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Commercial leasing underwriters are reducing the 36-month residual value of...
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Four Areas We Follow Closely
From AI models and chips to cloud infrastructure and connected devices, we follow the technology, business decisions and rules shaping the industry.
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Artificial Intelligence & Compute
AI models, compute infrastructure, GPUs, inference, data centres and the energy required to run modern AI systems.
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Semiconductors & Chips
Chip design, manufacturing, advanced packaging, memory, foundries and the supply chains behind semiconductor production.
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Cloud & Infrastructure
Cloud platforms, data centres, DevOps, Kubernetes, databases, reliability and the costs of running software at scale.
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Hardware & Connected Devices
Phones, computers, wearables, sensors, embedded systems, firmware, thermals and the hardware people use every day.
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Always Connected, Always Tracked: The Labor Reality of Private 5G Walkie-Talkies
Yes. When employers deploy private 5G walkie-talkies, the network continuously logs your location with extreme...
Why Apple Intelligence Needs Mac Local Storage
Apple Intelligence Mac local storage allocations exist to avoid the fi...
DPDP Act Parental Consent on Android: Why Age Gates Fail
Android apps still collect children’s data through self-declared...
China AI Exit Bans on Spouses Snare Multinational Firms
Beijing’s tightened grip on its domestic artificial intelligence secto...
Technology Explained
Hardware testing, technical explainers, security reporting and the infrastructure behind modern technology.
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CXMT HBM3E Mass Production Hits DUV Yield Wall
Why ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) faces sub-35% die yields on DUV lithogra...
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The 99 Dyson CameraJet Cannot Replace String Flossing
Why Dyson’s $499 CameraJet water bursts lack the shear stress to replace s...
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Why Your Smartwatch Flashlight Ruins Its Own Sleep Tracking Data
How activating your smartwatch’s OLED flashlight at night blasts 480nm blu...
AI
Why Europe’s AI Startups Shun State Supercomputers for US Clouds
Despite billions in state EuroHPC supercomputers like LUMI, over 80% of top Euro...
AI
Banks Face Uninsurable Risk as Cyber Carriers Exclude Autonomous AI Attacks
When an autonomous AI agent executes a coordinated cyberattack against a major b...
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Google Halts DeepMind Fundamental Science Projects to Reallocate TPUs for Gemini
Google slashed DeepMind’s scientific TPU compute allocation from 30% to un...
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Product launches are designed to show a product at its best. Our job is to look past the presentation and understand what the product can actually do, where it falls short, and what the evidence supports.
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Commercial relationships should not decide our editorial conclusions. When we review or report on a product, the company does not get to choose the outcome.
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We use primary documents when they are available — including regulatory filings, technical standards, patent records, court documents, research papers and company documentation.
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When we benchmark hardware or systems, we look at real-world performance, power use, thermals, latency and other measurements that matter to the user — not just the numbers presented in a launch deck.
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