Lindy McKenzie

Reading Time: 2 minutes Key Takeaways: Nokia’s new AI-RAN platform integrates NVIDIA’s computing architecture directly into cellular radio networks to run real-time AI optimizations. Early demonstrations showcase a boost in spectral efficiency exceeding 20%, with the potential to more than double network capacity using existing spectrum. Operators can deploy the solution via plug-in hardware cards, dedicated nodes, or cloud-native software on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Key Takeaways: The Starlink Standard Gen 5 (V5) kit cuts average power consumption in half compared to the V4. The new V5 dish weighs just 1.1 kg (down from V4’s 2.9 kg) and features significantly smaller physical dimensions, making it highly portable. Standard V5 kits ship with a compact Wi-Fi 6 Router Mini, which supports dual-band MU-MIMO and provides coverage for up to 2,200 square feet.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Key Takeaways: Apple is completely canceling the high end M6 Pro, M6 Max, and M6 Ultra variants. The M7 Ultra chip scheduled for a 2028 debut on the Mac Studio is designed to support up to 1.5TB of unified memory. The Neural Engine NPU architecture inside the M7 series will see massive performance gains by utilizing specialized hardware designs originally developed for the canceled Apple Car project.