Samsung expects memory shortage to worsen through 2027 and last until 2028
AI data center demand is fueling a multi-year chip shortage, pushing up component costs and retail device prices.
Hardware
Apple stockpiles inventory as it braces for ‘significant supply constraints’
Apple is worried enough about supply shortages that it reported about $11.1 billion in inventory, which is almost double the $5.7 billion it reported last September.
‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation
With the Light Phone, Kaiwei Tang and Joe Hollier have spent over a decade exploring the value of simplicity in our relationship to technology, partnering along the way with players like Andrew Yang, Kendrick Lamar, and Pete Davidson. Now, with a new flip phone and a growing wave of “attention activists” pushing back against Big Tech, they think the rest of […]
Ozlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy
Ozlo’s first major update to its sleep earbuds introduces longer battery life, improved connectivity, enhanced audio, and new sleep features as the startup continues the product line once abandoned by Bose.
Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ device leasing program in partnership with Klarna
Leasing prices start at $17.99 per month for iPhone, $11.99 for Apple Watch, $24.99 for Mac, and $11.99 for iPad.
AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors
Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model — no GPUs required, it says.
After shocking quarter, IBM insists that AI isn’t killing the mainframe
After IBM’s stock crashed last week on warnings of a poor mainframe sales, the CEO explained that AI wrecked corporate hardware budget, temporarily.
