Articles by Mark N. Vena

Fox’s plan to acquire Roku is one of those deals that looks obvious only after someone finally has the nerve to do it On paper, it is a $22 billion cash-and-stock transaction. In reality, it is Fox admitting something the entire media industry already knows but still hates saying out loud: the future of television is not just about owning shows, ...

Apple’s WWDC26 was not the kind of event that sends the tech world into a collective sugar high There was no dramatic new device category, foldable iPhone, or surprise hardware reveal — and none of the AI demos made the industry stop and say, “Well, that changes everything.”...

Foldable smartphones have been the next big thing for several years, and that is exactly the problem. The category has generated plenty of hype, engineering swagger, and “future of mobile” headlines. What it has not achieved is broad mainstream adoption Even after multiple product cycles from Samsung, Motorola, Google, OnePlus, and others, fold...

Adobe Summit 2026 made one thing clear: Adobe refuses to be seen as nervously adding AI to legacy products. It intends to build the operating model for customer experience and marketing in the agentic era That is a big swing....

MediaTek is no longer just a volume chip supplier. At its recent Analyst Day in San Francisco, the company made a clear case that it intends to compete as a top-tier player across AI, mobile, and edge computing — and reshape how the industry views its role That was the larger story of the day. MediaTek did not simply show up with a few product up...

Nvidia doesn’t just launch technology. It defines the language that shapes markets -- and in tech, language often defines the market itself. In the traditional PC, server, and storage eras that defined much of the first two decades of the 21st century, the terminology was mostly dry and functional The industry sold boxes, components, and back-end...

Apple’s latest Mac announcements may look like routine upgrades. Look closer, and a deliberate strategy behind the new MacBook Neo and updated MacBook Pro lineup becomes clear On one end, Apple pushed the MacBook Pro further upmarket with M5 Pro and M5 Max silicon, a new Fusion architecture, more memory bandwidth, faster storage, and AI and graph...

It is easy to misunderstand Calix if you start by comparing it to consumer-facing giants like Comcast or Cox Communications. Those companies sell broadband directly to end users nationwide Calix primarily serves broadband service providers behind the scenes. Many of them are regional operators, cooperatives, municipalities, and smaller-market ISPs ...

After using the Galaxy XR for about 2 weeks, it quickly became evident that Samsung built the device to make premium mixed reality feel less like a tech demo and more like a product you can live with It aims to deliver the core promise of XR in a practical way. You get big screens wherever you want them, a flexible workspace without physical monito...

Apple recently announced Creator Studio, which bundles a tight set of creation tools around the workflows most creators run every day The bundle includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage, plus subscriber-only features inside Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform....

Synaptics enters 2026 with a problem it can live with. Many people still picture it as the company behind your laptop's touchpad. That legacy is real, and it paid the bills for a long time. But it also boxed the company in, because “touchpad supplier” does not sound like a platform player In the last year, Synaptics has worked hard to widen tha...

Dell’s CES 2026 product announcements read like a company choosing clarity over experimentation. Jeff Clarke, Dell’s vice chairman and chief operating officer, set the tone early when he admitted the PC business had drifted, and then put a stake in the ground publicly: “We’ve got a bit off course in our PC business, and the accumulated impact is we’ve underperformed getting back to our roots, getting back to the basics.”...

An invite-only AMD fireside chat for industry analysts last month had a refreshing vibe, signaling a company that no longer thinks in product silos. It framed AMD as a three-pillar business spanning data center, end-user products, and embedded That matters because AI is no longer a single market; it is a stack and a deployment pattern. The most int...

For most people, and it’s completely understandable, Nvidia is still shorthand for GPUs and AI chips. The company’s silicon dominates the AI data center conversation and headlines But Nvidia’s real “moat,” and I use that word purposefully, is the combination of its silicon offerings with an increasingly deep software stack. Stated a bit d...

After being invited to use OpenAI’s Sora and spending two weeks experimenting with it, I am convinced that we are at the precipice of a change so profound that it’s hard to comprehend fully, even as we watch it unfold. The launch and rapid evolution of generative AI video tools, led by Sora, have triggered a dual reaction: sheer wonder and palpable fear...

OktoberTech Silicon Valley 2025 underscored that Infineon no longer sees itself as a niche component supplier watching the AI wave from the sidelines The company used the event, held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., to frame a sharper, more assertive narrative: Infineon aims to be the foundational infrastructure provider for...

AMD’s 2025 Financial Analyst Day on Tuesday was not about trying to outshout Nvidia on speeds and feeds. It was about resetting how investors, customers, and partners think about AMD’s role in the AI era. The company presented itself not as a niche challenger or opportunistic second source, but as a structurally important, scaled platform player in a compute market it now sizes at $1 trillion...

Red Hat’s recent momentum highlights how open-source innovation, paired with disciplined execution, can redefine how enterprises adopt and scale AI Best known for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift, its Kubernetes-based hybrid cloud platform that enables organizations to build, deploy, and manage containerized applications across environments...

In today’s hybrid work and connected lifestyle, the right technology makes all the difference in productivity, creativity, and seamless living Whether it’s robust connectivity, intelligent organization, or reliable performance, the latest innovations elevate everyday experiences....

At its 2025 Securities Analyst Meeting in New York, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) delivered a confident narrative: the company is entering a new phase of profitable growth, anchored by AI infrastructure, next-generation networking, and the full integration of Juniper Networks CEO Antonio Neri opened with a celebratory tone, marking HPE’s tenth...