Google's latest on-device AI model is custom-made for your laptop
… The company claims that its 12B model delivers performance similar to the 26B MoE model in benchmarks, while being small enough to run on normal consumer laptops with 16GB of RAM. …
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Claude Opus 4.8 is more honest, less deceptive, and considerably cheaper
… A new flagship model, effort controls, and a lot more are now available. Anthropic today announced the latest version of its flagship model, Claude Opus 4.8, alongside several new features. …
Skeptical of AI-coded software? Google uses AI for half its code, and it's pushing for much more
… By • April 22, 2026 • • • Add AndroidAuthority on Google Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR A new report claims Google views Anthropic’s latest Claude Code models as besting comparable Gemini models. …
NVIDIA’s RTX Spark looks like a PC chip, but it’s built like a smartphone
… NVIDIA claims up to 1 petaflop of FP4 AI performance, aiming to run large quantized models directly from the 128GB unified memory on those CUDA cores. …
Some Galaxy S27 models might run hotter thanks to this chip choice
… This packaging process was first used on the Exynos 2400, and Samsung claimed at the time that it enabled a “23% bump in heat-resistance when running on a single core and an 8% improvement for multi-core.” “I heard that while applying WLP to flagship Exynos chips was effective in terms of performan… …
Google says Android is now the king of mobile web browsing
… Google claims that on newer Android models, web pages load 4-6% faster than on previous models. The company also claims that top-tier Android phones score up to 47% higher than non-Android competitors on Loadline. …
Amazon Fire TV lawsuit claims company killed old support to encourage upgrades
… While that hardware is a decade old at this point, the suit alleges that Amazon stopped supporting it prematurely, and compounding performance issues over the years effectively served to “brick” the devices, rendering them incapable of continued operation — and forcing users to upgrade to newer mod… …
I tested Google’s upcoming Gemini Nano 4 — its faster, smarter AI isn’t what I expected
… Gemma competes on performance with other models like GLM5 and Qwen3.5, but its closed Gemini model remains the flagship to take on OpenAI and Anthropic . …
These new Android phones go all in on zoom photography and battery life
… The regular model also sees a significant graphics boost, with MediaTek claiming a 25% increase in GPU performance. …
Pixel users report battery drain issues after March update, and this could be the reason
… The battery drain is not limited to any specific model and affects a range of Pixel devices, including the latest Pixel 10 series. Software updates are typically meant to introduce new features and iron out issues from previous releases, but they can also introduce new performance issues. …