Hardware

The much-teased and oft-leaked Nothing Phone (2a) is now officially official, just under a week after it made its limited debut at the company's MWC after party. Nothing's third phone is the first that goes directly after the mid-tier/budget space, with a starting price of $349. While preor

Consumer lapel mics are one of the more interesting consumer electronics trends of recent years. Prior to this, lavalier microphones and their ilk were largely the domain of professional film crews. While some plug-in solutions have emerged for smartphones over the years, it wasn't until recent

Apple has scrapped plans to enter the automotive industry with its mysterious autonomous electric car, instead shifting focus to the wildly popular world of generative AI. The project saw the company hiring prominent executives from places like Tesla and Ford. Its end has led to job losses for some

"">The technewss team is in Barcelona this week to bring you all the action going on at Mobile World Congress 2024. You already know what we're expecting, so sit back, relax and stay tuned throughout the week as we bring you the products, announcements and startup news from MWC that you need to

In May 2019, Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion became Ultraleap (not to be confused with Magic Leap, which operates in the same space). It's a name change representing the marriage of two different, yet related, tech startups. Ultrahaptics naturally got top billing, as it was the one doing the acqui

When it comes to doing business — not startups but that other kind of business for which you have a whole separate room in your house — we need to talk about wipes. Wet wipes are great for your tush, but awful for the environment. It turns out not everyone is fond of dry wiping, but whi

The Humane Ai Pin and Rabbit handheld have captured a good bit of press interest for their individual approaches to integrating generative AI with hardware. Humane, in particular, is presenting its wearable as a look at life beyond the smartphone. That naturally prompts the question: What, precisel

India has approved allocating up to $15.2 billion (1.26 trillion Indian rupees) to build three new semiconductor plants, including its first semiconductor fab facility — part of the country’s big bid to take on China, Taiwan and other countries in the chip race. Significantly, although

At CES 2023, a startup hardware company called Displace launched its 55-inch 'Display Flex', a “wireless” $3,000 4K OLED TV  which sticks to walls without a traditional mounting. The launch created a sensation at the time, and today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona I caught up wit

[Cartoonishly exaggerated Crocodile Dundee accent] That's not a foldable. This is a foldable. More specifically, it’s a foldable concept device from Lenovo/Motorola showcased on the floor at this year's MWC. The company walked us through a demo of a device that's another terrific

Admittedly, Apple iWatch users have had it since October last year, but as of today at Mobile World Congress, the Doublepoint startup has launched the updated version of its popular WowMouse gesture-touch control app for Android smartwatches. Launched at CES in January, the free app now supports Go

After a brief tease at the end of its big Galaxy S24 event earlier this month, Samsung officially debuted the Galaxy Ring this morning at MWC. The earlier announcement offered little more than an image and confirmation that the hardware giant is entering that emerging corner of the wearable tech sp

OnePlus' first smartwatch was a lot of things. Unfortunately, particularly good or memorable weren't among them. If you're going to enter a category as established as the smartwatch, you're going to have to make a splash. Do something unique and different to convince potential consu

Xiaomi is having a good MWC. The Chinese tech firm's booth has been packed since show doors opened this morning. It's a stark contrast to neighboring Samsung, whose sparsely populated booth reflects what has largely been a quiet event for the Galaxy maker. After popping in to check out Xiao