Consumer Electronics & Hardware Grace Hopper Celebration Canceled Just Weeks Before Anaheim Event Due to Financial Shortfall October 14, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan In a sudden and unexpected blow to the technology community, this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC)—widely recognized as the world’s largest gathering of women and nonbinary individuals in computing—has been…
Wearables & Smartwatches Google Replaces Charge Line with the Fitbit Edge: What to Know About the New Fitness Tracker October 13, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan Google has officially confirmed that the anticipated Fitbit Charge 7 will not be seeing the light of day. Instead, the popular fitness tracker line is undergoing a major rebrand and…
Smartphone Reviews & Leaks New insider tip claims the Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra will only be available with a Qualcomm chipset October 11, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan To understand the weight of the current strategic decisions facing the South Korean tech giant, it helps to look closely at the architectural foundations of the Exynos 2700. Fabricated on…
Tech Business & Industry Trends The End of an Era: Google Shifts from the Open Web to the "Googlebook" Ecosystem October 11, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan For over a decade, Google’s ChromeOS stood as a singular vision of what personal computing could be: a lean, web-centric interface designed to strip away the complexity of traditional operating…
Smartphone Reviews & Leaks Vivo X Fold6 Launches in India with Massive 6,900mAh Battery and Advanced Multitasking Capabilities October 11, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan As folding smartphone technology continues to mature rapidly, the industry’s primary developmental focus has shifted away from merely perfecting complex hinge mechanisms toward slimming down physical profiles and addressing what…
Smart Home & IoT Remembering Om Malik: A Tech Journalism Giant, Humanist, and Visionary Mentor October 11, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan The technology and journalism communities are mourning the loss of Om Malik, a pioneering voice who bridged the gap between complex engineering and human experience. For decades, Malik stood out…
Tech Business & Industry Trends From Buzzword to Utility: How OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ Agent Is Changing the Productivity Landscape October 9, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan Welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. Over the past few years, the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence has moved from the fringes of experimental research to the center of…
Tech Business & Industry Trends Arena, the Crowdsourced AI Leaderboard, Hits $3.1 Billion Valuation After Massive Series B October 8, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan Arena, the influential AI evaluation platform that began as an academic research project at UC Berkeley just last year, has secured a significant milestone in its rapid ascent. The company…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware GlobalFoundries and TSMC Join Forces in $2 Billion Deal to Bring Advanced Packaging Components to the United States October 8, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan In a significant move to bolster the domestic semiconductor supply chain and expand advanced manufacturing capabilities within the United States, foundry giants GlobalFoundries and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have…
Mobile Security & Privacy Cybersecurity Researchers Uncover New Campaign of Malicious Firefox Extensions Stealing Cryptocurrency Wallet Keys October 8, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cluster of 16 malicious Mozilla Firefox extensions specifically designed to target cryptocurrency users by stealing their wallet recovery phrases and private keys. According to…
