TSMC may charge 30 percent more for chips made at its US-based Arizona fabs
The chipmaker is looking for $15 billion in subsidies from the US government
Consumer groups score big win against Big Cable as Colorado ends restrictions on municipal broadband
Dozens of municipalities in the state had already opted out of the restrictive 2005 law
Mozilla acquires review-checking service Fakespot, Firefox integration incoming
Mozilla will use AI to spot fake reviews and e-commerce scams on Firefox
The Biden administration wants to impose a 30% tax on electricity used for crypto mining
The tax could generate around $3.5 billion over ten years
IBM will stop hiring for jobs that could be performed by an AI
Around 7,800 positions could be impacted
Intel posts biggest quarterly loss in company history as processor sales plunge
Bottom line: Unlike other tech giants like Microsoft and Google, Intel's bottom line is hurting this year. The company saw a $2.8 billion loss in Q1 – the worst in its history and a major hit at a time when it is scrambling to pivot towards an open foundry model and protect its future. CEO Pat Gelsinger assumed a lot of risks with the new strategy and believes it will pay off in spades, but we'll have to wait and see.
Dropbox blames AI and the economy for laying off 500 people
AI indirectly takes more jobs
TSMC details N3 node evolution, outlines roadmap for 2nm-class nodes
N3E later this year, N2P with nanosheet transistors and backside power delivery in 2026
German giant Bosch to invest $1.5 billion in US chip manufacturing facilities
Planned investment will vary according to US federal subsidies
Samsung's profit craters as demand for phones and memory chips remains low
The company just posted its worst quarterly results since 2009
Meta's Reality Labs lost $3.99 billion last quarter, bringing its total losses since 2020 to $30 billion
Do people even care about the metaverse anymore (or to begin with)?
Former PlayStation president said he was forced to "cancel so many games"
If a title doesn't absolutely 'wow' execs, it never makes it past the prototype stage
Google parent Alphabet is still making bank, but faces fierce competition in search and generative AIs
The search giant's years of easy growth may be behind it
UK competition regulator blocks Microsoft's acquisition of Activision
The companies are appealing, but this is a major blow
Microsoft Q3 2023 revenues rise 7%, but Windows and Xbox sales are down yet again
Azure and other cloud services were the saving grace
New European Commission rules for 19 tech giants could spell trouble for Twitter
"Today is the D(SA)-Day for digital regulation"
Seagate reduces carbon footprint with refurbished storage drives
Refurbishing and reusing drives contributes less to emissions than recycling them
Spotify's user base swells to 515 million listeners, but financial losses persist
Spotify's best Q1 as a public company
Supreme Court rejects lawsuit seeking patents for AI-created inventions
US patent law says inventors must be human
Job-slashing, cost-cutting Alphabet paid CEO Sundar Pichai $226 million last year
Some Google employees have to share desks
ECAT is Europe's new initiative to investigate the black box of online algorithms
What just happened? The European Union has unveiled its latest regulatory initiative, a watchdog organization designed to bringing a new level of transparency to "very big" IT companies and their often mysterious algorithmic applications.
GlobalFoundries is suing IBM for IP and trade secret violation
The two former partners are once again clashing horns in courts
Latest Cadence tools bring generative AI to chip and system design
Specialized generative AI versus general-purpose language-based offerings