Petition urges Canadian government to mandate end-of-life protections for video games
Here's to hoping it works
Dell to implement "color-coding" system to categorize hybrid workers' onsite attendance
Big Brother Dell is watching
More than a quarter of advanced chip production to occur on US soil by 2032
The Chips Act will make America a major semiconductor player
Opinion: Could Broadcom buy Intel?
Can Broadcom afford a deal of this size? The obvious answer is, yes
AMD's consumer and server CPU sales surge, driven by latest Ryzen and Epyc chips
But Intel still holds a massive lead
Even big tech is fighting for AI talent, here's what it means for job seekers
Demand for software roles was at an all-time high mid-pandemic
A decade later: How Microsoft flushed $7.6 billion down the drain when it bought Nokia
Paying $7.2 billion for Nokia's antique phones made Microsoft $7.6 billion poorer
Microsoft is shuttering four Bethesda studios, including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, ending all development on Redfall
Microsoft says it is prioritizing "high-impact" titles
Robert Dennard, inventor of DRAM and pioneer of semiconductor scaling, dies at 91
His impact on computing lives on
PC market recovery leads to increased client CPU shipments, but server sales lag
Quarterly shipments were down, though
DDR5 memory prices could rise 20% due to increasing demand for AI chips
The days of dirt-cheap DDR5 RAM may be over soon
The UK could become the best place to create games (with more government money)
Trade association TIGA publishes manifesto to promote game development in the UK
Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy dominate phone sales, take over the entire top 10 list
No room for competitors
In a nutshell: Apple and Samsung were the best-selling smartphone manufacturers in the first quarter of 2024, together occupying every spot on Counterpoint's latest global top 10 list. iPhones captured four of the top five positions, conceding only the fifth spot to Samsung's Galaxy S24 Ultra. At the top of the stack is the iPhone 15 Pro Max. According to the report, this is the first non-seasonal quarter in which a Pro Max variant reached the top of the hill.
As Amazon's robot ranks swell, workers worry about their future
Amazon added 400,000 robots to its facilities in just two years
The big three cloud providers, Amazon, Microsoft and Google currently make up 67% of the market
AI services and enterprise spending are pushing strongest growth since 2022
40,000 AI-narrated audiobooks flood Audible, dividing authors and listeners
AI audiobooks have invited backlash from narrators
DOJ alleges Google destroyed hundreds of thousands of chats as antitrust case winds down
The search giant's antitrust troubles are anything but over
Samsung taps AI to design first 3nm mobile processor with Synopsys
Exynos chips could get a whole lot better
AMD writes blog on 55 years of innovation at the company, mentions "AI" 23 times
Focusing more on the last few years
No reprieve for PC builders as skyrocketing metal prices set to impact component costs
Brace for jacked-up PC prices
Hasbro is investing $1 billion to make video games in house
An ambitious development strategy for the company's next 100 years
New CopprLink standard extends PCIe reach over wire for 64GT/s connections
CopprLink for PCIe 7.0 technology at 128.0 GT/s is also in the works
Satellite giants SES and Intelsat to merge in $3.1 billion deal
When in doubt, merge it out - that's the satellite sector's new playbook for fending off Starlink
Intel's 18A Panther Lake CPUs on track to launch in mid-2025, promising significant AI boost
The chipmaker wants to move through five new process nodes in just four years
AMD's gaming revenue plunges 48% and might not recover until 2025
Fortunately, AMD has Zen 5 and Strix Point to look forward to later this year