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My first week with the new Android-powered laptops has been about as rocky as anyone’s, but I’ve slowly learned to like them, even if love still feels a ways off. Every moment that’s impressed me has been thanks to Android, whether I’ve been accessing a native version of a useful app or quickly checking my…
Today the OnePlus 16 launched in China, the company’s first flagship phone since quitting both the US and European markets this summer. As luck would have it, it also looks like the company’s best phone in some time. Like most OnePlus phones, the 16 is positioned around performance, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen…
Windows Central’s Senior Editor Ben Wilson goes hands-on with the ASUS Googlebook 14 and shares his first 24 hours with Google’s own operating system.
Bill Gates used a rare primetime interview to deliver one of his bluntest AI warnings yet, telling NBC’s Meet the Press that artificial intelligence could wipe out jobs faster than new ones appear, and that the United States needs binding rules, not corporate promises, to keep the technology from spiraling into catastrophe. The Microsoft co-founder’s…
Cloud game streaming stopped being a novelty around the time Amazon folded a dedicated IAM role into GameLift Streams and quietly expanded GameLift’s regional footprint by five regions and eight Local Zones in September 2026. For engineering teams that have spent two years watching Xbox Cloud Gaming, GeForce NOW, and Amazon Luna prove the model…
The NexPhone, a smartphone that promises to run Android, Debian Linux, and Windows 11 on the same piece of hardware, has missed its original shipping window. The device from Nex Computer, which has also been linked in coverage to the NexDock brand, was supposed to start reaching reservation holders sometime in the July-to-September stretch of…
Claude Opus 5.5 has taken the top spot on the Epoch Capabilities Index, the composite AI benchmark run by independent research group Epoch AI, edging out OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra by less than a single point. The index, which stitches together more than 50 separate evaluations into one score, put Anthropic’s flagship model at roughly 167…
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told reporters on October 12, 2026, that he believes artificial intelligence could unlock major scientific breakthroughs in physics and biotechnology within the next two to three years, according to CNBC. The comments, which quickly became one of the day’s most discussed technology stories, position Chew alongside a growing list of…
Huawei pulled back the curtain on its autumn flagship on October 1, 2026, launching the Mate 90 series at an event in Shanghai and, once again, putting a homegrown Kirin chip at the center of the pitch. The standard Mate 90 ships with the new Kirin 9030 processor, a 6.75-inch flat OLED display and a…
Elon Musk used a short social media post on October 11, 2026, to put out a direct call for help: if you design or build chips for a living, he wants you at SpaceX or Tesla. The message landed amid a broader industry scramble for silicon talent, and it has already been picked up by…
