GitHub's shift from flat-rate premium requests to usage-based AI Credits billing took effect June 1, 2026. For teams running agentic sessions, the cost structure is meaningfully different than the old model.
T-Mobile's T-Satellite service went live in mid-2025. AST SpaceMobile is building toward continuous BlueBird coverage. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon formed a joint venture. Satellite-to-phone is now a real network layer, not an emergency feature.
802.11be is now in production deployments. The headline throughput numbers are fine, but Multi-Link Operation — the ability to bond multiple frequency bands simultaneously — is what separates Wi-Fi 7 from incremental upgrades.
Eight years after launching with promises of instant micropayments for everyone, Bitcoin's Lightning Network found its real niche — not in coffee shops, but in streaming sats, Nostr Zaps, and emerging market remittances. Here's an honest technical assessment of what works, what doesn't, and who should care in 2026.
Passkeys have crossed from experimental feature to mainstream authentication. Over 800 million accounts now use them. Here's how FIDO2/WebAuthn works technically, which platforms support them, and what real obstacles remain for enterprise and consumer adoption.
Silicon-carbon anodes are replacing graphite in flagship smartphones, enabling 6,000–7,000 mAh batteries in thinner chassis. Here's the chemistry behind the leap, which phones have it, what it means for battery life, and what manufacturers aren't telling you.
For most enterprise AI deployments in 2026, RAG outperforms fine-tuning on cost, maintainability, and accuracy for knowledge-intensive tasks. Here's the data-backed decision framework engineers and architects need.
LPCAMM2 is the first memory standard designed to be both thin-profile and upgradeable, ending the decade-long trade-off that forced consumers into soldered RAM. Here's what it means for your next laptop purchase.
Anthropic's Model Context Protocol has moved from a curiosity to a de facto standard in 18 months, with major IDEs, cloud providers, and enterprise platforms now building native MCP support.
The Gateway lunar outpost has slipped to 2031 at the earliest, while Axiom Space and Starlab are on track to reach operational status before NASA's own station does.
Mobile advertising identifiers — IDFA on iOS and GAID on Android — were supposed to become privacy tools after Apple and Google's 2021 changes. Data broker market research shows they are still widely traded, just through different channels.
Tesla's 4680 cylindrical battery cell has reached 350 Wh/kg gravimetric energy density in production — the original target from its 2020 announcement. The path from prototype to that number reveals how hard battery manufacturing actually is at scale.