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AI Glasses Shift Into Momentum Mode, Shipments Grow 322% in 2025

"The category finally moved from science project to something people can actually imagine wearing in public," declared Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in Las Vegas He attributed the devices' growing popularity to ...

Aptera Reaches Milestone in Solar-Powered Vehicle Production

"This is Aptera moving from proverbial 'science project' to factory discipline," added Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in Las Vegas "A vehicle coming off a validation line means the build sequence, tooling, and st...

Data Centers in Space: Pi in the Sky or AI Hallucination?

The data center in space scene will initially be hybrid, predicted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in Las Vegas "The first killer apps will be in orbit workloads like satellite data processing and space network ba...

ANALYST COMMENTARY

Calix in 2026: A Quiet AI Power Play for Smaller Broadband Providers

It is easy to misunderstand Calix if you start by comparing it to consumer-facing giants like Comcast or Cox Communications. Those companies sell broadband directly to end users nationwide ...

AI Washing Could Take Customers to Cleaners

Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst with SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in Las Vegas, agreed "A company can point to AI transformation as the storyline, while the real drivers might be margin pressure, demand softness, or tariff-driven cost shocks," h...

ANALYSIS

Galaxy XR Is Impressive. The Problem Is Nobody Needs It (Yet)

After using the Galaxy XR for about 2 weeks, it quickly became evident that Samsung built the device to make premium mixed reality feel less like a tech demo and more like a product you can live with ...

Pilot Wells Lay Groundwork for Hydrogen-Powered Energy Production

"If the subsurface can deliver a steady hydrogen flow, you skip the giant electricity bill and turn hydrogen into something closer to a fuel reserve than a manufactured product," added Mark N. Vena, the president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in Las Vegas...

ANALYSIS

Is Creator Studio Apple's Trojan Horse Into Adobe’s Market?

Apple recently announced Creator Studio, which bundles a tight set of creation tools around the workflows most creators run every day ...

eBay Passes on Agentic Shopping — For Now

Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst of SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in Las Vegas, explained that bots blend into traffic using headless browsers, stolen sessions, and human-like interaction patterns, making pure bot detection an arms race "Platforms...

ANALYST COMMENTARY

Synaptics Has the Platforms. Now It Needs a Modern Megaphone

Synaptics enters 2026 with a problem it can live with. Many people still picture it as the company behind your laptop's touchpad. That legacy is real, and it paid the bills for a long time. But it also boxed the company in, because “touchpad supplier” does not sound like a platform player ...

OpenAI CFO Comments Signal End of AI Hype Cycle

"Under the covers, the subtext is that the AI market is entering its 'plumbing' era, where integration, reliability, and governance matter as much as model IQ," noted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in Las Vegas "...

AI PCs' Unmet Promise Dragging Down Adoption

Unfortunately, AI on PCs has been positioned as transformative, but users have not felt a clear before-and-after moment, observed Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in Las Vegas. "Most AI features feel incremental or invisible compared to the cloud tools people already use," he told TechNewsWorld. "Without a killer local use case, consumers default to price, battery life, and performance."

Amazon Brings Alexa+ to the Web as AI Competition Heats Up

Amazon's move to put Alexa+ on the web is a quiet but major shift, contended Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in Las Vegas. "Essentially, the company is admitting that voice-only assistants are no longer enough," he told TechNewsWorld. "If users now start their AI workflow in a browser tab, Alexa has to meet them there."

ANALYSIS

Dell's Strategic Reset and Intentional Return to the XPS Brand

Dell’s CES 2026 product announcements read like a company choosing clarity over experimentation. Jeff Clarke, Dell’s vice chairman and chief operating officer, set the tone early when he admitted the PC business had drifted, and then put a stake in the ground publicly: “We’ve got a bit off course in our PC business, and the accumulated impact is we’ve underperformed getting back to our roots, getting back to the basics.”...

ANALYSIS

Assessing AMD's 2025 Momentum and Its CES 2026 Reveals

An invite-only AMD fireside chat for industry analysts last month had a refreshing vibe, signaling a company that no longer thinks in product silos. It framed AMD as a three-pillar business spanning data center, end-user products, and embedded ...

ANALYSIS

Nemotron 3: Nvidia’s Open-Weight Engine for the Next AI Wave

For most people, and it’s completely understandable, Nvidia is still shorthand for GPUs and AI chips. The company’s silicon dominates the AI data center conversation and headlines ...

Australia Bans Social Media Accounts for Minors

A blanket ban feels more like a political gesture than a real solution, because kids will still find ways online through messaging apps, VPNs, and borrowed logins, maintained Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in Las Vegas...

Samsung Raises Foldable Ante With Galaxy Z TriFold

A tri-fold lets you carry something that behaves like a 10-inch tablet in a pocketable phone footprint, noted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm, in Las Vegas “It gives power users more room for side-by-side apps, ...

OPINION

The New Hollywood: Inside GenAI's Coming Shakeup of Film and TV

After being invited to use OpenAI’s Sora and spending two weeks experimenting with it, I am convinced that we are at the precipice of a change so profound that it’s hard to comprehend fully, even as we watch it unfold. The launch and rapid evolution of generative AI video tools, led by Sora, have triggered a dual reaction: sheer wonder and palpable fear...

Shoppers Favor Product Content Over Brand Loyalty

Content has become critical for online shoppers, asserted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in Las Vegas. "Consumers value product content over brand recognition because online shopping removes the ability to touch or try items, so details, specs, images, and reviews become the stand-in for real-world inspection," he told the E-Commerce Times...

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