Seagate fined $300 million for selling hard drives to sanctioned Huawei
Seagate believes it broke no laws
AUO demos microLED displays for laptops, but they're not quite ready
The Taiwanese company is scrambling to move on from LCD tech
Samsung overtakes Apple in phone shipments as the market dips again
Analysts see "signs of stability" but the first three months of 2023 were anything but
Europe will invest €43 billion to make its own microchips
A European Chips Act to play catch-up with the US and Asia
Tech employees say they were being paid to do nothing all day
Big tech companies were apparently hiring workers to keep them from joining rival firms
CHIPS Act requirements are putting a damper on China's chipmaking ambitions
American companies that operate in China are also affected
Sega agrees to buy Angry Birds maker Rovio for $772 million
Can we expect a Sonic and Angry Birds crossover?
Education or experience: Should IT jobs focus more on candidate skills and less on degrees?
The split between "required" and "desired" IT job qualifications continues to grow
How to sell a CPU
Editor's take: Much of the focus in semiconductors is on chip performance, and so for many outside the process it can be mystifying why sometimes a "better" chip loses out to a "weaker" chip. To name just one example, Intel still sells a lot of server CPUs despite their poor comparison with the latest AMD or Arm offerings.
Colorado is the first US state to pass a right-to-repair law for farmers
John Deere warns about the "unintended consequences" stemming from the new legislation
LG and Samsung are again close to signing an OLED panel supply deal
LG Display would supply Samsung with W-OLED panels for TV production
Seagate unveils new 22TB IronWolf Pro hard drive at NAB conference
Its direct rival is Western Digital's Red Pro 22TB drive
Hackers claim responsibility for Western Digital data breach, My Cloud is back online after outage
Attackers claim to have personal data and executives' contact information
Intel ties up with Arm to build chips for fabless semiconductor companies
The deal could once again help Intel make processors for Apple
Record labels demand streaming providers block AI music scraping
UMG: "We will not hesitate to take steps to protect our rights and those of our artists"
Gaming monitor shipments down overall for 2022, expected to recover in 2023
High refresh rates and the Chinese market could improve things
TSMC sees revenues slide for the first time in almost four years
The chipmaker isn't worried and expects weak demand will be a short-lived problem
Made in China 32-core Loongson data center CPU announced
Another step towards technological independence?
Samsung scales back memory chip production as profit craters
DRAM and NAND prices are expected to continue their slide in the coming months
Shhh: One in three IT pros have covered up a data breach
Breaches happen far more often than we're told
What's the biggest tech acquisition in history?
Who spent the big bucks: IBM, Dell, Broadcom or was it Elon?
UK regulator warns of Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud dominance
A further investigation into potential antitrust law violations would be nice
Economic woes see IDC lower worldwide IT spending forecast for fifth consecutive month
Things aren't getting better, unfortunately
Samsung is investing $3.1B in OLED production, perhaps at Apple's behest
Apple could use the OLED production capacity for iPads and MacBooks
PC gaming hardware market to shrink further in 2023 before recovering over the next two years
The road to recovery will be long and arduous