The Semiconductor Engineer Shortage Is a Bigger Problem Than the Chip Shortage
The chip shortage of 2021 resolved. The semiconductor engineer shortage that is emerging will not resolve without interventions that no government has…
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Apple’s AI Strategy Is the Opposite of Everyone Else’s — and It Might Work
Apple is building AI on a fundamentally different architecture than everyone else — smaller, private, mostly on-device. The capability gap is real.…
Gemini 2.5 Ultra Quietly Beats GPT-5 on Long-Document Reasoning
Google's latest update to Gemini 2.5 Ultra posts long-context reasoning scores that beat GPT-5 on standard benchmarks. The enterprise implications are significant.
The Quiet Collapse of AI’s Six-Month Benchmark Cycle
For three years, every frontier model set a new state of the art within months. That cycle is slowing — and what…
Taiwan’s Chip Dominance Is Under Threat — and the West Has No Plan B
TSMC remains the world's most critical tech company. A new geopolitical analysis reveals how exposed global AI infrastructure really is.
Your Old USB-C Cables Won’t Work With USB4 2.0 — Here’s Exactly Why
The USB standard has become so complex that even engineers get it wrong. We mapped the full compatibility matrix so you don't…
Apple’s M5 Ultra Benchmarks Leak — and They’re Jaw-Dropping
Early Geekbench numbers suggest the M5 Ultra doubles single-core performance over M3 Ultra.