Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro (SM8975) specs leak ahead of Summit Sept 22–24: TSMC N2P, Adreno 850, AI Frame Fusion, Android's first LPDDR6 option — plus Gen 6 Pro vs Gen 6, Dimensity 9600, Apple A20, and Gen 5.
OpenAI's first hardware device is reportedly a portable, screenless ChatGPT living speaker — camera, battery, GPT-Live, moving parts — not an AI phone. Unveil eyed for late 2026, launch 2027, with Apple's lawsuit hanging over it.
Q2 operating profit hit ₩89.5 trillion (~$62B), clearing Nvidia's $53.5B record on the back of AI memory. The same price spike pushed Samsung's phone and TV division into its first-ever quarterly loss.
Google's devices VP confirmed on the record that memory costs are pushing Pixel prices up — RAM went from $2.80 a gigabyte to $12 in a year. Leaked listings put the Pixel 11 at $899. The Pro tier is worse: $100 more for 4GB less RAM.
A US court forced Google to let rival app stores into Play and share its catalog with them. It went live on July 22. But tap install in Epic's store and Google Play still does the download, the scan, and the billing — for $5,000 a year plus its usual cut.
Samsung teased its first Android XR smart glasses at Galaxy Unpacked — no screen, a Gemini-first interface, ~9-hour battery, and designs from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. Here's what's confirmed, what's still a leak, and how it takes on Ray-Ban Meta.
Samsung split the Fold in two. Confirmed prices and specs for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Fold 8 Ultra, Z Flip 8, Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2, straight from Unpacked.
