a charging session. That’s hot enough to roast a turkey, and well above China’s recommended safety ceiling of 149°F for lithium iron phosphate battery cells. The test, conducted by an automotive blogger who livestreamed the session (via ChinaEVHome), has raised […]
Gmail is adding new AI tools to make your work emails sound even more like you
Google is giving Gemini in Gmail access to your previous emails for tone and style personalization Topic contextualization connectors will also pull in relevant information from Workspace AI Overviews in Gmail make it easier for you to find old emails more quickly Google has confirmed a new update to Gmail’s Gemini-powered ‘Help me write‘ feature […]
Samsung leak shows it hasn’t given up on tri-fold phones yet
Samsung’s tri-fold phone experiment may not be a one-and-done project after all. A new patent-based leak has suggested that Samsung is exploring a follow-up to its Galaxy Z TriFold phone, and the most interesting part is not just the folding screen. The leak points to a design with an S Pen pocket built into one […]
Trump Mobile’s terms and conditions have been updated to suggest the T1 Phone might never ship, surprising almost no one
Trump Mobile has changed the pre-order deposit terms and conditions for the T1 Phone The new terms suggest that the phone might never actually ship It’s the latest in a long line of embarrassments for a product that increasingly looks like vaporware The Trump Mobile T1 Phone is the gift that just keeps on giving […]
Nintendo has apparently blocked a workaround for watching YouTube on the Switch 2
Nearly a year after the Nintendo Switch 2 launched, the console still doesn’t offer any streaming apps. While the console supports TV docking, you cannot use it to stream YouTube videos or watch movies and TV shows on Netflix, Prime, or Hulu. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X launched with all of these on […]
I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
People who had previously felt paralyzed by their NDA’s began to talk. Helena, the conflict-avoidant moderator of the Mercor subreddit, worked overtime deleting furious rants from aggrieved workers who delighted in dropping names of the “secret projects”—something explicitly banned by the non-disclosure agreement every tasker must sign before being hired as an Independent Contractor. Elsewhere, […]
Bain sees US$100 billion SaaS market in agentic AI automation
Bain & Company has estimated a US$100 billion market in the US for SaaS companies using agentic AI. The firm said the market is tied to automating coordination work in enterprise systems. The estimate comes from the second report in Bain’s five-part series on the software industry in the age of AI. The report examines […]
CUDA Proves Nvidia Is a Software Company
Forgive me for starting with a cliché, a piece of finance jargon that has recently slipped into the tech lexicon, but I’m afraid I must talk about “moats.” Popularized decades ago by Warren Buffett to refer to a company’s competitive advantage, the word found its way into Silicon Valley pitch decks when a memo purportedly […]