The iPhone 17 is defying the usual upgrade cycle slump. Black Friday sales were stronger than the iPhone 16’s, and it’s fueling Apple’s potential rise to the top of the global smartphone market for the first time in over a decade.
Researchers have developed a triboelectric nanogenerator that uses water moving through nanoporous silicon to create electricity. The device achieves 9% conversion efficiency, the highest reported for such systems. This could enable battery-free sensors for everything from vehicle monitoring to smar
Purported Galaxy S26 Ultra wallpapers have surfaced online nearly two years before the phone’s expected launch. The leak suggests Samsung might offer an orange color variant for its 2026 flagship. Pricing remains uncertain amid rumors of potential price increases.
After being stalled by the US government shutdown, the OnePlus 15 has finally received FCC approval. The phone features groundbreaking battery life and gaming capabilities that could challenge Samsung and Google’s dominance in the American market.
Samsung appears to be preparing a significant charging upgrade for its next flagship. Internal code in One UI 8.5 suggests the Galaxy S26 Ultra could jump from 45W to 60W wired charging. This would help Samsung catch up to competitors offering much faster charging speeds.
Anker’s new 160W Prime Charger uses Infineon’s CoolGaN technology to deliver unprecedented power in a credit-card-sized format. The collaboration, strengthened by their joint Innovation Application Center in Shenzhen, aims to set new industry standards for efficiency and compact charging solutions.
RF power amplifiers are entering a massive growth phase as 5G deployment accelerates and 6G development begins. The market is expected to expand at 12.9% CAGR through 2032, with gallium nitride technology leading the charge. Defense applications and consumer electronics are also driving demand.
Alibaba just dropped its Quark AI S1 AI glasses, packing serious hardware specs. But the real story isn’t the tech—it’s how they’re weaving Alibaba’s entire ecosystem into your daily life through voice and vision AI. This is ecosystem warfare moving into physical space.
Seagate is making dramatic progress with its HAMR hard drive technology, achieving 6.9TB per platter in recent lab tests. The company expects to reach 10TB per platter and eventually 15TB, potentially enabling multi-petabyte hard drives for AI data centers.
Tenstorrent’s $11,999 Blackhole QuietBox packs four RISC-V accelerators delivering 3 petaFLOPS of FP8 performance. The liquid-cooled workstation serves as a development platform for scaling to larger systems, but its software stack remains immature for mainstream use.
