Author: InfoForTech
Apple is at a transformational point in its product history. The company is making a record amount of money with a rich product portfolio, fumbled its AI strategy, and just had a leadership change. Tim Cook is out as the CEO, and engineering veteran John Ternus is taking over the chief role. Interestingly, it seems Apple is also making the biggest shift in its product development history, with no less than ten categories of devices planned for the coming years. Apple What’s next from Apple? It seems Apple planned the leadership change at a crucial point in its product development…
Run by two students, Project6 hosts 48-hour mansion hacker houses in S’pore & beyond Singapore’s startup scene has a problem. It’s organised, well-funded, and growing, but it’s missing something essential: a “scrappy culture,” a sense of urgency, and spaces where builders can just… build, at least according to Canaan Poh, 23, and Xander Minzenmay, 21, the founders behind Project6. So they did something unconventional: they rented a mansion and filled it with founders. For 48 hours, participants are expected to do one thing—build. Sleep is optional. Shipping (turning an idea into a working product, for those not in the startup…
Kindle HoldersHate holding up your Kindle? Or struggle with chronic pain that makes holding it feel terrible? These holders will literally take the weight out of your hands.LamicallGooseneck iPad HolderThis holder works for Kindles and tablets alike, and even my Nintendo Switch. The clamp base lets you attach it to tables and furniture, and it’s easy to position in front of or even above you if you wanted to lie down and read. LamicallTablet Pillow Stand HolderIf you want something that’s freestanding, this pillow tablet stand holder works great for a Kindle. I use it on the couch, and I…
Bill Hilf, board chair of the Allen Institute for AI and American Prairie, and author of the new novel “The Disruption.” (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Bill Hilf has spent decades working inside some of the biggest names in tech — bringing open source software into Microsoft when it was heresy, running Paul Allen’s giant portfolio of investments and philanthropies, and now chairing the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) as it bucks the proprietary trend. So when he wanted to make a point about how the industry is approaching AI, he did what seemed only natural. He wrote a science…
Enterprises are rapidly moving from an artificial intelligence that answers questions and generates content to one that performs tasks and takes actions. According to Google Cloud Chief Executive Thomas Kurian, this shift requires a fundamentally different approach to infrastructure and software. Google’s view is that only a tightly integrated portfolio – spanning silicon to applications and everything in between – can effectively support this transition. A linchpin of this transition is the emergent data and AI platform, what we call the system of intelligence and what Google is initially exposing as its Knowledge Catalog. This capability ultimately abstracts and harmonizes…
DeepSeek V4 is here to break the bank, not your budget. 🇨🇳 1.6T parameters, Huawei-powered, and 7x cheaper than Claude. Is the AI crown moving East? If you thought the AI arms race was strictly a Silicon Valley affair, China just dropped a 1.6-trillion-parameter reality check. DeepSeek V4 is here, and it’s not just a model- it’s a geopolitical statement wrapped in code. A year after they stunned the world by matching Western benchmarks at a fraction of the cost, DeepSeek is doubling down. The new V4 lineup, featuring Pro and Flash versions, is a technical marvel that shouldn’t technically…
BYD may be known for its affordable all-electric cars, but that doesn’t mean it won’t dabble in the occasional hypercar under one of its subsidiary brands. Through its Denza subbrand, BYD unveiled the Denza Z, a hypercar that can push out more than 1,000 horsepower with an all-electric motor, at the Beijing Auto Show. According to CarNewsChina, the Denza A can hit 0 to 60 mph in less than two seconds, rivaling the likes of the Rimac Nivera.BYD first showed off the Denza Z as a concept during the Shanghai Auto Show in 2025. A year later, the Chinese EV…
A subtle but potentially significant shift may be coming to the iPad lineup, and it has less to do with hardware and more to do with identity. In a recent interview with John Ternus and Greg Joswiak from Tom’s Guide, the company could rethink how it names future iPads – moving away from the familiar generation-based system. A Naming Reset That Signals A Bigger Strategy Shift The report stems from insights shared in a recent interview with Apple’s hardware leadership, where the idea of simplifying product naming surfaced. Instead of continuing with labels like “10th generation” or chip-based identifiers such…
Be careful delegating your work to that chatbot: A new peer-reviewed study published this month by the American Psychological Association found that people who heavily rely on AI tools for work tasks reported feeling less confident in their abilities and had less ownership over their work.There has been growing research on how our brains function when we use AI tools. A landmark study from MIT in 2025 found that our brains don’t retain as much information or employ necessary critical thinking skills when writing tasks are outsourced to AI chatbots. This new study aimed to understand how our human behavior, specifically…
when you’re trying to stay focused on something, there’s no shortage of distractions on your phone, through your web browser, or out the window. And with attention spans crumbling in the TikTok era, we now have an entire category of apps dedicated to helping you stick to what you’re supposed to be doing.These apps all work more or less in the same way, giving you a straightforward method of tracking how long you’re spending on a task, and offering some sort of incentive to keep going for the allotted amount of time. Sometimes you get a few extra features as…