* Nex Computer's New Everything Phone * TikTok Deal Closes * Apple's Redoing the Humane AI Pin (?) Nex Computer's New Everything Phone A few months ago, I wrote an article about Google's upcoming Android PC and what it might take for such a product to
As I wait for Samsung to release their official "pro" keyboard case, I have been making do with a variety of keyboard cases from other companies. Every keyboard case has issues, some more tolerable than others. For the most part, I have been using the Sahara keyboard case
* Gemini is the New Siri * ChatGPT Health * Everyone is Using Claude Code (SIGH) I know, I know, all these topics are AI related. That kinda sucks, but let’s go… Gemini Is the New Siri The tech news never goes away, but this week felt a bit more muted, perhaps
YouTube video review link at end of this article! Hardware * 8.6 ounces (Nothing - 11.8 ounces; XM5 - 9.4 ounces) or 243.81 grams [website says 240g] * ~5.5cm earcups with ~14.5mm depth * 40mm and 13mm dynamic drivers * BT 6.0 with dual connection * Hi-Res Audio
* CES 2026 * AI Giants Make Money and Buy Energy * Grok on Lockdown Happy New Year! (let's hope) CES 2026 Of course, it is entirely unsurprising that CES was full of AI this year. The world is increasingly full of AI-powered tools and gadgets. If you were to ask
Hardware * 6.9 ounces or 195.61 grams * 7.3mm thick (using my calipers) * 7" Carta 1300 black/white display * 300 PPI, 256 level grayscale * Adjustable color temperature front light * Mediatek Helio G99 Octa-core 2.2GHz 6nm CPU * Mali G57 MC2 GPU * 4GB RAM * 64GB ROM * 3000 mAh battery
* TikTok Finally Sold (I guess...) * iRobot Bankruptcy * The New Legitimacy of Online Gambling TikTok Finally Sold (I guess...) This is arguably the biggest tech story of the week and is an almost perfect cap to the year - although much could still happen in the world between now and 12/
* Apple losing its appeal * Executive order on AI legislation * Disney's deal with OpenAI * Paramount's hostile takeover attempt Apple Losing its Appeal [note: Yeah, I see the ironic pun there. I am resisting.] Last week, I pondered the departure of Apple's Alan Dye and this
* Chief design officer Alan Dye leaves Apple for Meta * Samsung unveils its dual-fold 10” foldable * Micron stops selling memory to consumers; RAM is for AI now * Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Studios and HBO Max Alan Dye - Apple and Meta I am not intimately familiar with Alan Dye;
The earphones with MEMS drivers keep coming in hot. Today we have a look at the latest from SoundPeats to perhaps topple the Capsule3 Pro+ from its perch. Hardware The Air5 Pro+ (henceforth Air5P+) come in a standard SoundPeats-shaped case. It is very similar to the Capsule3 Pro+ (henceforth C3P+
About a year ago, I learned about a relatively new driver type for consumer wireless headphones, the small but mighty xMEMS driver. xMEMS had been used in microphones for many years but putting them in headphones was a relatively new affair. The theoretical advantages are that they are very small
YouTube Review: The SoundPeats Clip 1 are new clipbuds from budget audio brand SoundPeats. They are priced to compete with the Earfun Clip (~$70), which I recently reviewed here and on my YouTube channel. Let's see how these new buds compare to the Earfun. Hardware The SoundPeats case