Hackers targeted Android users by exploiting zero-day bug in Qualcomm chips
On Monday, chipmaker Qualcomm confirmed that hackers exploited a zero-day — meaning a security flaw that was unknown to the hardware maker when it was abused — in dozens of…
Select iPhone 18 models could feature 2nm chips in 2026
Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR All iPhone 17 and lower-end iPhone 18 models will reportedly feature 3nm processors, as Apple could restrict the 2nm ones to its highest-end 2026…
Sunamp’s thermal battery uses a chemical found in salt-and-vinegar potato chips
Nearly 20 years ago, Andrew Bissell was sitting in the living room of his beachfront home in the Edinburgh area. He and his wife, Susan Lang-Bissell, had just sold their…
IBM Cloud to offer Intel’s Gaudi 3 AI chips next year
Intel has found its first cloud customer for its Gaudi 3 AI accelerator chip: IBM Cloud. IBM and Intel on Thursday said IBM Cloud will begin offering Gaudi 3 to…
Asus microsite confirms Ryzen 9000 X3D chips are on the way
AMD’s X3D processors, outfitted with extra V-cache that can boost performance for 3D games, are all the rage with system builders. In fact, the existence of these souped-up chips might…
AI chip startup Groq lands $640M to challenge Nvidia
Groq, a startup developing chips to run generative AI models faster than conventional processors, said on Monday that it’s raised $640 million in a new funding round led by Blackrock.…
Intel says its desktop Core crashes don’t extend to mobile chips
Publicly, Intel is no closer to solving the mystery that surrounds crashes with its 13th- and 14th-gen Core desktop processors. However, company representatives denied Internet comments that say that its…
Samsung could use PC tech to prevent Exynos chips from overheating
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is reportedly working on a new cooling solution for future Exynos smartphone processors. This packaging tech is apparently derived from PCs and servers…
Computing and shielding startups join forces to put AI-capable chips in space
Sophisticated spacecraft often run on shockingly outdated computing systems: consider that the Perseverance rover runs on a PowerPC 750, the processor famous for running on iMacs in the late 1990s.…
MediaTek chips for Windows on Arm are coming as early as 2025
Kris Carlon / Android Authority TL;DR MediaTek is designing chips to challenge Qualcomm’s dominance in the Windows on Arm ecosystem. However, Qualcomm has signed an exclusivity deal with Microsoft until…