Liberty Phone shows what making a smartphone in America actually looks like
While Donald Trump bangs on about his mythical $500 made-in-America T1 smartphone, the real price tag of US manufacturing is on full display thanks to a company called Purism. Its Liberty Phone, assembled in California, will set you back $1,999 and has the kind of specs that would’ve looked decent when Obama was president.
Samsung eyes MediaTek’s new chip as Exynos fizzles
Dimensity 8450 could plug gap left by weak in-house silicon
MediaTek has rolled out its Dimensity 8450 chip at the India Dimensity Summit, offering a lightly reworked version of the 8400 it pushed out in December 2024. The real eyebrow-raiser, though, was Samsung turning up to the launch.
Desperate to sort out its AI mess
Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple is reportedly poking around AI startup Perplexity because it’s desperate to bolt someone else’s brains onto its failing AI plans.
IDC says connected gadgets and government cash will keep it growing
IDC number crunchers have peered into their crystal balls and seen spending on Internet of Things (IoT) tech across Asia and the Pacific reaching $241 billion in 2025.
Chip giant's margins squeezed
Trouble is brewing for TSMC, as the company finds itself caught between a hostile exchange rate and increasingly jittery American regulators.