It would be cheaper to get a mid-range Android device for $350 and install a minimalist launcher.

I am surprised they only included 128 GB storage in a device that costs $800 (and that’s US style list prices, so it will be closer to ~$900 after VAT/import duties and so on…)

Intel’s upcoming 18A node will introduce GAA with Panther Lake laptop CPUs and Clearwater Forest server processors later this year. TSMC plans to adopt GAA for its 2nm N2 process, which is nearing production and is expected to debut in the iPhone 18 Pro’s A20 SoC in late 2026.

Intel seemingly has a a significant lead on introducing GAA relative to TSMC. But it remains to be seen if they can deliver Huang’s anticipated 20% performance uplift.

Not a fan of Chinese tech products either. That being said, US products weren’t that great on privacy even before Trump. And all American firms are involved in corruption to one extent or another.

My hope is recent developments in the US can give some breathing space for platforms/companies that are not Chinese or American.

US products are less risky in the short time, but by using them one is simply kicking the can down the road.

There is a very high possibility that the US will permanently become a de facto proto-fascist oligarch-run plutocracy. And it’s not even a Trump thing, the oligarchy was there before him.

No disrespect to sane Americans, I do wish you all the best and I hope I am wrong. However, I hope you understand that the topic at hand requires a sober, cautious evaluation of the situation.

Not only is this the first Pura series phone to run fully on Harmony, including the core infrastructure, but it is also the first time for Huawei’s flagship line to come embedded with Harmony Intelligence, the company’s answer to Apple Intelligence.

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Huawei is on course to fully replace Android OS on its mobile devices and Windows OS on personal computers with HarmonyOS Next, which is also adopted by Chinese automobile makers such as Chery Automobile and Seres Automobile for their electric vehicles.

Yu said the first HarmonyOS-powered notebook will be launched in May this year.

The company also aims to enlarge its developers’ ecosystem to bring in more applications that can run on its Huawei Mobile Services (HMS), a replacement for Google Mobile Services (GMS) and its popular Gmail and Google Map apps. Huawei announced that some big names have already joined Huawei AppGallery, including ride-hailing and food delivery service Grab and airline Emirates.

The much more important news in the article is that they have another other phone fully running on their Harmony Next OS (that has no connection to Android).

I wouldn’t be surprised if in the next ~10 years China will largely replace Windows/Android/iOS with homegrown alternatives.

While I am no fan of the CCP, this is a smart move. The United States is unreliable, petty and extremely corrupt; not the qualities you want in the home country of your main technology platform providers.

Seems like 7 nm is TSMC’s mainstream segment with the highest profit margin.

On absolute basis, it seems that 90 nm is by far the profitable segments (albeit it accounts for a mere 1% of total revenue).

Qualcomm’s complaints to the European Commission, US Federal Trade Commission and Korea Fair Trade Commission allege that Arm is hurting competition by restricting access to its technology after operating an open network for more than 20 years, said the people.

Very ironic considering this is coming from Qualcomm, a company known for playing dirty around access to critical telecommunication patents.

What is the formal definition of “AI Power” and what metrics or/and index system is used to create rankings?

Sounds like a modern version of Clippy for the Nvidia desktop app.

I doubt anyone will use this except for crypto bagholders who have no interest in music (or anything really) and are just looking to dumb their bags the next mark.

Go with Raspberry Pi and install a distro called DietPi (it’s based on Debian).

You can run a whole bunch of useful service (Pi-hole, NAS, Media server and much more) on your local network.

It’s aimed at headless usage, so you get a chance to learn about Linux commands and OS structure. That being said Diet-Pi has a whole suite of easy to use command line “applets” to configure everything.

They also have an active forum and I’ve even been able to submit some (minor) UX improvements.

During our WLAN test, the Intel test device performed slightly better than the Snapdragon variant (both 64 Wh). At 150 cd/m², we measured 17:41 hours, which is almost three hours more than the Snapdragon model, and at full brightness, we noted just under 9 hours. A full charge takes 125 minutes with the device switched on (80% after ~60 minutes).

This is a damning result for Qualcomm.

Not enough competition for that. That being said AMD did add HBM for certain SKUs a few years ago.

I might be wrong on this, but for gaming HBM isn’t necessarily a silver bullet in terms of performance; a lot of it depends on the overall GPU architecture.

Earlier versions of the Micro Journal had small LCD displays, but the Micro Journal Rev.7 uses a LilyGo T5 ePaper display with an ESP32-S3 drive board. The screen is a 4.7 inch, 960 x 540 pixel greyscale display with low power consumption… and a low screen refresh rate.

A 4.7" seems way too small even for a portable word processor. A 7" or 8" would be much more comfortable.

The Gamers Nexus team conducted a sniff test of the fragrance module using different noses. The general consensus was that it smells like a car air freshener, a free perfume sample kiosk from a mall, clean laundry, perfume, and fabric softener.

Not a word about an “ocean-thrmed” fragrance or a “more floral scent” as described by the OEM.

That’s the optimistic timeline, we still have to actually get there first.

I am sure you can come with what a pessimistic timeline would look like.

I am surprised that Samsung isn’t more explicit about the use cases for such a device, but then again, I guess they have fully confirmed all the features.

Edward Zitron is always a fun read. Looking forward to checking out this post when I get back home.

Are we ever going to get liquid cooled SSD plates on the consumer side? Might be a bit overkill, but when has that stopped anyone in the enthusiast space?

To be fair, I believe running on PCIE 4.0 doesn’t really impact performance (it’s like 1-2 percentage point, which is IMO not significant).

Their custom domain business can’t be big, I am assuming they merely get some referral commission from sending business to a registrar, that can’t be a lot of money.

Or am I missing something?