Industry Apple Apple must refund Ireland $14 billion in unpaid taxes, Europe's top court rules Europe's tax problem goes beyond a single rotten apple By Alfonso Maruccia, September 11, 2024, 12:24 PM 18 comments
Mobile Industry US wireless data usage hit record 100 trillion megabytes in 2023 The largest year-over-year increase in history By Shawn Knight, September 11, 2024, 10:48 AM 7 comments
Hardware Industry Chinese chipmaker Loongson claims their next GPU will match RTX 2080's performance Company leadership also teased a CPU with "world-leading" performance By Zo Ahmed, September 11, 2024, 7:39 AM
Gaming Industry Artist tells Rockstar to "Go f**k yourself" after lowball offer to use band's music in GTA VI Not very generous, considering GTA V has grossed $8.5 billion in lifetime revenue By Rob Thubron, September 10, 2024, 2:05 PM 44 comments
Hardware Apple Apple shows off new A18 and A18 Pro chips with significant performance gains for iPhone 16 Apple claims the A18 Pro brings desktop-class GPU and 2x faster NPU By Zo Ahmed, September 10, 2024, 10:21 AM
Gaming Industry Former PlayStation president says video game layoffs aren't due to corporate greed, tells those impacted to "get over it" He suggests going to the beach for a year or driving an Uber By Rob Thubron, September 10, 2024, 9:40 AM 13 comments
Car Tech Industry Tesla "Full Self-Driving" will soon make it to Europe and China – with a big asterisk FSD will be out of the US and gain improved autonomous capabilities in early 2025 By Zo Ahmed, September 9, 2024, 10:09 AM
Google Industry US government takes Google to court over $31 billion digital ad monopoly, trial starts today Google recently lost a separate landmark case against the DoJ over its search monopoly By Kishalaya Kundu, September 9, 2024, 9:22 AM
Hardware Industry Industry coalition aims to make glass substrates the standard in chipmaking The E-Core Alliance includes a bunch of chipmakers from around the globe By Zo Ahmed, September 9, 2024, 6:09 AM
Hardware Industry Qualcomm considering buying parts of Intel's chip-design business Say it isn't so: It's no secret that Intel has been going through a rough patch lately. Sensing an opportunity, Qualcomm has been eyeing Intel's design units with great interest. It is reportedly exploring acquiring Team Blue's PC design division. Full story By Zo Ahmed, September 8, 2024, 6:51 AM
Software Industry Meta to enable WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability with iMessage, Telegram, and more in the EU Reactions, message replies, and read receipts are part of the package By Zo Ahmed, September 7, 2024, 2:57 PM
Hardware Industry TSMC's $65 billion Arizona facility can now match Taiwan production yields according to early trials Mass production is expected to start next year By Skye Jacobs, September 7, 2024, 12:11 PM 23 comments
Industry The Web OnlyFans creators earned record $5.3 billion in 2023, platform sees massive growth Billionaire owner pockets $472 million as OnlyFans profits soar By Zo Ahmed, September 7, 2024, 11:26 AM 12 comments
Software Industry AT&T sues Broadcom for refusing to honor existing VMware service agreements VMware parent now wants "hundreds of millions" in subscription fees to continue offering support By Cal Jeffrey, September 7, 2024, 9:28 AM 10 comments
The Web Industry Verizon set to acquire Frontier in $20 billion deal that'll expand fiber footprint to 31 states Verizon will soon have a fiber presence in 31 states By Shawn Knight, September 6, 2024, 2:33 PM
Hardware Industry Intel Panther Lake CPU specs leak, could pack up to 18 cores and 12 Xe3 GPU cores A peek at Panther Lake's rumored SKU stack By Zo Ahmed, September 6, 2024, 10:19 AM
The Web Industry The Internet Archive loses appeal over e-book lending case Court determines that the free digital lending system doesn't fall under fair use By Daniel Sims, September 6, 2024, 9:48 AM
Tech Culture Industry Mark Zuckerberg surpasses Jensen Huang in year-to-date wealth growth following Nvidia share price drop Huang is still up by $50.2 billion this year By Rob Thubron, September 6, 2024, 8:44 AM
Hardware Industry Intel is out of stock of replacement Raptor Lake CPUs Replenishing stock could take three to five weeks By Daniel Sims, September 6, 2024, 8:13 AM
Gaming AI There's some progress in video game actors' strike as 80 titles accept AI usage agreements The strike against other companies continues By Rob Thubron, September 6, 2024, 6:57 AM
Hardware Industry Lenovo unveils new AI laptops with Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm chips inside Crossing the AI PC chip divide By Bob O'Donnell, September 6, 2024, 6:16 AM
Industry The Web Report shows the "Big Three" cloud providers have failed to keep computing costs in check Rising cloud costs spark concerns By Alfonso Maruccia, September 5, 2024, 2:44 PM 11 comments
Electronics Industry Panasonic returns to the US with OLED and mini-LED sets featuring built-in Fire TV Panasonic re-enters US TV market By Shawn Knight, September 5, 2024, 2:01 PM 10 comments
Hardware Industry Intel cancels 20A process node for Arrow Lake, shifts focus to 18A Arrow Lake production is likely to be outsourced to TSMC By Kishalaya Kundu, September 5, 2024, 11:04 AM 9 comments
Industry Hardware Nvidia denies report it was subpoenaed by the DOJ in antitrust probe Nvidia's stock price fell further following this week's report By Rob Thubron, September 5, 2024, 9:47 AM 7 comments