Technology Desk

The Eastern Herald’s Technology Desk covers technology companies, consumer electronics, digital products, emerging technologies and major developments shaping the global technology industry.

Motorola Signature 27 in an official Motorola launch photograph

Motorola Signature 27 German Listing Now Shows 7,000mAh Battery

Motorola's German Signature 27 page now advertises a 7,000mAh battery, matching other regions, although a conflicting 5,500mAh footnote remains.

November 13, 2026

by Technology Desk

Schlage Sense Pro smart deadbolt installed on modern home door

Google Wallet Adds Digital Home Keys for Aliro Smart Locks on Android

Google Wallet home keys are rolling out in Google Home Public Preview, enabling NFC door unlocking and hands-free access with compatible Aliro hardware.

November 13, 2026

by Technology Desk

DOOM The Dark Ages Revelations DLC key art featuring the Slayer with Chain Spear

DOOM: The Dark Ages Slaughter Mode Launches November 16 for Revelations Owners

Slaughter Mode arrives November 16 with randomized combat, escalating difficulty and a risk-and-reward Skull system. Access

Apple TV 4K and Siri Remote in front of a television displaying the Apple TV interface

Siri AI Set for Older Apple TV 4K Models With tvOS 27.2.1

Apple lists tvOS 27.2.1 as the requirement for Siri AI on second-generation Apple TV 4K and

Jacob Helberg, US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, who hosted the Pax Silica Summit in Washington

India Secures US Assurance on AI Access at Pax Silica After Anthropic Blackout

India's technology secretary extracted a verbal assurance from Washington at the Pax Silica Summit that AI model access won't be cut off once granted to trusted partners — weeks after the US

June 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Government and Politics·News·Technology

Semiconductor chip manufacturing facility highlighting AI computing demands

IBM Unveils Sub-1nm Nanostack Chip That Could Power AI Computing for Another Decade

IBM unveiled nanostack, the world's first sub-1nm chip architecture, stacking transistors in 3D at the 0.7nm node. The design promises 70% greater energy efficiency than IBM's 2nm chip, with production estimated five

June 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño custom AI inference chip Bloomberg coverage

OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Jalapeño, the Company’s First Custom AI Inference Chip

OpenAI and Broadcom on Tuesday unveiled Jalapeño, the company's first custom AI inference chip — a reticle-sized ASIC built in nine months using AI-assisted design. The chip targets the inference layer where

June 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

SK Hynix seeks 29 billion dollar Nasdaq ADR listing to fund AI memory expansion and ASML EUV equipment

SK Hynix Bets $29 Billion on Wall Street as AI Memory Boom Drives Record ADR

SK Hynix confirmed plans to raise up to $29.65 billion through a Nasdaq ADR listing with trading set for July 10 — an offering that would eclipse both Saudi Aramco's 2019 IPO

June 26, 2026

Business·News·Technology

Bloomberg Technology coverage of Apple chip announcements including AI-focused hardware for MacBook Pro

Apple Scraps M6 Pro and Max, Fast-Tracks AI-Focused M7 for MacBooks Arriving in 2027

Apple is canceling M6 Pro and Max chips entirely, fast-tracking the AI-focused M7 generation and pushing MacBook Pro and Mac Studio upgrades to 2027. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple is pulling forward

June 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Naveen Rao, CEO of Unconventional AI, explaining how oscillator-based chips could reduce AI power consumption by 1,000x

The Man Who Wants to Make AI 1,000 Times Greener Just Launched His First Model

Naveen Rao, who previously sold startups to Intel and Databricks, launched Un-0 on Thursday: the first model from Unconventional AI, a San Francisco startup betting that oscillator-based chips can make AI inference

June 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

A DRAM memory stick, the type of chip at the center of the 2026 AI-driven memory shortage

Apple and Microsoft Hike Mac, iPad and Xbox Prices in AI Memory Crisis

Apple raised MacBook Air, Pro, and iPad prices by up to $300 on Thursday, citing an AI-driven memory chip shortage; Microsoft followed the same day with Xbox price hikes of $100 to

June 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Business·News·Technology

Svan M2 quadruped robot demonstrating AI-powered locomotion

General Intuition Raises $320M to Train AI Robots on Fortnite

General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation Wednesday, backed by Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, and Khosla Ventures. The startup trained an AI model on Fortnite footage and used it

June 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Qualcomm headquarters campus in La Jolla San Diego California

Qualcomm Acquires Modular for $3.9 Billion to Challenge Nvidia’s CUDA Software Lock-In

Qualcomm is acquiring Modular, the AI software startup behind the Mojo programming language and MAX inference engine, for $3.9 billion in stock. The deal gives Qualcomm the software layer to run AI

June 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology