The smartphone industry saw a seasonal boost in the third quarter of 2025, with production hitting 328 million units. However, analysts warn that constrained memory supply and rising prices could squeeze margins and limit growth moving forward.
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is on Capitol Hill, pushing back against AI chip export controls to China. He argues restrictions won’t slow China’s progress and that Nvidia needs to sell competitive chips globally. The lobbying effort is meeting both support and sharp skepticism from lawmakers.
According to GSM Arena, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and standard 8 Gen 5 both use an “Adreno 840” GPU, but they are not the same. Benchmarks show the non-Elite chip lacks a 768MHz boost frequency and 18MB of High-Performance Memory, likely marking it as a lower-binned part.
At its Discover event, HPE is directly targeting VMware customers with an enhanced Morpheus platform. The company is also merging AIOps from its Juniper and Aruba networking divisions and unveiled new switches for AI workloads. Everything announced is either available now or coming in the first half
Google’s Pixel 7a was left out of the major December 2025 Android 16 QPR2 update. The reason appears to be a critical Wi-Fi stability bug, but the company’s communication has been a mess, relying on AI chat support to deliver the news.
A persistent bug in Microsoft’s new Outlook client is preventing users from opening certain Excel file attachments. The issue, linked to file names containing non-ASCII characters, has been known since November 23rd, 2025. Microsoft is testing a patch but hasn’t said when it will roll out.
The developer of SmartTube confirmed his computer was infected, leading to a malicious version of the app. Google Play Protect flagged it, and the old version is now abandoned. You need to switch to the new build.
HPE is making a major push into AI networking with new hardware and software announced at its Discover Barcelona 2025 event. The company is combining its Aruba platform with Juniper’s Mist AI and strengthening partnerships with chip giants Nvidia and AMD.
A new IDC report shows global smartphone shipments are set to grow 1.5% in 2025 to 1.25 billion units, fueled by surprisingly strong iPhone 17 sales. Apple is now forecast to ship over 247 million iPhone 17 units, reversing declines in key markets like China. However, the research firm predicts a 1%
Gradial, a Seattle AI startup, just secured a $35 million Series B. The company builds “agentic” AI tools designed to automate complex marketing workflows for clients like AWS and T-Mobile.
