Apple has ended a project to develop microLED displays in-house, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman in a reversal of his prior reporting on the development of the technology. Apple invested billions in developing microLED displays, with plans to first add microLED to the Apple Watch Ultra. MicroLED was too expensive and too complex for Apple […]
Read MoreA small number of Apple Vision Pro owners have claimed that their headsets developed a hairline crack down the middle of the front cover glass, despite having never been dropped or mishandled. Photo of hairline crack in Vision Pro front glass (credit: Reddit user Inphenite) The first report was posted in the subreddit /r/VisionPro about […]
Read MoreIn an ambition to zoom past all the other tech giants in the healthcare race, Samsung Electronics is looking for options to develop noninvasive blood sugar monitors and continuous blood pressure checking. Samsung aims to introduce these health features in a wide range of its products, including smartwatches and the recently announced Galaxy Ring. As […]
Read MoreThe usage of smart home devices has increased in the recent past, and wireless connectivity is the means for easy setup, control, and management in countless homes and workspaces. Recently, we reported that Thread Group announced a new credential-sharing feature meant to solve interoperability issues between different brands’ smart home devices. Now, MediaTek and Google […]
Read MoreSamsung, one of the most innovative tech companies in the world, announced its priorities at the start of the new year. The South Korean firm wants to strengthen its technological supremacy to maintain an edge over its rivals. The company also wants to be more flexible to adapt to future changes. Before the launch of […]
Read MoreSamsung is working with German firm Merck to develop OLEDoS (OLED on Silicon) panels that can be used in XR (Mixed Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) headsets, according to a report from ETNews. Merck develops materials that are used in manufacturing LCD and OLED panels, and with the increased interest in OLEDoS screens, the company […]
Read MoreAndroid used to support various architectures – ARM, x86, MIPS. While x86 is still technically supported, the choice for smartphones, tablets and smartwatches is down to only ARM. This means that whoever owns ARM has an outsized influence over the whole ecosystem. Now Qualcomm and Google have announced that they are working on an alternative […]
Read MoreFormer Apple design chief Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been discussing building a new AI hardware device, according to a new report by The Information. Both men have spoken to SoftBank CEO and investor Masayoshi Son about the idea, according to people familiar with the conversations, but it’s not clear if Ive […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Dell is teaming up with the University of Limerick (UL) to advance cancer research by leveraging AI capabilities. Both parties collaborate to develop an AI platform for better predictive and diagnostic cancer research. The new technology is expected to streamline cancer biomarker testing. Advancements in medical technology are ever-emerging, and […]
Read MoreApple today announced that it is working with Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, NVIDIA, and Linux to promote and develop Pixar’s 3D Universal Scene Description technology. Open Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) was created by Pixar Animation Studios as a 3D scene depiction technology that promises significant interoperability among tools, data, and workflows. It is widely recognized for […]
Read MoreAccording to a new report from The Elec, Apple has requested that Samsung Display and LG Display develop an OLED panel with no bezels on any of its sides. This panel will reportedly be used in future iPhones. However, creating such a display could take a very long time, meaning the futuristic-looking iPhone will not arrive […]
Read MoreFoldable devices are far from conventional, but that usually works in their favor. The foldable design opens up new possibilities for unique use cases as long as mobile apps take advantage of the form factor. Samsung’s Flex Mode, enabled by the rigid hinge design, was created just for that. Many apps can transform their UIs […]
Read MoreResearchers in the Future Interfaces Group at Carnegie Mellon this week highlighted a breakthrough in display technology that could make future screens more tactile through raised haptics. As noted by TechCrunch, the Future Interfaces Group shared a video and a research paper demonstrating a display that can grow small, physical bumps that can be felt […]
Read MoreApple has heavily invested in developing its own MicroLED technology for almost a decade to break away from Samsung as a supplier, The Information reports. The iPhone X’s flexible OLED display supplied by Samsung Apple’s MicroLED displays have reportedly taken much longer to develop than expected, forcing it to deepen its ties with Samsung until […]
Read MoreApple, Huawei, and Samsung were the only smartphone brands that had their own mobile processors. Recently, Google started developing its own smartphone chipsets in partnership with Samsung’s System LSI division. While LG and Xiaomi did some work in the area, they never shipped mass-market products with their in-house processors. Now, one more smartphone brand is reportedly […]
Read MoreTim Cook today publicly paid tribute to Sony’s long-term partnership with Apple in creating cutting-edge camera sensors for successive iPhone models for over a decade. In a tweet posted during his visit to Sony’s camera development facility in Kumamoto, Japan, Cook acknowledged the company’s successful partnership with Apple to create “the world’s leading camera sensors […]
Read MoreIn June this year, Samsung started producing the world’s first 3nm chips, and it started shipping the first batch by July. Now, the latest news coming in suggests that Google’s 3nm mobile chips will be produced by Samsung at its 3nm foundry lines. These 3nm chips will be used by Google in the next-generation Pixel […]
Read MoreApple is opening a new development site in Jerusalem, Israel, to develop new Apple silicon chips for future Macs. Elad Wertheimer, responsible for Apple silicon talent sourcing, made the announcement in a post on LinkedIn (via the Times of Israel). The Apple development facility will participate in several Israel-led flagship projects, with “future processors for […]
Read MoreIn a recent development, Samsung has set a goal to complete the development of the 11nm, 6th generation 1c DRAM chip by June this year. According to a report by BusinessKorea, the company has reportedly asked its researchers to stop or skip the development of 1b DRAM, which is a 12nm chipset. It is believed […]
Read MoreSamsung was recently caught up in the GOS (Game Optimization Service) controversy after the launch of the Galaxy S22 series. The company had throttled the performance of games for more stable performance, owing to Exynos 2200’s and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1’s higher thermals. Now, the company says that it wants to make processors that are […]
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