Gaming Industry CD Projekt Red rules out microtransactions for single player games Take that, Dragon's Dogma By James Miller, March 31, 2024, 12:21 PM 20 comments
Gaming Industry Indie developers say the Game Pass and Epic Games Store gravy train is over Comments come via Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon developers By Daniel Sims, March 29, 2024, 1:10 PM 16 comments
Industry Apple Landmark Oregon right-to-repair law bans Apple-style parts pairing (software locks) Fourth US state after New York, California, and Minnesota to enact a right-to-repair law By Kishalaya Kundu, March 29, 2024, 8:43 AM 17 comments
Industry Apple Apple files lawsuit against former engineer for leaking details of projects he wanted to kill Including the Journal app and the Vision Pro By Rob Thubron, March 29, 2024, 5:17 AM
Electronics Industry Reconfigurable transistors can be programmed to execute different functions A new generation of intelligent, controllable transistors that could replace (or assist) traditional tech By Alfonso Maruccia, March 28, 2024, 1:31 PM
Gaming Industry Take-Two buys Gearbox from Embracer Group for $460 million Also confirms active development of a new Borderlands game By Shawn Knight, March 28, 2024, 11:34 AM
Industry Hardware China is determined to advance its technology despite US-led restrictions, Xi Jinping tells Dutch Prime Minister China thinks it doesn't need ASML By Rob Thubron, March 28, 2024, 5:18 AM 16 comments
Software Industry Canva acquires Affinity for $380 million to take on Adobe Will Adobe finally have some real competition? By Kishalaya Kundu, March 27, 2024, 10:16 AM 15 comments
Electronics Industry OLED burn-in could soon be a thing of the past thanks to innovative blue LED technique Burn-in is less common now than it once was, but it remains a problem with OLED panels By Kishalaya Kundu, March 27, 2024, 8:31 AM 8 comments
Gaming Industry GameStop continues to struggle in face of digital downloads: cuts jobs, misses earnings estimates GameStop's share price has tumbled, again By Rob Thubron, March 27, 2024, 6:57 AM 8 comments
Industry The Web DMA compliance scrutiny continues as EC opens five investigations into Apple, Google, and Meta Microsoft and Amazon are also on notice, but Bytedance is in the clear By Cal Jeffrey, March 26, 2024, 2:48 PM 11 comments
Industry AI Amazon Pharmacy leverages AI and local distribution to speed up prescription deliveries AI delivers speed and accuracy when filling medications By Shawn Knight, March 26, 2024, 10:48 AM
Gaming Industry Blizzard just gave us a hint of how many World of Warcraft subscribers remain (and it's still in the millions) Estimated at around 7.2 million subscribers By Daniel Sims, March 26, 2024, 7:36 AM 14 comments
Tech Culture The Web Steve Wozniak says TikTok ban is governmental hypocrisy The Apple co-founder is a fan of TikTok's dog rescue videos By Rob Thubron, March 26, 2024, 6:55 AM 28 comments
Industry Tech Culture What if Nvidia had acquired Arm? Where would Nvidia be today? By Jonathan Goldberg, March 26, 2024, 6:11 AM 12 comments
Hardware Industry Micron sells out its entire supply of high-bandwidth HBM3E memory for AI accelerators Sold out for all of 2024 and most of 2025 By Kishalaya Kundu, March 25, 2024, 9:03 AM
The Web Industry Japan's NTT and NEC showcase technology that can boost optical network capacities 12-fold The new tech could be deployed in the 2030s By Kishalaya Kundu, March 25, 2024, 7:54 AM
Hardware Industry Two mines in North Carolina are the world's only producer of the quartz necessary for semiconductor manufacturing If they were to stop operating, it would mean a few years of catastrophic disruption, says Wharton professor Ethan Mollick By Erika Morphy, March 24, 2024, 7:55 AM 27 comments
The Web Electronics Ultra Ethernet gains momentum as tech giants join for AI and HPC network innovation Newcomers to the group include IBM, Nokia, Dell, Baidu, Huawei, Lenovo, Supermicro, and Tencent By Erika Morphy, March 23, 2024, 3:11 PM
Google Industry Google is spending $1 billion on a new data center in Kansas City A significant technology investment with hundreds of new job opportunities By Alfonso Maruccia, March 22, 2024, 9:17 AM
Tech Culture Industry Best and worst metro areas for STEM professionals in 2024 No matter what stage of your career you're at, location can really influence its trajectory By Amanda Kavanagh, March 22, 2024, 7:29 AM
Gaming Industry Helldivers 2 emerges as best-selling game in February, PlayStation 5 the best-selling console Unsurprisingly By Rob Thubron, March 22, 2024, 6:55 AM
Industry Gaming Gaming PC shipments dropped 13.2% in 2023 while gaming monitors saw growth Monitors are getting cheaper as gaming PCs become more expensive By Rob Thubron, March 22, 2024, 5:16 AM
Hardware Industry Intel plans to spend $100 billion on US chip manufacturing plants Chipzilla's ambitions go way beyond the US CHIPS Act By Alfonso Maruccia, March 21, 2024, 1:46 PM
Apple Industry US Department of Justice files broad antitrust suit against Apple US government attacks Apple's policies on messaging, cloud services, third-party interoperability, and more By Daniel Sims, March 21, 2024, 1:10 PM 29 comments