The AI boom isn’t just about GPUs and flash memory. New reports show hard disk drive prices have spiked about 4% last quarter, the sharpest increase in two years. Demand from AI data storage and a shift in China is driving the change.
Citi analysts are bullish on EssilorLuxottica, the maker of Ray-Bans, calling AI glasses “the next fast-growing edge device.” The company’s smart glasses with Meta already contributed over 4 percentage points to its 12% Q3 growth.
Rumors swirled that Samsung would stop selling SATA SSDs to consumers, following Micron’s exit with its Crucial brand. Samsung has now directly denied these reports, stating plans to phase out SATA or other SSDs are “false.”
According to a new report, Nvidia’s CES 2026 presence will be more about roadmap signals than big launches. CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote on January 5 is expected to focus on AI, with potential confirmations about the delayed RTX 50 Super GPUs and a rumored high-performance Arm SoC.
A new sale puts the iPad Air with an M3 chip at $499, directly competing with discounted Surface Pro models. The author argues that for a pure tablet experience, Apple’s optimized software and fluid interface still win, even if the Surface is a better all-in-one device.
According to a CNBC report, the FDA may add its most serious safety warning to Covid vaccines. The plan, driven by Dr. Vinay Prasad, is not finalized and has not been confirmed by HHS officials.
ASRock has rolled out a stable version of its AGESA BIOS 1.2.7.1 update for several AM5 motherboards. The update is aimed at improving compatibility with upcoming, unannounced AMD processors, fueling speculation about what’s next.
OpenAI has launched its GPT-5.2 model, powered entirely by NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure. The new Blackwell GPUs behind it are showing massive performance leaps in the latest industry benchmarks, with gains of up to 4.2x over the previous generation.
Apple has quietly rolled out new firmware updates for both the AirPods Pro 2 and the newer AirPods Pro 3. The updates, version 8B28 and 8B30 respectively, likely prepare the earbuds for expanded Live Translation support in the European Union.
Google is moving its experimental AI Mode from a search page to a native interface inside Chrome. The tool, visible in Chrome Canary, now lives at chrome://contextual-tasks and handles queries, file uploads, and image generation in one continuous chat. It’s still rough, with no announced release dat
