Technology Can Be Good and Still Lose. WiMAX Proved It

There was a time when WiMAX looked like it had a real chance of becoming the future of wireless broadband. The idea was attractive. Instead ...

SSD Changed the PC More Than Most Processor Upgrades Did

For years, PC upgrades were mostly about processors. A faster CPU meant a faster computer. More megahertz, more cores, a newer generation. T...

AI Features Are Everywhere. Which Ones Will Still Matter in Two Years?

AI is being added to almost every kind of product. Phones can rewrite messages and edit photos. Laptops can summarise documents. Browsers ca...

You Cannot Govern AI You Cannot See

AI governance often starts with policies. Which AI tools are approved? What data can employees share? Which use cases require review? Who is...

When the Browser Starts Acting for You, Everything Changes

For most of its history, the browser was passive. You opened a page, read something, clicked a link, filled in a form and moved on. The brow...

The Browser Is Becoming an AI Operating System

For years, the browser was just the place where we opened websites. Then it became where we did almost everything. Email moved into the brow...

We Spent Years Moving Everything to the Cloud. Now AI Is Moving Back to the PC

For more than a decade, the technology industry kept pushing us in one direction: move everything to the cloud. Files went to cloud storage....

The Internet of Things Grew Up. Now the Things Are Starting to Think.

Back in 2015, TechViewz published The Internet of Many Types of Things , at a time when the Internet of Things still felt like a future made...

Every Device Wants to Be an AI Device. What Happens When the AI Stops Being Useful?

AI is being added to almost everything. Phones have AI photo editing. Laptops have AI assistants. TVs recommend what to watch. Cars are gett...

Humanoid Robots Are Leaving The Demo Stage

For years, humanoid robots have been easy to dismiss as impressive stage demonstrations. They walk across a conference floor, pick up a box,...

The Cheapest AI Request Is The One You Do Not Send Twice.

Enterprise AI costs are often discussed in terms of model pricing. How much does one million tokens cost? Which model is cheaper? Should we ...

Instagram Wants You To Pay For Better AI Filters. We Really Are Subscribing To Everything Now.

Remember when filters were just part of the app? You opened Instagram, picked one, made the photo look slightly better than reality and move...

The AI Gateway Is Becoming The New Enterprise Control Point.

For years, organisations built control points around networks, identities, APIs and cloud platforms. Now another one is emerging. The AI Gat...

Graphene Was Supposed To Change Electronics. So Where Is It?

Back in 2011, graphene looked like the material that was going to change everything. It was incredibly thin, extremely strong, highly conduc...

Foldable Phones Are Cool Again. I’m Still Not Sure They’re Practical.

Foldable phones are cool again. Actually, maybe they never stopped being cool. There is still something satisfying about opening a phone and...

802.11 Frame Types Haven’t Disappeared. Wi-Fi Just Got Much More Complicated.

Back in 2006, understanding Wi-Fi traffic was mostly about learning three basic 802.11 frame categories. Management frames. Control frames. ...

Smart Glasses Are Turning the Real World Into a Screen

Smart glasses have been around for a while, but for years they felt like one of those technologies that looked cool in a demo and slightly w...

The Internet Never Forgets. So Why Are We Still Posting Everything?

We all know the rule. Once it’s online, it’s probably there forever. And yet... We still post everything. Our food. Our holidays. Our relati...

Soon, Not Knowing Something Might Feel Weird

There was a time when people could spend an entire day not knowing something. Hear a song at a restaurant but don't know the title? Too ...

Every App Wants RM20 a Month. That Adds Up Fast.

RM20 (USD4.94) doesn’t sound expensive. That is probably why subscriptions work so well. RM20 (USD4.94) for this app. RM15 (USD3.71) for ano...