Technology
On-Device AI: Why Your Next Phone Won't Need the Cloud as Much
Small language models have crossed the usefulness line. The result is a quiet war over where computation happens — and battery life is the battlefield.
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Consumer Tech
Hardware and software that reaches real households: standards, gadgets, security and the right to fix what you own.
Technology
Solid-State Batteries Move From Lab to Production Line
After a decade of promises, solid-state cells are being built in volume for the first time — small volume, at premium prices, in cars you can actually order.
Shopping
The Best Time to Buy Electronics: A Month-by-Month Calendar
Prices for phones, laptops and TVs follow a predictable rhythm around launch cycles and sales events. Here is when to buy — and when to wait.
Technology
The Quiet Rise of Open-Source Local Models
A parallel AI ecosystem is growing outside the data centre: open-weight models on gaming PCs, small servers and single-board computers. Here is who uses it and why.
Business & Finance
Retail Giants Bet Big on Automated Fulfillment Centers
The warehouse is being rebuilt around robots — not to employ fewer people, executives insist, but to ship the same day. The economics say both things are true.
Technology
Quantum Startup Claims Error-Correction Milestone. Physicists Are Impressed — and Careful
A below-threshold result on a new chip architecture would be a genuine first. The claim is strong, the paper is open, and the physics community is checking its math in public.
Automotive
The Manual Gearbox Is Back — Inside Electric Cars
Simulated shifts, clutch pedals and all: why some EV makers are engineering the feel of a gearbox back into cars that have no mechanical reason for one.
Technology
Smart Homes Get Simpler: Matter 2.0, Explained
The standard that was supposed to end smart-home chaos is growing up. Version 2 adds the pieces that were missing — cameras, appliances, energy — and finally rewards buying well once.