Ford is making a stunning pivot with its flagship electric truck. The next-generation F-150 Lightning won’t be fully electric; it will use a gasoline engine as a generator to achieve over 700 miles of range. This signals a major strategic retreat from pure battery-electric vehicles for now.
Rising memory chip costs are set to disrupt the global smartphone market in 2026. Analysts predict shipment declines and price hikes, with low-end models facing the most severe impact.
Luminar Technologies, the lidar sensor maker, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas. The company plans to sell its core business and has already agreed to sell a semiconductor subsidiary. This follows a disastrous year that saw the founder’s abrupt resignation, massiv
OnePlus is launching a new Turbo series of smartphones designed for gaming. It will compete directly with brands like ASUS ROG and RedMagic, prioritizing performance and battery life over camera specs.
Nvidia is acquiring SchedMD, the company behind the open-source Slurm workload manager critical for AI and supercomputing. The chip giant promises to keep Slurm open-source while investing heavily in its development, further expanding its ecosystem dominance.
Oracle is launching a new, more powerful cloud instance powered by Ampere’s Arm chips, just weeks after selling its stake in the chip designer. The move highlights a strategic pivot to “chip neutrality” as demand for efficient, Arm-based computing in data centers soars.
MSI has unveiled a special 10th-anniversary Godlike X motherboard for AMD’s AM5 platform, and it costs a staggering $1,300. It’s limited to just 1,000 units and packs extreme features like support for DDR5-9000+ memory and a massive 64MB BIOS. This board is less about value and more about being a co
According to XDA-Developers, the “gaming” label on SSDs is pure marketing. Features like “Game Mode” or “Predictive Loading” offer no real benefit, and blazing-fast Gen5 sequential speeds are irrelevant for actual gameplay. You just need a decent Gen4 or even Gen3 drive.
Apple’s powerful M4 Mac mini is seeing a major price cut, but only through a third-party retailer. The small desktop is now at an all-time low, making it a surprisingly affordable entry into the Apple ecosystem for home offices and creatives.
Meta is overhauling its VR business model, planning to increase headset prices and slow the pace of new hardware launches. The move comes as its Reality Labs division continues to hemorrhage money, with over $70 billion in losses since 2021.
