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Local LLMs on Arm laptops: actually usable, with caveats
We benchmarked four 8B-class models across three NPUs. The story isn’t about tokens per second.
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Inside the quiet race to build a phone that thinks, not just answers.
Two years after the consumer AI boom, the device makers are stuck with the same product idea: a chatbot in a window. We spoke to engineers at six handset vendors to see how that’s about to change — and why it isn’t going to look like a chatbot at all.
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The wearables shakeout is coming. Here’s who’s left standing.
Three big rings, two smart-glasses bets, and one company quietly killing it on chargers.
Android
OnePlus Watch 3: the first round watch that doesn’t feel like a compromise
Battery life is finally where it should have been three generations ago.
Apple
MacBook Pro M6: a reluctant refresh, a useful one
If you bought the M3 model two years ago, sit this one out. If you held onto an M1 — read this first.
Reviews
LG C5 OLED review: still the TV most people should buy
Better processor, calmer panel, identical remote. Worth the upgrade only from C2 or older.
AI
The AI coding tools have entered the ‘just a feature’ phase
Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Continue. We tracked how engineering teams actually pick.
“The interesting part of on-device AI isn’t the model. It’s the operating-system surface area that the model can finally touch without asking.” — from ‘Inside the quiet race to build a phone that thinks’