IT Hardware Insights & Guides

Apple added Call Context to the iOS 27 Phone app, surfacing relevant information on screen during calls to businesses.

HP released a BIOS update after Windows 11 patch KB5121003 left laptops stuck at boot, with Lenovo and Dell also affected.

Apple released rebuilt parental controls in iOS 27, adding Ask to Browse, Time Allowances and expanded Communication Safety.

MediaTek launched the Dimensity 9600 Pro on TSMC's 2nm N2P process, with 33 billion transistors and no efficiency cores.

Kingston reported a 246% rise in NAND wafer pricing against Q1 2025 as lead times extend beyond 40 weeks.

Enterprise SSDs became the largest NAND segment in 2026, with Q1 contract prices up about 80%.

TrendForce forecasts DRAM contract prices up 13% to 18% and NAND up 10% to 15% in Q3 2026, moderating from earlier quarters.

Samsung began rolling out stable One UI 9.0 for the Galaxy S26 series, based on Android 17, after five months of beta testing.

Apple faces a supply constrained iPhone Duo launch as Jeff Pu cut his 2026 shipment estimate to about 6 million units.

Apple M6 scored 4,071 single-core in Geekbench 7, and the M5 Ultra ran close to a 96-core AMD Threadripper PRO 9995WX.

Microsoft shipped emergency Windows 11 update KB5129195 after a record Patch Tuesday, but AMD GPU crashes remain unfixed.

Apple patched roughly 200 vulnerabilities across iOS 27, iOS 26.7 and macOS Golden Gate 27.