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Apple has confirmed that macOS 26 “Tahoe” will be the last version to support Intel-based Macs, with macOS 27 and onward reserved for Apple silicon and the A-series MacBook Neo. The company told developers that future macOS releases will focus entirely on its own ARM-based chips—a change first announced at …

The US tech giants believed their lead in AI was unassailable, at least in the short term. Today, they’re reassessing that assumption, which could lead to major upheaval in the burgeoning AI tech ecosystem. Chinese startup DeepSeek has exploded in popularity with a model that cost almost nothing to build …

  Advantech, the world’s largest manufacturer of industrial computers you don’t use but sure appreciate in retrospect, has announced that the semiconductor shortage is impacting its business and reducing shipments worldwide. This new foray into what’s gone wrong in semiconductors is brought to you by the phonemes “CO” and “VID,” …

For years, Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) has been broadly painted as the future of the industry, even as its supposed integration into mainstream manufacturing has been shoved further and further into the future. Now, a group of researchers at MIT have demonstrated compelling evidence that Directed Self-Assembly (DSA) might be …

A few years ago, multiple high-end companies were backing the idea of moving from 300mm to 450mm silicon wafers. Historically, moving to larger wafers was a critical way that foundries and fabs cut prices and improved yields. Historically, companies like Intel led the charge on wafer size, but there’s always …

Covering a red carpet isn’t usually a skill in the repertoire of tech journalists, but it’s also not every day that you get to see Vin Diesel and Kevin Durant on the same stage as Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan and Sergey Brin. If the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is nerd prom, the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony is …

The rise was like a tech startup fairytale. Within three years of founding, this unicorn company had raised more than $1 billion in venture capital — closing an astonishing $950 million in its final private round at a nearly $5 billion valuation. Revenue growth was skyrocketing from $30 million in year …

Despite not having the gloss of a unicorn startup like Snapchat, or the media attention like Atlassian or Uber; Monash University wants everyone to know that they can be technology disrupters too. Last week, the university held its fourth annual Faculty of Information Technology Innovation Showcase. Hosted at Telstra’s Gurrowa Innovation Lab in …

Back in the cold Shenzhen city, at Oppo’s main office, I take a seat at a long, daunting white boardroom table. Smiling back at me, on the other side of the table, sits Katrina Lee, who is responsible for Overseas Marketing and Branding at the company. Photo of Katrina Lee …