Microsoft begins selling replacement Surface components via the Microsoft Store, including displays, batteries, and SSDs, for “out-of-warranty, self repair” — Microsoft is starting to sell replacement components for its Surface devices. The software giant now supplies replacement parts …
Despite the US adding Hangzhou-based encryption chip maker Hualan to its Entity List in 2021, NASA, NATO, the DEA, and more still use chips from its subsidiary — The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China's military. Yet US agencies still use …
Applied Materials sues Chinese-owned, California-based rival Mattson over an alleged 14-month effort to steal IP, including staff-poaching and design transfers — Applied Materials Inc. is suing a Chinese-owned rival over what it says was a 14-month effort to steal some of its most valuable secrets …
A look at Apple's Game Porting Toolkit, based on a 20K line of code patch to Wine, easing ports to Apple silicon, and possible paths Apple may take with gaming — At WWDC last week, most of the focus was rightfully on the new Apple Vision Pro headset and the new visionOS.
Analysis: US spending on Temu was 20% higher than Shein in May 2023; Apptopia: Temu has been the top iOS app on the US App Store during most days in 2023 — This time last year, hardly anyone in the US knew what Temu was. Now, as American consumers grapple with runaway inflation …
The European Commission issues a preliminary antitrust complaint against Google over its ad business, suggesting breaking up the unit; Google can now reply — The European Commission has made a formal antitrust complaint against Google and its ad business, saying that its preliminary view is that …
Samsung plans to let non-factory, full-time chip staff in South Korea take one Friday off each month, after SK Hynix adopted a similar policy in 2022 — Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest memory chipmaker, is giving staff in South Korea one Friday off each month in a bid …
Comprehensive.io: salaries for senior engineers who specialize in AI and ML are 12% higher than for those who do not; AI-related salaries rose 4% in a year — There have been many innovations in Silicon Valley over the past decade, but for people who aspire to work in the tech industry …
In a first, Larry Ellison passes Bill Gates to become the world's fourth-richest person with a $129.8B net worth; ORCL has risen 42% in 2023 on the AI boom — The optimism around artificial intelligence boosted both Oracle Corp.'s stock — and founder Larry Ellison's net worth — to record highs on Monday.
A look at the global network of subsea internet cables, dominated by companies from France, the US, and Japan, as China circumvents US curbs to build its own — Nearly 1.4mn kilometres of metal-encased fibre criss-crosses the world's oceans, speeding internet traffic seamlessly around the globe.
Sources: SoftBank plans a new round of Vision Fund layoffs, impacting up to 30% of the staff at the unit; Vision Fund had 349 staff at the end of March 2023 — SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is planning a fresh round of layoffs at its Vision Fund investment arm, two people familiar with the matter said …
How Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, became a viral sensation for his absurd acts of altruism and pitching subscribing as an act of charity, sometimes literally — Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. MrBeast, has become a viral sensation for his absurd acts of altruism. Why do so many people think he's evil?
PitchBook: the UK and Ireland accounted for ~28% of VC deals in Europe and Israel in Q1 2023, down from over 34% in 2018, while France and the Nordics rose — This year did not begin well for technology in the UK. Venture financing evaporated. Companies cut staff and tightened belts.
New York Times : Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force...
