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Priya Narayan

Consumer technology analyst who has spent a decade testing phones, laptops, cameras, networking gear, and smart-home products. Priya focuses on lived usability over launch-event promises.
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Starlink Mobile 5G, Oppo Reno17, iPhone 18 and Galaxy Buds Hearing

Starlink Mobile 5G gets Qualcomm hardware, Oppo confirms the Reno17 date, and the iPhone 18 leaks again. Samsung also pushes hearing aid features to Galaxy Buds.

By Priya Narayan | November 05, 2026

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Sigma FP2, Lensbaby Omni and GoPro Filters: Camera Gear Roundup

Sigma, Lensbaby, and GoPro each launched gear that targets a specific shooter complaint. This camera gear roundup covers the FP2, a vintage-style 50mm, Omni filters, and GoPro close-up filters.

By Priya Narayan | October 23, 2026

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Tiny Camera News Roundup This Week: Kenko Pieni III

A roundup of this week's quirkiest camera stories, from a wearable $38 digital camera to a 60-year-old Bigfoot hoax finally debunked. Plus new photo books on giraffes and American street life.

By Priya Narayan | October 19, 2026

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AI Coding Assistants Get Smarter About Schema Drift

A new developer tool called TokenCap links SQL and GraphQL schemas to code to stop AI coding assistants from writing queries that break at runtime, alongside fresh takes on EHR integration pitfalls, privacy-first image compression, and an AI-run social media experiment.

By Priya Narayan | October 14, 2026

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SmallRig Deals, Mac Studio, Brain AI: Photography News Roundup

A roundup of this week's biggest photography news: SmallRig's October gear sale, Apple's M5 Ultra Mac Studio, mind-reading AI image reconstruction, stunning aviation photography, and Imaging World's move to Cologne.

By Priya Narayan | October 07, 2026

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Keurig Alta Coffee Machine Ditches Plastic Pods for Pucks

Keurig's new single-serve machine swaps plastic-laced K-Cups for plant-based coffee pucks. This roundup also covers how LLMs process text, a sneaky Redis infrastructure bug, and why AI coding agents still struggle with proxy errors.

By Priya Narayan | October 02, 2026

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Caching, RAG, and AI Code Review Gaps: Backend Reality Check

A roundup of backend and AI engineering lessons from this week: why caching beats blaming your database, the mess behind PDF-to-RAG pipelines, a study on unreviewed AI pull requests, and what it takes to secure a custom AI application.

By Priya Narayan | September 25, 2026

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026: Shark Nebula Wins Big

This year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners spotlight a stunning Shark Nebula image, while NASA's Roman telescope begins testing at L2. Add a fresh lunar impact crater, Kodak's beloved Ektar 100 film, and a newly discovered cat species, and it's a big week for photography and science.

By Priya Narayan | September 18, 2026

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Vintage Lenses Prove Skill Still Beats New Gear

Vintage lenses, drone certification, and waterfall technique all point to one theme this week: skill still beats shortcuts. A look at how photographers are adapting as AI-generated images spread.

By Priya Narayan | September 07, 2026

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AI Editing, DxO 10, and Sigma Cine Lenses: Camera Industry 2026

AI video editing lands inside a mirrorless camera for the first time, while DxO and Sigma push refinements to editing software and cinema lenses. Here's what this week's camera news actually means for buyers.

By Priya Narayan | September 02, 2026

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