A new voice AI company, Kardome, is launching its Cognition AI system at CES. It’s an on-device model designed to work in noisy environments without constant cloud access. The move comes as data shows voice shopping is already popular, especially with younger consumers.
In a desperate move to secure memory chips, Apple executives are reportedly booking long-term hotel stays in South Korea. They’re negotiating with Samsung and SK hynix as DRAM prices have surged 230% since early 2025. The shortage is impacting the entire tech industry.
South Korean startup FuriosaAI is gearing up to mass-produce its RNGD AI chip this month. The company, founded in 2017 by ex-Samsung engineer June Paik, claims the chip can run Meta’s Llama model at twice the power efficiency of Nvidia’s top GPUs. After turning down an acquisition offer from Meta, t
Khadas is launching a unique competitor to the Microsoft Surface. The Mind XPlay is a 13-inch, 1440p tablet that gets its brains from a detachable Khadas Mind mini PC on its back.
Researchers at Google Quantum AI used their Willow processor to demonstrate that a strange property called quantum contextuality likely contributes to quantum computing’s potential power. The experiment ran an algorithm on up to 105 qubits, showing a more efficient path than a classical computer, th
The traditional path to CEO is being dismantled by AI. As routine entry-level work vanishes, companies are losing their passive leadership training ground and must now cultivate executives more deliberately from a wider talent pool.
The open-source RADV driver now supports new performance counters for AMD’s upcoming RDNA4 graphics architecture. This gives developers on Linux a crucial head start for profiling and optimization ahead of the hardware’s release.
The New Zealand government is launching a review after a cybersecurity breach at the private medical portal Manage My Health. The incident, occurring on December 30, potentially compromised health documents for 6-7% of its 1.8 million registered users, with reports of a $60,000 ransom demand.
At CES, accessory maker Hyper announced a premium haptic trackpad for Windows, a high-speed USB4 SSD enclosure, and new solid-state power banks. The TrackPad Pro, priced at $129, aims to bring Mac-level gesture control to the PC ecosystem with a 240Hz report rate and deep software customization.
A new open-source tool called Dockhand is taking aim at Portainer for Docker container management. It promises a less complex interface with better built-in monitoring, all while running in about 150MB of memory. The developer recently released the code, making it a free and transparent option.
