Hardware

I Wore the Apple Vision Pro for a Week. My Eyes Still Hurt.

Aug 9, 2025 · 4 min read · apple vision-pro spatial-computing vr ·

Apple Vision Pro costs $3,500. I borrowed one for a week. By day three, I had a headache that lasted 18 hours. Spatial computing is real. It’s also exhausting. The tech is genuinely impressive. Pass-through video quality is surreal—better than Meta’s Quest 3, sharper than any VR headset I’ve tried. Hand tracking mostly …

Google Quantum Computer Finally Beat Error Rates. Only Took 10 Years.

Jul 17, 2025 · 3 min read · quantum-computing google error-correction ·

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Google announced they achieved “below-threshold” error correction in their quantum computer. Translation: they can now fix errors faster than they accumulate. This is huge. Also, we’re still decades from useful quantum computers. The error problem has haunted quantum computing since day one. Qubits are fragile. They …

Every Tech Company Is Building Custom AI Chips Now. Most Will Fail.

Jun 24, 2025 · 3 min read · ai-chips hardware nvidia tpus ·

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Amazon has custom AI chips. Google has TPUs. Meta announced their own silicon. Even Salesforce is reportedly exploring custom chips. Everyone’s trying to escape NVIDIA’s pricing. Most won’t succeed. Custom AI chips sound great on paper: optimized for your specific workload, no NVIDIA markup, competitive advantage. …

IBM Quantum Leap: Error Rates Drop 90% in Latest Processor

Mar 15, 2024 · 2 min read · quantum-computing ibm research ·

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Last week, I got off a call with Dr. Sarah Martinez from IBM’s quantum research division, and honestly, I’m still processing what she told me. They’ve cracked something that’s been driving quantum physicists crazy for years. The new Condor processor—IBM’s latest quantum chip—maintains qubit coherence for 127 …