The State of Self-Driving Cars: Autonomous Advances
Significant advances have been made in the technology that powers self-driving cars in the last decade, but there's still further to go. We dive into the current state of self-driving cars in 2023.
For new hardware companies, waiting is the hardest part
Software can be patched in real-time, but once hardware goes out the door there is no way to fix it
AMD delays Ryzen 7040HS series and Intel cancels Thunder Bay SoCs
Some short-term bad news
Recent report claims Seagate and Hitachi HDDs are most likely to fail
In context: While the popularity of SSDs continues to increase, some users still prefer to have a trusted hard drive for their affordable costs and high storage capacities. However, a recent study shows buyers may not always pick the most reliable HDDs.
TSMC founder Morris Chang supports China chip sanctions, but voices doubts on Chips Act
Foundry founder discusses chip industry fragmentation and US-China chip sanctions
Micron is funding a talent pipeline to fill jobs at Upstate NY chip-making campus
Investing now for the future
Global PC and console gaming revenues dipped 2.2% in 2022
The industry expects a major boost from several blockbuster titles this year
TikTok faces ultimatum from Biden administration: Sell or be banned
The demand comes after more than two years of bellyaching and a ban from government devices
T-Mobile to acquire Ryan Reynolds' Mint Mobile for $1.35 billion
Nice payday for Ryan Reynolds
Anti-piracy coalition helped dismantle Evo piracy group
A major threat to the movie industry gone silent, and it likely won't come back
South Korea to build world's largest chip center using $230 billion investment from Samsung
Will it impact the company's US plans?
As the AI race unfolds, OpenAI keeps the lead and unveils GPT-4
Why it matters: OpenAI launched GPT-4 this week, an update to its popular language model and technology that aims to improve precision and is designed to act as an underlying engine for chatbots, search engines, online tutors, and more. GPT-4 is now available to paid subscribers and there's a waitlist to use the model via API. Furthermore, the AI race is on, with "AI startups" raising funds like there is no tomorrow and big tech companies like Google scrambling to make it known that they are not so far behind.
Spotify HiFi has been ready and waiting in the wings for over a year ago, but Apple rained on its parade
Spotify is still trying to figure out how to make money off lossless
Former Trump official claims the US would destroy TSMC plants were China to invade Taiwan
Former national security advisor thinks control of TSMC would make China the OPEC of semiconductors
Meta lays off another 13 percent of its workforce in second round of 'restructuring' cuts
Company has trimmed nearly a quarter of its staff since November
UK startup wants to turn the RRAM dream into reality
Intrinsic secured funds to build a business around its non-volatile RRAM tech
Microsoft signs another 10-year Call of Duty distribution deal to sway regulators on Activision Blizzard deal
Regulators are still reviewing the acquisition
An Indian state changed its labor laws to support iPhone manufacturing
The Indian state of Karnataka is now closer to China's labor practices
Silicon Valley Bank collapses in biggest American bank failure since 2008 financial crisis
Update: The US government moves to guarantee all SVB's deposits
50 Years of Video Games
For over 50 years, video games have been a significant part of popular culture. Born in the minds of creative engineers, games have grown from mere curiosities into a global industry worth billions of dollars.
Blurred lines: the difference between fabless and foundry companies
A rose by any other name
Algae may be Microsoft's newest weapon in the fight against its own carbon footprint
If successful, the technology would support Microsoft's pledge to become carbon negative by the year 2030
Fujitsu announces successor to its Arm-based A64FX data center CPU
Arriving in 2027 to power a future supercomputer
The Netherlands says it will join the US in restricting chipmaking-tool exports to China
All eyes are now on Japan
Google I/O 2023 will take place on May 10, stream online for free
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