A small group of people congregate around what appears to be just another smartphone at a Mobile World Congress booth in Barcelona. The screen doesn’t glare back like most do, despite the harsh lighting—overhead LEDs bouncing off polished surfaces. It is nearly soft and matte as it sits there. It is tilted in the direction of a window. It is still readable. Avoid awkward angle hunting. It is difficult to resist bending slightly closer. The display industry has endured a silent compromise for many years. E-readers’ e-ink screens are soft on the eyes and resemble paper, but they are slow,…
Author: Taylor Lowery
Taylor Lowery
Taylor Lowery is a senior editor at glofiish.com, a technology writer, and a true circuit enthusiast. She works in the tech sector, so she does more than just cover it. Taylor works for a smartphone company during the day, which gives her a firsthand look at how gadgets are designed, manufactured, promoted, and ultimately placed in people's hands.Her writing is unique because of this insider viewpoint. Taylor makes the technical connections that other writers overlook, whether she's dissecting the silicon architecture of a new flagship chipset, analyzing the implications of a significant Android update for actual users, or tracking the effects of a new AI model announcement across the mobile industry.Her editorial focus covers every aspect of the current tech stack, including smartphone software and hardware, artificial intelligence (from large language models and generative tools to on-device inference), and the broader innovation trends influencing the direction of the consumer technology sector. She is especially passionate about the nexus of AI and mobile computing, which she feels is still in its most exciting early stages.
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Somewhere in the Pentagon, screens glow in a gentle blue haze in an operations room without windows. Sitting silently, analysts scan streams of data, including satellite photos, intercepted signals, and bits of information that used to take days to process. Nowadays, artificial intelligence has pre-filtered, arranged, and even prioritized a large portion of it. For many years, artificial intelligence (AI) was used in the military to help analysts sort through massive amounts of data, identify anomalies, and suggest possibilities. However, something has changed lately. The Pentagon’s “AI-first” strategy now goes beyond support. It has to do with integration. reducing the…
A producer uses a laptop to browse through a playlist in a dimly lit Los Angeles studio. The voice that emerges from the speakers sounds polished, tidy, a little breathy, and uncannily familiar. However, the singer is nonexistent. No recording sessions at night. Not a tour bus. No discussions about contracts. Just write code. Artificial intelligence was viewed by record labels for many years as a danger that existed only outside the industry’s boundaries. Something to battle. Something to file a lawsuit. However, things seem to be changing lately. Labels are starting to investigate a different strategy—owning the thing they…
Just before dusk, something subtle occurs at a busy intersection in Singapore. Cars don’t follow the typical stop-and-go pattern; instead, they slow down and then accelerate. There is no sense of rigidity in the traffic light. As a wave of cars approaches, it changes—almost instinctively—stretching green for a few more seconds before tightening once more as the road clears. Nobody is aware of it. Perhaps that’s the point. Like the weather, traffic jams have always seemed inevitable. You anticipate them. You gripe about them. Your life is organized around them. However, this assumption is being subtly challenged in an increasing…
Samsung’s prototype is silently positioned behind a barrier in a busy tech expo hall with bright lights reflecting off polished glass screens. It is not foldable. It doesn’t open like a book does. Rather, it stretches. With a light tug, the screen expands into something surprisingly similar to a tablet. It’s difficult to avoid pausing for a moment. Tablets occupied an odd middle ground for years. Too small to take the place of a laptop, too large to be really portable. Despite this, people continued to carry them—on airplanes, in meetings, and on couches—thinking that a device that fell between…
A fruit vendor in a busy Lahore market stops in the middle of a transaction and takes out his phone to verify a payment. No money is exchanged. After a brief glance and a gentle vibration, the transaction is completed. The real transaction takes place inside a screen that is barely six inches wide while motorcycles pass by and vendors shout prices. It’s difficult to ignore how commonplace this has become. The takeover of the digital economy by smartphones was not announced. There was no clear turning point, no single moment. Rather, they permeated every aspect of life, including payments,…
It’s easy to spot something strange on a quiet tram in Budapest. Nearly all of them are staring down. Fingers flicked upward in that familiar, unconscious motion, heads cocked forward, and shoulders curved slightly inward. Nobody appears rushed. However, nobody appears to be completely present either. As you watch this scene, you get the impression that there’s more going on than just distraction. A recent study from Semmelweis University in Hungary attempts to identify that emotion. More intriguingly, it contradicts a lot of people’s preconceived notions. For many years, the prevailing narrative was straightforward: excessive screen time causes addiction. However,…
Recalling the Virtual Boy makes me feel almost uneasy. Not only because of what it was, but also because of the way it felt. A flickering red void that pulsed between fascination and headache replaced the outside world as you leaned forward and pressed your face into that black plastic visor. It wasn’t particularly enjoyable. However, it was also not unforgettable. The Virtual Boy was marketed as a preview of the future when Nintendo released it in 1995. The futuristic sound of a 32-bit console with stereoscopic 3D capabilities justified its peculiar design. However, the reality was much less compelling.…
Not too long ago, watching television meant making a commitment to a location. A room, a couch, a set hour. Families assembling, a screen’s glow bouncing off silent walls. Smartphones and streaming have been eroding that ritual for years. However, observing dozens of people glued to their phones during a live sporting event in a packed public square today gives one the impression that something more fundamental is changing. 5G Broadcast does more than just alter content delivery. The location of television is altered. CategoryDetailsTechnology5G Broadcast (LTE-based terrestrial broadcast system)Developed By3GPP (global telecom standards body)Key FeatureDelivers TV directly to smartphones…
Driving past a section of Texas highway and realizing that the town ahead—its houses, its school, even its mayor—exists because a tech company decided it should is a subtly bizarre experience. Not a plan from the government. not a natural growth. It was simply a decision made in a boardroom that it might be simpler to build a city than to repair one. Once a fringe concept, it is now strangely widespread. CategoryDetailsKey FiguresElon Musk, Marc Lore, Mark ZuckerbergNotable ProjectsStarbase (Texas), Snailbrook (Texas), California ForeverConceptCorporate-built towns integrating work, housing, and lifestyleHistorical Parallel19th-century company towns (Pullman, Lowell, Bournville)Core MotivationEfficiency, control, culture-building,…