NETGEAR Inc., a global leader in intelligent networking solutions designed to power extraordinary experiences, today announced the launch of the Nighthawk 5G M7 Portable Wi-Fi 7 Hotspot (MH7150) supported by a new mobile app (iOS and Android) and eSIM Marketplace. The innovative device combines reliable, portable connectivity with groundbreaking flexibility, allowing users to choose coverage that fits their needs, connecting instantly to high-speed internet in more than 140 countries.

The M7 is engineered for modern life, providing fast connections for travelers, remote workers, and families on the move. Its compact, lightweight design makes it an effortless travel companion, while the powerful battery delivers up to 10 hours of continuous connectivity for work, streaming, gaming, and staying in touch.

Intel Corporation today announced that Craig H. Barratt, Ph.D., 63, has been appointed to its board of directors, effective immediately. Dr. Barratt will serve as an independent director. "Craig is a highly accomplished technology leader with a proven ability to innovate, scale, and transform businesses," said Lip-Bu Tan, Intel CEO. "He is a seasoned semiconductor executive with experience at multiple leading-edge technology companies, which will be invaluable as we continue to execute our strategy and capitalize on our long-term growth opportunities."

"I'm honored to join Intel's board at such a pivotal time for the company and the industry," said Dr. Barratt. "Intel's technology is the foundation of the world's most important innovations, and I'm excited to help strengthen the company's engineering excellence and drive the next waves of technological advancement."

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 26H1 preview build for Windows Insiders, named Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28000. Contrary to expectations of significant UI and functionality changes, the upcoming Windows 26H1 update is primarily focused on supporting the latest silicon, likely from Qualcomm and NVIDIA. According to Microsoft on its Windows Blog, "26H1 is not a feature update for version 25H2 and only includes platform changes to support specific silicon. There is no action required from customers." This means that future 26H1 users will receive minor OS improvements and general bug fixes, with no major changes to the system's core.

Microsoft is focusing on providing full support for the new Windows-on-Arm platforms, which are expected to be released soon. These platforms include Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite processors and NVIDIA's N1 and N1x SoCs, developed in collaboration with MediaTek. This new hardware requires optimization from Microsoft to ensure the best experience on Windows 11, so the company is dedicating most of the 26H1 work to this effort. It is anticipated that, similar to the 25H2 update, Microsoft will use an enablement package (eKB) to activate new functionality in 26H1. Although there is no confirmation yet on whether 25H2 and 26H1 share the same code base and servicing branch, it is assumed that they do, allowing Microsoft to simply deploy the 26H1 eKB to activate features for the new hardware. The eKB method reduces package size and installation time, making the transition to the new OS version as simple as a reboot.

HiBy has officially launched its new flagship portable Hi-fi player, RS8 II, on October 30, 2025. The RS8 II integrates HiBy's advanced technologies in portable audio with deep insights into market trends, redefining high-end portable music players. It features a high-performance processor, upgraded audio architecture, and multiple connectivity options, supporting high-resolution audio formats and versatile output, providing users with a complete digital audio experience and flexible connectivity.

The player is powered by the Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS8550 (8 Gen 2 platform) and the upgraded third-generation DARWIN audio architecture, paired with AdaptiveAMP, offering dynamic A/B-class amplification with 64-level adjustability and THD+N as low as 0.0008%. Its powerful CPU+GPU+NPU+FPGA+DSP array combined with a precisely matched R2R resistor network ensures accurate high-resolution audio reproduction. Sankofa AI tonality simulation allows users to enjoy sound signatures modeled after classic audio sources such as MD, CD, cassette, and reel-to-reel tape players, with free updates for a personalized Hi-fi experience.

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended September 28, 2025.

"Our business remains strong as demonstrated by record QCT revenues in fiscal 2025," said Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated. "We delivered 18% year-over-year growth in total QCT non-Apple revenues, with combined fiscal year Automotive and IoT revenue growth of 27%. We are excited about our business momentum, the availability of our automated driving stack, and our expansion to data centers and advanced robotics."

