Roku’s first OLED TVs undercut the midrange competition
Roku’s first OLED TVs undercut the midrange competition

Just a few weeks ago the only midrange OLED options available were from LG and Samsung. But after Sony officially announced the Bravia 6 last week, Roku has now launched its first-ever OLED TV – the Roku Pro Series – which will be followed by the step-up Pro Series LX next month. The Roku Pro […]

Nvidia’s DLSS 5, explained
Nvidia’s DLSS 5, explained

Nvidia knows that DLSS 5 left a bad first impression. In March, many gamers took one look at Resident Evil Requiem protagonist Grace Ashcroft’s DLSS 5-ified face and declared it AI slop. So this week, the company’s re-introducing its controversial “neural rendering” with firm messaging about how it “preserves artistic intent,” “respects the rendered frame,” […]

Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 arrives September 3rd and requires serious GPU horsepower
Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 arrives September 3rd and requires serious GPU horsepower

Nvidia is officially launching DLSS 5 this week, following a divisive announcement in March where we likened the AI upscaling tech to a “real-time generative AI filter for video games” and “motion smoothing for video games, but worse.” DLSS 5 will officially be available on RTX 50-series desktop and laptop GPUs and through GeForce Now […]

Get ready for a really busy month of smartphones
Get ready for a really busy month of smartphones

We’re not even half a day into September, and two new smartphones have already launched: the Poco F9 Pro and F9 Ultra. We’re expecting more this week, as the IFA trade show kicks off in Berlin, before we get new iPhones a week after that. And that’s only the beginning of what promises to be […]

The One Mistake Almost Every Software Project Makes — and Why It Keeps Shaping Outcomes 

The most effective software systems are built by aligning architecture with present realities and evolving it through validated growth. 

Poco’s F9 Ultra pairs an ultra-bright display with a glowing Bose subwoofer
Poco’s F9 Ultra pairs an ultra-bright display with a glowing Bose subwoofer

Xiaomi spinoff brand Poco has partnered with Bose for the second year in a row for its flagship F9 Pro and Ultra phones. The F9 phones double down on amped up audio, with a light-up subwoofer built into the Ultra, along with extremely bright displays, enormous batteries, and what should be Poco’s best cameras yet. […]

A day-one briefing for Apple’s new CEO
A day-one briefing for Apple’s new CEO

Executive Summary, Day One 📁 Inbox 5:05AMTo: Ternus, John <jternus@apple.com>Reply-to: CEO-transition-team@apple.com Welcome to your first day as CEO! Hopefully you’re finding your new office spacious and comfortable. If you have trouble with any of the doors just ping us – being a Jony Ive design, you won’t find anything as unsightly as a door handle […]

JBL takes on Sonos with new multi-room Cove speakers
JBL takes on Sonos with new multi-room Cove speakers

JBL is well known for its portable bluetooth and party speakers, but now it’s also stepping into the world of connected whole-home audio. The JBL Cove series of speakers introduced today can work independently, as a stereo pair, or linked together to form a multi-room sound system, placing the range in competition with Sonos and […]

IFA 2026: the biggest tech and gadget announcements
IFA 2026: the biggest tech and gadget announcements

Every year over 200,000 people descend on Berlin for IFA, the largest tech trade show in Europe. Some of the world’s biggest manufacturers turn up to demo everything from appliances to smartphones to smart home gadgets, and this year should be no different. IFA itself runs from September 4th to 8th, but most of the […]

Tim Cook’s Apple: his 10 biggest wins and misses
Tim Cook’s Apple: his 10 biggest wins and misses

Expectations for Tim Cook were almost impossibly high when he stepped in to replace Apple’s visionary cofounder in 2011. He inherited a company on a blockbuster run, after Steve Jobs returned and revitalized the Mac, launched the iPod, and oversaw the launch of the iPhone. Now, after 15 years in the CEO role, Tim Cook […]