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Abigail Avery

Qualcomm Confirms Chip Price Hikes From September 1

Android flagships may soon cost more as Qualcomm passes rising chip costs to customers. Qualcomm plans to increase prices for its Snapdragon processors beginning September 1, a move that could make future Android smartphones more expensive as manufacturers face higher component costs. The company confirmed the increase while reporting its fiscal third-quarter earnings. CEO Cristiano…

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Business Laptops for AI Workloads: 2026 Top Picks

Business laptops for AI workloads need enough local compute to run inference tasks, copilots, and on-device models without lag or battery drain. CIOs and IT leaders now face procurement decisions that weigh NPU performance, memory capacity, and thermal design alongside cost and manageability. In this article, I compare six leading business laptops and explain which…

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Chrome 151 Patches 370 Vulnerabilities, 7 Critical

Google has just reminded everyone how enormous Chrome’s attack surface can be, rolling out fixes for 370 security flaws in a single browser update. Chrome version 151 arrives with patches affecting core browser technologies, several of which contain memory-safety bugs that can lead to browser crashes or arbitrary code execution. Although Google has not reported…

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