Inseego Corp., a global leader in 5G mobile broadband and 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) solutions, today introduced a new approach to enterprise FWA with a completely new 5G hardware platform, the Inseego Wavemaker FX4200, and updated software suite, Inseego Connect. Designed to bridge the gap between performance and ease-of-use for enterprise wireless networks, this innovative approach to FWA pairs the power and functionality of enterprise network solutions with the simplicity and ease-of-management of small- and medium-sized (SMB)-oriented solutions.

"In order to take advantage of the power of 5G for business, organizations have been forced to choose between feature-heavy solutions that can be complicated and expensive to deploy, and simplistic products that can't scale or meet business needs," said Juho Sarvikas, CEO of Inseego. "With the FX4200, X700 mesh Wi-Fi, and the innovative Inseego Connect software, we're eliminating that tradeoff. We've built the solution that the market has been asking for, and it will propel growth in FWA and 5G use in business."

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced the launch of its next-generation AI inference-optimized solutions for data centers: the Qualcomm AI200 and AI250 chip-based accelerator cards, and racks. Building off the Company's NPU technology leadership, these solutions offer rack-scale performance and superior memory capacity for fast generative AI inference at high performance per dollar per watt—marking a major leap forward in enabling scalable, efficient, and flexible generative AI across industries.

Qualcomm AI200 introduces a purpose-built rack-level AI inference solution designed to deliver low total cost of ownership (TCO) and optimized performance for large language & multimodal model (LLM, LMM) inference and other AI workloads. It supports 768 GB of LPDDR per card for higher memory capacity and lower cost, enabling exceptional scale and flexibility for AI inference.

Following Apple's recent move to upgrade the Vision Pro with the latest M5 SoC and a new band, Samsung and Google revealed the first Android-powered mixed reality headset to challenge Apple's Vision Pro at nearly half the price. The Samsung Galaxy XR has dual 4K Micro-OLED displays with up to 72 Hz refresh rates (with 90 Hz "upon service request"), and it is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 SoC, which supposedly delivers 20% faster CPU performance and 15% faster GPU frequencies. The virtual display has a field of view of 100° vertically and 109° horizontally. Much like the Vision Pro it is meant to compete with, the Galaxy XR uses cameras for video passthrough, relying on two 6.5 MP sensors with 18 mm, f/2.0 wide-angle lenses.

The inside-out tracking uses six cameras to track the world and your hands, and the Galaxy XR also has a depth sensor and five IMUs (inertial measurement units) to accurately interpret head movements. Controls are handled by a mix of eye tracking, voice commands, hand tracking, or the Samsung Galaxy XR Controllers, which are designed for gaming. In addition to eye tracking, the Galaxy XR supports iris recognition for biometric access to both the device and certain apps. The headset also comes with dual two-way speakers and a six-microphone array with support for beamforming. The headset weighs in at 545 g, with an additional 302 g coming from the external battery that should provide 2-2.5 hours of continuous use, depending on the application. It is only available with 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage, and there is no microSD expansion. The Galaxy XR is available now on Samsung's online store at $1,799.99.

Apple is making a notable comeback in the VR/MR market with its upgraded Vision Pro, which still uses OLEDoS display panels. The device aims to drive the next generation of head-mounted devices by enhancing computing power and weight distribution.

TrendForce's latest report on "2025 Near-Eye Display Market Trends and Technology Analysis" indicates that OLEDoS, the preferred display technology for mid-to-high-end VR/MR devices, is experiencing significant breakthroughs in both supply chain and application areas. Consequently, OLEDoS adoption in VR/MR is projected to rise to 58% by 2030.

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced its agreement to acquire Arduino, a premier open-source hardware and software company. The transaction accelerates Qualcomm Technologies' strategy to empower developers by facilitating access to its unmatched portfolio of edge technologies and products. This acquisition builds on the Company's recent integrations of Edge Impulse and Foundries.io, reinforcing its commitment to delivering a full-stack edge platform that spans hardware, software, and cloud services. The closing of this transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.

By combining Qualcomm Technologies' leading-edge processing, graphics, computer vision, and AI with Arduino's simplicity, affordability, and community, the Company is poised to supercharge developer productivity across industries. Arduino will preserve its open approach and community spirit while unlocking a full-stack platform for modern development—with Arduino UNO Q as the first step.

