TechnologySeptember 3, 2026
vaporware
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Definition
Software or hardware products that are announced or marketed to the public but are never actually released or manufactured.
Etymology
Coined in the early 1980s by combining 'vapor'—suggesting something that exists only as an insubstantial mist—and 'ware' from 'hardware' or 'software'.
In the news
The article reassures readers that O-Kube's technology is legitimate and backed by real R&D, rather than being mere vaporware that never makes it to production.
O-Kube IFA 2026: Danish Startup Aims to Solve the Single-Speaker Problem with the Spherion 1
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