CEO pay hits record highs: Meet the top earners
Half the top CEOs made at least $15.7 million
Ghost of Tsushima is PlayStation's most successful single-player release on Steam
Success comes despite not being sold in countries that don't support PSN
How the Dreamcast almost bankrupted Nvidia before a Sega executive saved the company
"His understanding and generosity gave us six months to live"
Decades-old programming languages Fortran and Cobol are still thriving
Old Glories: Fortran and Cobol are still among the world's most popular programming languages despite being almost 70 years old. They're certainly overachieving, but for entirely different reasons, and neither seem unwilling to go out of fashion as new technological advancements like AI keep old skills relevant.
AWS plans major European expansion with €7.8 billion investment in sovereign data center
The data centers will let customers keep all their metadata within the EU
Unbuilt data centers in high demand as firms secure space years in advance
Shortfall looms as construction fails to meet surging demand
Why is Apple making a data center chip?
"ACDC" (Apple Chips in Data Center) would be the clear winner in 2024's chip naming competition
Editor's take: Of course, Apple is designing its own AI chips for its data centers. This will give them an end-to-end, cloud-to-edge AI system that its competitors will not be able to match anytime soon.
Acoustic attacks could be a serious threat to the future of underwater data centers
Oceans can be loud places
OpenAI partners with Reddit to put users' posts in ChatGPT
First Google, now OpenAI
TikTok is testing a new option to upload 60-minute videos, YouTube style
Is ByteDance ready to go against YouTube? (and the US government)
Plug-in hybrids are driving EV sales growth, but industry faces roadblocks ahead
In a nutshell: The electric vehicle revolution kicked into higher gear in the first quarter of 2024, with global EV sales jumping 18% compared to the same period last year. But while that double-digit growth looks impressive on paper, there are some concerning undercurrents rumbling beneath the surface.
Ampere announces monstrous 256-core 3nm CPU, teams up with Qualcomm for AI
The chipmaker slated release for sometime next year
Asus issues apology, promises changes after RMA and repair cost outrage
Sorry for the "confusion and frustration"
A hot potato: Asus has not had a good week, to say the least. The Taiwanese gaming giant experienced a PR black eye after its RMA process was highlighted by YouTube channel Gamers Nexus, leading to customers sharing stories of their own bad experiences. Now, Asus has issued a public apology for the "confusion and frustration."
TSMC's performance-boosting 3nm N3P node on schedule for late 2024
The company expects more chip designers to adopt 3nm
Microsoft asks staff in China to relocate amid escalating Washington-Beijing tech tensions
Washington is expected to introduce more restrictions on China soon
International Monetary Fund warns AI "tsunami" could impact 6 out of 10 jobs in advanced economies
A hot potato: We're used to hearing warnings from industry experts about how AI will affect the jobs market, but the latest prediction carries extra weight as it comes from the head of the IMF. Dr. Kristalina Georgieva says AI is hitting the global labor market "like a tsunami," likely to impact 6 out of every 10 jobs in advanced economies.
Tech firms including Microsoft, Apple, and SpaceX lose senior staff over return-to-office mandates, claims study
Taking their productivity levels with them
Nvidia CEO's compensation increases 60%, Jensen Huang is now the 18th richest person in the world
No wonder Huang loves generative AI
Apple TV wants to pay actors and producers based on how their content performs
"When you get $10 million whether your show is good or bad, you have less incentive to do it well."
Arm expects more vendors to enter Windows PC chip market alongside Qualcomm Snapdragon
"Diversification" is Arm's key word for a new attempt at dethroning the x86 ISA supremacy
PlayStation 5 surpasses Xbox One in lifetime sales but still misses Sony's revised yearly target
It was also revealed that Helldivers 2 is Sony's fastest-selling PlayStation game of all time
Analysts believe SpaceX's Starlink internet service is finally profitable
"Mind-blowing" growth in just five years
Oracle CEO Safra Catz unpacks TikTok data security, generative AI's promise, and tech diversity
On hosting TikTok data for the US, Catz says rigorous vetting keeps things safe
World's "largest" air vacuum fires up in Iceland, will suck CO2 from air and bury it
A critical response to ever-increasing CO2 emissions
Why it matters: A new plant that sucks planet-warming carbon dioxide straight out of the air like a massive vacuum cleaner began operations this week in Hellisheiði, Iceland. And this thing is no joke – it's being billed as the largest direct air capture facility on the planet.
US to impose new tariffs on Chinese clean-energy imports including EVs
The levy on Chinese EV imports will rise from 25 percent to 100 percent