Why your next smartglasses might finally have crisp visuals

Researchers develop ultra-high-resolution micro-LED displays (~1,700 PPI) that could enable near-reality visuals in smartglasses and wearable XR.
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Your phone might stay cool thanks to this new battery breakthrough

New thermal diode technology could steer heat one way, preventing overheating and prolonging battery life in phones and other devices.
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Nvidia CEO denies he’s ‘unhappy’ with OpenAI
Nvidia CEO denies he’s ‘unhappy’ with OpenAI

Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang denied reports that he was unhappy with OpenAI and said his company still planned to make a “huge” investment in the ChatGPT firm. Nvidia announced in September that it would invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, but recently, there have been suggestions that the deal might not happen. While Huang […]

Act fast: all-new, all-electric 2027 BMW iX3 is almost all gone
Act fast: all-new, all-electric 2027 BMW iX3 is almost all gone

BMW is kicking off its Neue Klasse era of car design in high style with the all-new 2027 model year BMW iX3 – and demand for the new electric crossover is so high that BMW is reportedly sold out through to the end of 2026, already.

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Sales of the ultra-fast Xiaomi SU7 Ultra have ultra-plummeted to under 50 units
Sales of the ultra-fast Xiaomi SU7 Ultra have ultra-plummeted to under 50 units

The ultra-fast Xiaomi SU7 Ultra made enough headlines with its astonishing 0-60 sprints and record Nürburgring lap times to drum up around 3,000 sales per month – but the good times seem to have come to an end, and Xiaomi sold just 45 units in December…

SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit
SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data center satellites into orbit. While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX’s strategy has been to request approval for unrealistically large numbers of satellites as a starting point for negotiations. The filing […]

Texas Chevy dealer still lists a 2023 Bolt in inventory – and wants $13K over MSRP
Texas Chevy dealer still lists a 2023 Bolt in inventory – and wants $13K over MSRP

I reached out to a Texas Chevy dealer about a 2023 Bolt EUV LT Redline they list in their inventory, and despite talking to two different reps and probably an AI, I couldn’t get the answer to one simple question: why is their price more than $13,000 ab…

New DEWALT autonomous drilling robot set to speed up data center construction
New DEWALT autonomous drilling robot set to speed up data center construction

The construction experts at DEWALT have launched what they’re calling the world’s first downward drilling, fleet-capable robot – a machine they say will enable more efficient concrete drilling to help accelerate data center construction.

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Report: humanoid robots set to drive demand for solid-state batteries
Report: humanoid robots set to drive demand for solid-state batteries

Just how big is the market for humanoid robots? Big enough to soak up a whopping ~75 GWh of solid-state battery capacity between now and 2035 – nearly 1500x growth!

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Peloton lays off 11 percent of its staff just a few months after launching its AI hardware
Peloton lays off 11 percent of its staff just a few months after launching its AI hardware

Peloton said on Friday that it’s cutting around 11 percent of its staff, mostly impacting “engineers working on technology and enterprise-related efforts,” reports Bloomberg. Last August, Peloton laid off six percent of its workforce and told investors it would continue layoffs globally in 2026, in an attempt to cut at least $100 million of annual […]