IDC and Canalys disagree whether this is the second or third consecutive quarter of growth, but either way, the slump is definitively behind us — and we haven’t even seen the impact of this year’s Qualcomm, AMD and Intel chip launches yet.
Shapeways, a 3D-printing services pioneer we profiled a decade ago, has now filed for bankruptcy.
Prusa, based in Prague, will now make some printers in the USA. “Our goal is to become the largest manufacturer of 3D printers and filaments in the USA within a year.” It anticipates 15–20 percent of assembled MK4 printers will be made here by 2025.
Nano Dimension is acquiring Desktop Metal.
The new ice blue Z Flip 6 that Evan Blass just leaked? Now that’s color — shiny blue hinge, shiny blue sides, shiny blue camera lens rings. I own the mint green Flip 5 (see next image in gallery) and it’s mostly just black and silver. Too bad I couldn’t wait a year!
NotebookCheck writes that the first Asus laptops with Ryzen AI 300 chips, codename Strix Point, will launch July 17th at an event originally scheduled for July 8th. Best Buy has changed its ship dates to July 28th, from July 15th originally.
Two weeks till launch, four weeks till availability.