Zyxel Networks, a leader in delivering secure and AI-powered cloud networking solutions, today announced the launch of six new WiFi 7 access points (APs) designed specifically for small businesses. While WiFi 7-capable devices are already widely available, many smaller organizations still face upgrade barriers due to cost and complexity. Spanning indoor, outdoor and desktop scenarios, the new models offer a cloud-manageable WiFi 7 upgrade that is both accessible and affordable for every small business.

Not all WiFi 7 APs are created equal
All the new models offer significant new features and benefits that are not found on most WiFi 7 APs. For security-conscious businesses, support for SSID VLAN tagging is provided, allowing users to assign different WiFi names to staff, guests or smart devices, segregating network traffic for easier management and enhanced privacy without needing complex IT knowledge.

A U.S. District Court judge today granted Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) a complete victory in litigation brought by Arm Ltd., rejecting Arm's attempts to stifle innovation and confirming that neither Qualcomm nor its subsidiary Nuvia breached Nuvia's license agreements with Arm.

The decision in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware dismissed the lone remaining claim in Arm's lawsuit filed against Qualcomm and Nuvia, in which Arm alleged breach of the architecture license agreement (ALA) between Nuvia and Arm. The Court ruled today in favor of Nuvia. The ruling follows Qualcomm's victory over Arm during the December 2024 trial in which a jury decided unanimously that Qualcomm did not breach the Nuvia ALA and that Qualcomm's innovative CPU cores incorporating technology obtained in the Nuvia acquisition were properly licensed under Qualcomm's own ALA. The Court's ruling today upholds those jury verdicts and rejects Arm's attempts to overturn them. The Court also rejected Arm's request for a new trial.

Qualcomm recently announced the Snapdragon X2 Elite and Elite Extreme, which appear to be putting up some respectable CPU and GPU benchmarks, but there hasn't been much word on Linux compatibility until now. A recent Linux driver patch sees the start of adding open source driver support for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 series GPUs in the X2 Elite SoC to the open-source Qualcomm MSM Direct Rendering Management driver. The patch submission specifically calls out changes to the driver that were necessary because of the new slice-based architecture, as well as changes that allow for higher current draw and necessary thermal mitigations.

The development team also mentioned that Mesa and Vulkan support for the Adreno 840 and other 800 series Arm GPUs is currently work-in-progress and "will be posted in the near future". For reference, when it comes to the previous Snapdragon X Elite launch, there were significant driver updates as recently as July 2025, so even if the Qualcomm team is working on Linux driver support, it might be a while before Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme laptops are actually at feature-parity with x86 systems on Linux.

Qualcomm recently unveiled the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme SoC as its latest foray into the world of Windows on Arm hardware. It claimed that the new processor would deliver up to 75% higher CPU performance and a 2.3 × improvement in performance per watt. Now, following the post-launch hype, independent benchmarks are starting to appear and show what Qualcomm didn't on-stage. The most recent set of benchmarks comes from ComputerBase, the German-language outlet known for its in-depth hardware testing, and it shows that Qualcomm's claims of CPU performance were surprisingly impressive. Although it also becomes clear why Qualcomm stuck to performance per watt instead of focusing too much on raw GPU performance.

According to the ComputerBase review, the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme was able to outperform Apple's best and brightest, the Apple M4 Pro, in both Cinebench 2024 and Geekbench 6.3 multicore benchmarks, scoring 1,964 and 23,693 points, respectively. Results are a little less consistent when it comes to single-core scores, with the Apple M4 Pro pulling ahead of the Snapdragon SoC by 7% in the Cinebench 2024 single-core test but falling behind the X2 Elite Extreme by 7% in Geekbench 6.5. NPU performance was also impressive, with the X2 Elite Extreme's 80 TOP NPU coming out undefeated, at 128% faster than the Intel Core Ultra 9 288V in the ASUS Zenbook S 14. Unfortunately, that seems to be where the good news for Qualcomm ends—mostly. When it comes to GPU tests, the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme remains well behind the Apple M4 Pro in both the 3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited and 3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited tests, scoring 5,687 points and 22,946 points, respectively. While that puts the new Arm silicon a solid 37-40% ahead of the nearest competing iGPU, the Apple M4 10-Core, it is still 37-46% behind the Apple M4 Pro in GPU benchmarks. It remains to be seen how this translates to real-world gaming performance and actual CPU workloads, given the translation layer that Arm SoCs currently still rely on for many non-native Windows apps and games, but it's an impressive showing nonetheless.

