Introducing a New Chapter for ‘Uncanny Valley’
In this episode, we look back at 2025 and look ahead to what's happening in 2026—including what’s in store for Uncanny Valley. Source link
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Winning medtech companies aren’t building hardware anymore
It was once common practice for medtech companies to fill shelves with devices, each designed to solve a single problem. That approach made sense when innovation was measured by the number…
Foxconn, OpenAI partner on AI hardware manufacturing
Initially, the collaboration will cover a range of scenarios across assembly, inspection, machine tending and logistics applications Foxconn will collaborate with US-based OpenAI to design…
Nike’s Releasing a New Air Force 1 With Premium Materials and Metal Hardware
Rivet-adorned and studded sneakers have been a consistent trend in 2025 and the releases aren’t slowing down yet. In addition to a just-released premium Vans OTW Old Skool 36, Nike is…
AI hardware is reinventing the humble dictaphone
From my earliest days as a journalist, I’ve always prized my dictaphone. It sounds quaint now, but I actually remember excitedly keeping up with advancements in the field. Sony’s ICD-TX50…
Ledger’s new hardware wallet now comes with enviable Susan Kare icons
I have never had any interest in getting a hardware wallet like the new Ledger Nano Gen 5. But talking with Susan Kare—the designer of the original Apple Macintosh icons and an endless…
Jony Ive Says He Wants His OpenAI Devices to ‘Make Us Happy’
At OpenAI’s developer conference in San Francisco on Monday, CEO Sam Altman and ex-Apple designer Jony Ive spoke in vague terms about the “family of devices” the pair are working to…
Lisa Su Runs AMD—and Is Out for Nvidia’s Blood
While everyone else has been talking about Nvidia’s GPUs, Lisa Su has discreetly turned AMD into a chipmaking phenom. And as the US-China tech war rages, she’s at the center of it all.…
OpenAI's Big Bet That Jony Ive Can Make AI Hardware Work
OpenAI has fully acquired Io, a joint venture it cocreated last year with Jony Ive, the famed British designer behind the sleek industrial aesthetic that defined the iPhone and more than…
Is Apple falling behind on hardware?
If you’ve followed Apple for any length of time, you’ve no doubt come across the notion that the company doesn’t rush into adopting cutting-edge technology; instead, it waits until it can…
Apple halts effort to build iPhone hardware subscription service
APPLE has halted work on a project to build an iPhone hardware subscription service, according to sources familiar with the matter, retreating from an attempt to change the way consumers…