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Acer’s Predator Orion 7000 Named The Official 2025 Tournament PC of Intel Extreme Masters
31 Jul 2025
For the first time in IEM history, fans can play on and take home the same hardware used by the Counter-Strike pros.
Acer Launches Multi-Year Collaboration with Stanford Athletics
29 Jul 2025
SAN JOSE, Calif. (July 29, 2025) Acer is teaming up with Stanford Athletics to establish a multi-year marketing partnership rooted in a shared...
Acer Reports June Revenues at NT$28.69 Billion, Up 49.7% Month-on-month and 1.8% Year-on-year
09 Jul 2025
TAIPEI (July 9, 2025) Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353) announced its consolidated revenues for June at NT$28.69 billion with 49.7% growth month-on-month and...
Acer Celebrates Multiple Wins at the 2025 Red Dot Product Design Awards
09 Jul 2025
TAIPEI (July 9, 2025) Several Acer products have earned the 2025 Red Dot Awards for product design excellence. This year’s winning entries span...
Acer Debuts New Copilot+ PCs: Ultra-light Swift Edge AI and Everyday-Performer Swift Go AI
19 May 2025
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Acer Unveils Creator-Worthy Swift X Duo with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series Laptop GPUs
19 May 2025
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Acer Announces New Predator Triton 14 AI, Blending Top-Tier Laptop Gaming Performance and Creative Capabilities
19 May 2025
Also announced the new Predator Helios Neo 14 AI laptop and Predator Orion 3000 gaming desktop, all configurable with the latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series
Acer Expands Aspire AI Series with Six New Copilot+ PCs Powered by Next-Gen Processors
19 May 2025
Available in 14- and 16-inch laptop models with various processor options, powering AI solutions for smarter collaboration and productivity
Acer Introduces Pair of Iconia V Series Tablets, Connect Series 5G CPE, Mobile Hotspot and Dongle
19 May 2025
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New Predator Monitors Push the Limits with Speedy 500 Hz Refresh Rate and 4K QD-OLED Panels
19 May 2025
Acer also announced two new Nitro Google TV™ smart monitors with game-ready refresh rates, plus a 4K portable monitor
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
