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The Cupertino Contradiction: Why Apple Was Caught Napping by Its Own Silicon Success
Apple spent years trying to convince us the iPad was the future of computing. On April 30, 2026, Tim Cook effectively admitted the market disagreed, as a massive surge in AI-driven Mac demand left the world’s most calculated supply chain playing catch-up.
Google Search Revenue Grew 19% In Q1, Pichai Cites AI
How Does Google Grow Search Revenue 19% While Making Search Worth Less to Everyone Else? Alphabet posted $60.4 billion in Search revenue and queries at an all-time high. The founders winning here aren't the ones still optimizing for clicks
Lovable Launched a Mobile App Days After Apple Made Life Difficult for Exactly This Type of Company
There's a timing detail buried in Lovable's mobile launch announcement that the company's PR team probably hoped nobody would dwell on. The new iOS and Android app arrived shortly after Apple addressed what vibe coding apps can and can't do on its App Store.
Everyone Called It the iPhone Fold. Apple Apparently Had Other Ideas.
Everyone in the tech press picked a name for Apple's first foldable phone, and they picked the same one: the iPhone Fold. It was logical. Descriptive. Borrowed straight from the Samsung playbook. For months, analysts, leakers, and journalists used it as shorthand for what was shaping up to be Apple's most significant hardware launch since the original iPhone.
Samsung SDI Swings to Profit on Strong U.S. Battery Demand
Profit Rebound Driven by U.S. Momentum
HCL-Foxconn Taps CTCI for India Semiconductor Plant
Engineering Partner Named for Strategic Fab
Samsung SDS Secures Rights to Sell OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu
A Strategic AI Distribution Agreement
Your iPhone 17 Isn't Dead. But Apple Has Some Explaining to Do.
A firmware glitch is stranding iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone Air owners with black screens — and Apple's own store technicians are resorting to workarounds.
SpeakOn's Dictation Hardware Is Smarter Than Its Platform Allows
Notta's MagSafe dictation device shows real promise and real frustration — and exposes a structural problem that no amount of mic upgrades will fix.
Truecaller Built a 500-Million-User Empire on India's Spam Problem. Now That Empire Has a Ceiling.
The Stockholm-listed caller-ID giant is profitable, growing in premium subscriptions, and genuinely loved by hundreds of millions of users. It's also bleeding ad revenue, watching telecom operators encroach on its core use case, and down 78% from its IPO price. Investors want to know: is this a pivot story or a plateau?
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Is Getting Thicker — and That's Precisely the Point
Dummy unit measurements confirm a bulkier camera plateau on the iPhone 18 Pro Max, while the iPhone Ultra's footprint dwarfs expectations. Together, they signal that Apple is done pretending thinness and performance can always coexist.
The iOS Notification Trap: How Apple's Bug Let the FBI Read Your Deleted XChat, Signal, and iOS Messages
A logging flaw buried inside Apple's push notification infrastructure quietly preserved message contents from deleted apps — long enough for federal investigators to extract them from a defendant's iPhone. The patch is out. The questions it leaves behind are not.
Microsoft Is Paying Nearly 9,000 Employees to Leave — And It's Never Done This Before in 51 Years
In 51 years, Microsoft has never done this. Through the Bill Gates era, the Steve Ballmer era, the Satya Nadella turnaround, multiple recessions, a dot-com crash, a global pandemic — not once did the company formally offer its employees a financial package to voluntarily walk away. Until Thursday.
Nvidia-Backed Nscale and BT Expand 14MW AI Data Center
Nscale, backed by Nvidia, has partnered with BT Group to expand a 14-megawatt AI-focused data center, reinforcing the UK’s push to become a competitive hub for high-performance computing. The expansion reflects sustained demand for GPU-intensive workloads across enterprise and research sectors.
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Targets AI Data Center Demand Surge
The AI boom is not only reshaping chipmakers — it is reverberating across the entire electronics supply chain. Samsung Electro-Mechanics is positioning itself to capture accelerating demand from AI data centers, ramping up production of advanced components essential for high-performance servers. As hyperscalers and cloud providers expand AI clusters, component suppliers are becoming critical enablers of the infrastructure buildout.
Xbox’s Big Bet on Call of Duty Has Yet to Deliver
Then Microsoft pursued control of Activision Blizzard, the logic was clear: anchor the future of Xbox around one of the most commercially powerful franchises in gaming — Call of Duty. The expectation was that securing Call of Duty would tilt competitive dynamics in Microsoft’s favor, drive subscription growth for Game Pass and reinforce Xbox’s relevance in a console market increasingly shaped by ecosystem strength rather than hardware alone. So far, that transformation has been muted.
Chip Exports Power South Korea’s Fastest Growth in Years
A sharp rise in semiconductor exports has driven the country’s strongest growth performance in years, reflecting renewed global appetite for advanced chips used in artificial intelligence, data centers and high-performance computing. For an economy deeply intertwined with the semiconductor supply chain, the upswing signals both cyclical recovery and structural transformation.
Google Updates Workspace to Turn AI Into a Virtual Office Intern
Google has rolled out expanded AI features across Google Workspace, effectively turning its generative models into always-on assistants inside email, documents, spreadsheets and meetings. The pitch is clear: treat AI less like a standalone chatbot and more like a built-in office intern.
Artemis II Demonstrates Scalable Space-to-Earth Laser Communications
NASA’s return to the Moon is not only about propulsion and life support. During preparations and testing tied to Artemis II, NASA validated that laser-based communications between spacecraft and Earth can operate reliably at scale. The milestone strengthens the case for optical communications as the backbone of future deep-space exploration. The implications extend far beyond a single lunar orbit.
