There could be a sea change coming for many of the touted Qualcomm Snapdragon-based Copilot+ PCs Microsoft helped launch over a year ago. Took them long enough. Many of the early Copilot+ devices sport a chip that left many legacy apps—and essentially your entire PC game library—in the wind. Microsoft is finally pushing an emulator […]
No, Dedicated AI Buttons on Laptops Are Not Going to Sell More PCs
We’ll be waiting until next year for the first round of PCs sporting Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip, plus whatever Intel and AMD have in store for lightweight laptops. As a hint of what to expect, in stepped a company nobody had ever heard of, offering a laptop few people wanted. Humain (no, […]
This Wireless Tech Could Fix the Most Annoying Thing About Using Wireless Earbuds at Home
Your phone is usually attached to your hip (in terms of the recent iPhone 17’s Crossbody Strap, I mean that literally). But in the comfort of your own home when you’re trying to unwind and escape your phone with your favorite music, needing to stay in Bluetooth range for your headphones and wireless earbuds can […]
‘It’s Moving Slower Than We Want.’ Qualcomm’s Still Trying to Figure Out PC Gaming
PC gaming has become Qualcomm’s white whale. The company wouldn’t put it in those terms, but it’s clear the company wants users to know its new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip will be gaming capable. It’s far from the ideal, and Qualcomm seems to know it. It wants to show off the new chip’s GPU […]
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite CPU Is Another Stab at Burying Intel
Qualcomm’s nascent push into PCs now has the sequel chip that will set the tone for what to expect from Windows-based machines going into 2026. This year, Qualcomm doesn’t have just one flagship CPU; it has two. Announced at its Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii (full disclosure: travel and lodging were paid by Qualcomm, and Gizmodo […]
Qualcomm’s New Android Chip Could Leave the iPhone 17 Pro in Its Dust for Gaming
Now that the iPhone 17 Pro’s A19 Pro chip has taken center stage as the new hotness in phone silicon, Qualcomm is trying to make the claim that Android phones can be used for more than flicking through your social feeds with zombie-like efficiency. In comes the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a confusing name […]
Android Needs to Remember Its Roots Before It Can Become a PC
Google’s getting in on PCs, and it could mean we’ll finally have another option beyond today’s stable of operating systems. After letting ChromeOS moulder in a sea of its own inadequacies, the tech giant confirmed it’s going to offer a true PC operating system alternative to macOS or Windows 11 sometime… eventually. At Qualcomm’s Snapdragon […]
Mobile World Congress 2025: More Foldable Concepts, Plus Phones and Tablets You’ll Never Get to Use
Mobile World Congress, or MWC, has kicked off in Barcelona, Spain, with intriguing reveals across phones, laptops, and tablets. Samsung—specifically Samsung Display—showed off a few concept pieces that offer a glimpse at what’s to come from folding displays. Lenovo used the conference to announce a concept, too: its Yoga Solar PC, which runs on sunlight. […]