Zyxel Networks, a leader in delivering secure, AI- and cloud-powered business and home networking solutions, today announced the launch of four new business-class WiFi 7 access points. The new access points provide accessible, affordable, and easy WiFi upgrade solutions that are easy to deploy and manage.

Zyxel's new WiFi 7 access points, which are powered by quad-core Qualcomm chipsets, feature NebulaFlex, which enables users to easily switch between on-premises management and Nebula Cloud Networking Management. Zero-touch provisioning and app-based onboarding make the installation of the Zyxel access points as simple as scanning a QR code at the deployment site, eliminating the need for dedicated on-site IT personnel.

Qualcomm only just unveiled the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 as its latest flagship mobile SoC, and although there were early Geekbench results presented at the Snapdragon Summit event, the first real-world performance figures are starting to emerge, courtesy of the as-yet unreleased OnePlus 15. These tests, carried out by Geekerwan on YouTube mostly center around the Adreno 840 GPU in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which is meant to deliver marked performance improvements, thanks to the inclusion of Snapdragon HPM (High Performance Memory) cache and updated GPU architecture. It's also important to note that these performance results won't necessarily be representative of results on other smartphones, since thermal management is a big determining factor for smartphone performance, especially when it comes to gaming and sustained workloads. The OnePlus device in question is also running pre-release drivers and firmware, so it's possible that more optimizations and performance gains are coming.

The YouTuber tested the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 across five different games (Honkai: Impact 3rd, Wuthering Waves, Honor of Kings, and Delta Force) and compared it to an iPhone 17 Pro Max and a MediaTek Dimensity 9500. The results are rather impressive, as the new Snapdragon SoC manages to keep up with the Apple A19 Pro in the iPhone 17 Pro Max for the most part. He also performed his own Geekbench 6 tests and found that the results presented on Qualcomm's test devices at the Snapdragon Summit were representative of retail devices, with the OnePlus 15 scoring 12,352 points in the multicore benchmark and 3,836 in single-core tests.

Photos from Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, courtesy of ComputerBase, confirm the company is pushing advanced packaging format as hard as silicon this generation: the top-tier X2E-96-100 was shown with LPDDR5X memory arrays stacked on-package around an 18-core Oryon 3 cluster. This layout is designed to reduce latency and increase sustained throughput for demanding AI and media workloads. Qualcomm appears to be offering three distinct X2 configurations to balance performance, memory bandwidth, and power: a SiP (system-in-package) Extreme with very wide memory channels for peak sustained bandwidth, plus two off-package variants that rely on narrower channels but still aim for high single-thread and burst performance.

The pictured Extreme SKU, X2E-96-100, is an 18-core part with a minimum of 48 GB and a maximum of 128 GB+ of on-package LPDDR5X memory in a 12-channel configuration, delivering 228 GB/s bandwidth. It features a CPU top clock of around 4.6 GHz with a two-core boost to 5.0 GHz, and a peak GPU clock of near 1.85 GHz. The X2E-88-100 retains the 18 cores but utilizes off-package memory on an 8-channel bus at 152 GB/s, featuring base clocks of nearly 4.0 GHz and a 2-core turbo boost up to 4.7 GHz. The more compact X2E-80-100 drops to 12 cores, also featuring off-package 8-channel memory with a bandwidth of around 152 GB/s, a 4.0 GHz baseline, and single-core and dual-core bursts of up to 4.7 GHz and 4.4 GHz, respectively. The chip is built on a 3 nm node from TSMC and offers up to a dozen PCIe Gen 5 lanes, dual PCIe 5.0 lanes for NVMe, USB4, and 3× USB-C, as well as Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity. It uses a Spectra ISP and an Adreno VPU capable of multi-8K encode/decode and simultaneous 8K workflows.

