Acer confirms data breach after hacker lists trove of stolen material for sale
No customer or financial data was compromised
The FTC is probing Twitter's layoffs, its subscription service, and the Twitter Files
It also wants to depose Elon Musk
2022 might have been the worst year for desktop dedicated graphics on record
Q3 2022 was already the worst quarter ever, Q4 only modestly improved
PC workstation shipments grew by 2.1% in 2022, but 2023 will be a tough year
Further growth unsustainable in the face of tightened budgets and ongoing inflation
Intel finalizes design for Intel 20A and Intel 18A process nodes
One step closer to "process technology leadership," but still more than a year away
US restrictions see China's chip imports plummet 27% in first two months of 2023
The sanctions are having a huge impact
SSD prices have dropped up to 30% this year so far, but they may go even lower
Higher inventory and lower prices mean good times for PC buyers and builders
Number Representations in Computer Hardware, Explained
Welcome to a most fundamental area of computer design: how numbers are represented in hardware! We know that modern computers use and are very efficient at using binary, but wasn't always the case.
Opinion: Semis Top Five
Editor's take: The industry has changed a lot in the eight years since we wrote our first analysis on the top five chip companies. We anticipated semis were no longer a growth industry and the only way for companies to keep growing was to win market share (hard) or buy other companies. This is especially true in semiconductors because most of these companies outsource their manufacturing to foundries like TSMC and GlobalFoundries.
US blacklists China's Loongson as its CPUs reach maturity
Loongson and 27 other Chinese companies lose access to American tech
Sources say Microsoft will receive EU approval in Activision acquisition case
Long-term licensing deals may alleviate concerns and save the merger
Reddit lawyers tell movie studios to take a hike after they demanded to identify users
A hot potato: Lawyers litigating a movie piracy case have demanded the identities of nine Reddit users who "might" have discussed piracy on the platform. Reddit turned over some of the information on one (or two) of the users that seemed to be engaging in a "how-to" discussion on bootlegging movies; the plaintiffs want all of the users exposed. Reddit says, "No. We'll see you in court."
Multibillion dollar companies should do more to prevent cyberattacks, says the Biden administration
Cyberattacks are getting more sophisticated and existing security mechanisms are proving ineffective
China leads the US in the research of 37 out of 44 critical technologies, claims think tank
China has a "stunning lead" over the US
In a nutshell: The Biden administration might be limiting China's ability to manufacture advanced chips, but according to an independent think tank, the Asian nation is still ahead of the US when it comes to research in 37 out of 44 crucial and emerging technologies, including AI, defense, and key quantum tech areas.
Global DRAM market revenue hit 2008 lows in the fourth quarter
Micron is accelerating layoff plans
This is how ChatGPT can help get you a new software job
Personalize my resume for this (software job title) role...
Intel might be catching up to AMD's discrete GPU market share
Numbers based on financial estimates -- Nvidia still dominates
The computerized, cloudified 5G network is getting real
Forward-looking: One of the most famous phrases about the value of networks came from Sun Microsystems' Scott Gage in 1984 when he declared that "the network is the computer." That long-time Sun tagline referred more to the value of connecting computers together and the concept of thin clients attaching to a centralized computing infrastructure than cellular networks. Nevertheless, it remains a prescient, pithy synopsis of where the computing and telecom worlds have been headed for the last three decades.
Samsung's solution to green energy laws is to dim 8K TVs out of the box
Much ado about nothing
Salesforce, which just laid off 8,000 workers, pays 'creative advisor' Matthew McConaughey $10 million per year
Not alright, alright, alright
Why it matters: Many tech industry workers have been laid off from their jobs recently, the result of over-hiring during the lockdowns and a global economic downturn. Becoming unemployed is a bitter pill, and it's even more depressing to learn that your former company pays a Hollywood actor millions of dollars a year to act as a creative adviser.
The CPU and GPU markets cratered towards the end of 2022
Notebook GPU shipments saw the biggest drop since 2011
Chinese companies are filling warehouses with chipmaking equipment in preparation for more restrictions
Japan and the Netherlands will soon join the US in restricting exports to China
In tech culture, the term "vaporware" was first used in reference to which product?
All of those who immediately think "Duke Nukem Forever," please raise your hand
