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AI in healthcare by the numbers: who uses it, what ambient scribes cost, how many devices the FDA lists and where it has fallen short. See the data.
By Supun BandaraOctober 10, 202617 min read
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Conversational AI for customer service explained: how it works, what Fin, Zendesk and Agentforce charge, and where it still fails. Compare the costs.
Supun BandaraSeptember 28, 202615 min read
AI coding assistant pricing compared for 2026: Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code and Codex, with what each plan's included usage is actually worth in dollars.
Supun BandaraSeptember 4, 202610 min read
Are password managers safe? What the LastPass breach really exposed, the settings that decide whether your vault holds, and where passkeys fit in 2026.
Supun BandaraSeptember 3, 202611 min read
UK laptop and PC prices are climbing as AI data centres soak up memory. Here is what is driving it, what to expect by Black Friday, and whether to buy now.
Supun BandaraSeptember 3, 20268 min read
The 2026 RAM price hike pushed a 32GB DDR5 kit past $400. Here is what drove DRAM prices up, who pays for it, and when memory costs may finally start to ease.
Supun BandaraSeptember 1, 20269 min read
Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code and Google Antigravity all look like $20-a-month tools until you read the billing page. Here's what the best AI coding assistants actually cost in 2026 — credit pools, usage caps, free tiers, and the traps that push a $20 subscription past $100 — plus which one fits solo developers, agent-heavy workflows, and teams in the UK, US, Canada and Australia.
Supun BandaraAugust 31, 202610 min read
Coding bootcamps cost anywhere from free to $24,000 and promise a fast route into tech. But 2026's AI-driven hiring slowdown has changed the math for junior developers. Here's what bootcamps actually cost, what placement rates really mean, and how to tell if one is still worth it.
Supun BandaraJuly 5, 20269 min read
ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini in 2026: which AI assistant is actually best? Compare current pricing, the latest models, and head-to-head strengths in writing, coding, multimodal, and research. See which one fits your workflow and budget, and where each genuinely wins.
Supun BandaraJune 16, 20267 min read
In 2026, the biggest constraint on AI isn't smarter models — it's power. From trillion-dollar data center spending to grid shortfalls, here's why electricity, land, and cooling are now the real moat in the AI boom, and what it means for everyone.
Supun BandaraJune 14, 20263 min read
Just three days after its historic launch, Anthropic's state-of-the-art Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models have been forced offline globally by a sudden US government export control directive. We break down the national security scramble, the alleged "jailbreak" discovered by Amazon researchers, and what this unprecedented regulatory enforcement means for the future of frontier AI.
Supun BandaraJune 14, 20263 min read