As expected, along with the latest laptop-class Arm SoC, the Snapdragon X2 Elite series Qualcomm has officially unveiled its latest flagship mobile SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The 8 Elite Gen 5 launch sees Qualcomm lean even further into AI workloads while adding a handful of spec upgrades to the new SoC. It features an Oryon Gen 3 CPU that has two Prime cores capable of up to 4.60 GHz and six Performance cores that run at up to 3.62 GHz, all of which is paired with 24 MB of cache split into 12 MB chunks—12 MB per core cluster. Qualcomm says this will increase single-core performance by 20% and multicore performance by 17%, compared to the likes of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, that is. Based on Geekbench Browser scores and the information shown off by Qualcomm in the presentation, this means the 8 Elite Gen 5 performs about on-par with its true predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 3, but early benchmarks from hands-on tests at the Snapdragon Summit tell a different story. It seems as though the 8 Elite Gen 5 delivers single-core Geekbench 6 results of around 3,800 points, with multicore scores coming in at around 12,400 points—a remarkable ~3,000 uplift over the current Geekbench leader, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 3 for Galaxy.

Of course, as with much of the recent tech announcements, Qualcomm is focusing heavily on AI workloads with the launch of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. AI performance improvements and NPU upgrades abound, with Qualcomm claiming the new Hexagon NPU is 37% faster and 16% more power efficient than the previous generation. The new Hexagon NPU now also works together with the ISP to process videos more efficiently and quickly. Similarly to how ISPs typically process images, the NPU in the 8 Elite Gen 5 will be leveraged to manage things lighting, color reproduction, and sharpness. Qualcomm also demonstrated generative image processing with the example of removing glare and artifacts from images "instantly." The new NPU will also enable ModelBest on-device agentic AI with onboard training and a memory of past conversations. Supposedly, this AI will be able to access a number of on-device apps, files, and functions, including location, stored images, and social media in order to automatically post, classify photos, and do other generative tasks.

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and Snapdragon X2 Elite, the next-generation premium-tier platforms within the Snapdragon X Series portfolio. With superior performance, multi-day battery life and groundbreaking AI, these new processors are the fastest, most powerful and efficient processors for Windows PCs.

Ultra-premium performance for the pros
Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is built for ultra-premium PCs, tackling agentic AI experiences, computationally intense data analytics, professional media editing and scientific research. Ultimate power users, experienced creators and professional producers can carry out their complex, expert-level workloads on thin and light PCs while plugged in or on the go.

Qualcomm's 10th annual Snapdragon Summit kicked off yesterday in Hawaii, with CEO Cristiano Amon and Google's head of platforms and devices, Rick Osterloh, participating in the opening keynote. During the keynote, one of the topics was Google's re-entry into the PC ecosystem with the Android for PC project, which will set the stage for Google's plan to converge mobile and desktop experiences. "In the past, we've always had very different systems between what we're building on PCs and what we're building on smartphones, and we've embarked on a project to combine that," noted Osterloh, adding that "We are building together a common technical foundation for our products on PCs and desktop computing systems."

Google plans to merge its ChromeOS and Android for PC projects into a single branch, which will be Android for PC. That will include all of Google's best AI technologies from Gemini, now running on a more powerful mobile design. As Qualcomm is expected to deliver an update to its Snapdragon processors, we are yet to see how far those processors can push local AI processing. Qualcomm's CEO has, of course, seen the project, claiming, "I've seen it, it is incredible. It delivers on the vision of convergence of mobile and PC. I can't wait to have one." This teaser is a light preview of what we can expect. No concrete technical details were given, but that could change in the coming days.

Microsoft has published an interesting data point about the usage model of its Windows-on-Arm (WoA) devices. The company's corporate vice president Mike Adams claims that "The Arm app ecosystem continues to expand, with native Arm versions available for apps representing 90% of total user minutes, thus providing efficient, high-performance experiences across the scenarios that matter most to our customers." The Arm-based software ecosystem has matured to the point where the user experience is primarily occurring on native app builds, rather than relying on an x86-to-Arm translation layer. Microsoft is confident enough in this ecosystem's compatibility that it recommends users with older PCs running Windows 10—which will reach its end-of-life on October 14, 2025—consider transitioning to Arm-based Copilot+ AI PCs.

The company showcased various app use cases, all operating on their native build for Windows 11 on Arm. These include endpoint protection applications, VPN and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) apps, endpoint management tools, productivity and creative apps, as well as social, web, and entertainment applications. Microsoft even made a list of compatible applications, which you can check out here. For consumers, the choice of WoA laptops is limited, but we can expect more announcements from Qualcomm and NVIDIA to kickstart more design wins and shipments of Arm-based processors to the general Windows PC users.

During the IFA 2025 in Berlin, AMD hosted a media discussion, where one of the topics was the ongoing x86 vs. Arm debate. AMD has argued that x86 processors, both their own and Intel's SKUs, can offer competitively long battery life in the notebook form factor while maintaining the decades-old x86 software ecosystem. In a now-deleted article from ComputerBase, AMD claimed that the value of the overall package drives power efficiency and battery life, not the instruction set behind the CPU cores. As seen with designs like Intel's "Lunar Lake" and AMD's "Strix Point," x86 designs can deliver significant performance in a power-efficient package, including the GPU and even memory. Below is AMD's quote for ComputerBase, machine translated to English.

AMDSpeaking of efficiency, the topic of Arm vs. x86 came up here, as it does every year. AMD, almost like Intel recently, declared that the myth that x86 can't be efficient was refuted last year. Both AMD Ryzen and Intel Core can offer extremely long runtimes in notebooks, while accessing the entire x86 ecosystem. Ultimately, the overall package doesn't offer an advantage for Arm.

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, in an interview with Bloomberg Tech, claimed that Intel Foundry isn't yet suitable for its use case, but there is significant potential in the new nodes. According to the CEO, "Intel is not an option today," adding that "We would like Intel to be an option." The CEO discussed how the current Intel Foundry node, likely referring to Intel 18A, is not a suitable option for their mobile chips. However, the primary selling point of the vanilla 18A node isn't mobile, low-power SoCs, but rather mid-range and high-power solutions. "We design all of our chips assuming there's a battery on the other side, not plugged into the wall," said Amon, when asked about the design of their chips and their recent collaboration with German automaker BMW.

Qualcomm will continue to source its low-power SoC from TSMC and Samsung, both of which are skilled in mobile designs. For Intel, most customer attention is drawn to the enhanced 18A nodes, specifically 18A-P, scheduled for rollout in 2026, and 18A-PT, targeted for 2028. This, along with Intel 14A, will be a turning point for the foundry, which seeks to attract customers, including Qualcomm, with these improved nodes. US-based companies are constantly evaluating Intel Foundry services, and over time, these services are becoming increasingly attractive in areas such as packaging, not just advanced manufacturing. Still, the primary goal of Intel Foundry is leading-edge node production, so when/if customers like Qualcomm come, they will need to be ready with satisfying yield and performance figures.

beyerdynamic is set to unveil three new headphone models at the International Radio Exhibition (IFA) in Berlin. The brand-new additions are precisely tailored to the different needs of users. While the AVENTHO 200 proves to be a flexible companion for frequent travelers, the AMIRON 200 delivers motivating sounds for runners and active sports enthusiasts. The range is rounded off by the new AMIRON ZERO, which appeals to style-conscious early adopters with its innovative clip design.

AVENTHO 200: Take it anywhere and use it flexibly
The AVENTHO 200 is a versatile companion for at home and on the go. Whether relaxing with the favorite playlist, traveling, or for professional purposes, the wireless over-ear headphones from beyerdynamic adapt to everyday life and offer the ideal balance of functionality, comfort, and outstanding sound quality at any time.

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced a new groundbreaking processor, the Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-6690, which is the world's first enterprise mobile processor with fully integrated UHF RFID capabilities. The processor includes built-in 5G, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, and ultra-wideband, supporting proximity-aware experiences and superior global connectivity. Designed to support a wide range of form factors from ruggedized handhelds to retail point-of-sale systems and smart kiosks, the Dragonwing Q-6690 offers OEMs and ODMs a scalable and upgrade-ready platform with software-configurable feature packs that can be upgraded over the air.

"The Dragonwing Q-6690 combines integrated RFID, AI, and next-gen wireless capabilities in a single, scalable platform, designed to accelerate innovation across industries including retail, logistics, and manufacturing," said Art Miller, vice president and head of retail, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "We are particularly excited about working with retailers today that need platforms that are not only powerful and connected, but also adaptable to evolving customer expectations, from smarter kiosks and handhelds to real-time inventory analytics and contactless experiences."