Former PlayStation president said he was forced to "cancel so many games"
If a title doesn't absolutely 'wow' execs, it never makes it past the prototype stage
Google parent Alphabet is still making bank, but faces fierce competition in search and generative AIs
The search giant's years of easy growth may be behind it
UK competition regulator blocks Microsoft's acquisition of Activision
The companies are appealing, but this is a major blow
Microsoft Q3 2023 revenues rise 7%, but Windows and Xbox sales are down yet again
Azure and other cloud services were the saving grace
New European Commission rules for 19 tech giants could spell trouble for Twitter
"Today is the D(SA)-Day for digital regulation"
Seagate reduces carbon footprint with refurbished storage drives
Refurbishing and reusing drives contributes less to emissions than recycling them
Spotify's user base swells to 515 million listeners, but financial losses persist
Spotify's best Q1 as a public company
Supreme Court rejects lawsuit seeking patents for AI-created inventions
US patent law says inventors must be human
Job-slashing, cost-cutting Alphabet paid CEO Sundar Pichai $226 million last year
Some Google employees have to share desks
ECAT is Europe's new initiative to investigate the black box of online algorithms
What just happened? The European Union has unveiled its latest regulatory initiative, a watchdog organization designed to bringing a new level of transparency to "very big" IT companies and their often mysterious algorithmic applications.
GlobalFoundries is suing IBM for IP and trade secret violation
The two former partners are once again clashing horns in courts
Latest Cadence tools bring generative AI to chip and system design
Specialized generative AI versus general-purpose language-based offerings
Seagate fined $300 million for selling hard drives to sanctioned Huawei
Seagate believes it broke no laws
AUO demos microLED displays for laptops, but they're not quite ready
The Taiwanese company is scrambling to move on from LCD tech
Samsung overtakes Apple in phone shipments as the market dips again
Analysts see "signs of stability" but the first three months of 2023 were anything but
Europe will invest €43 billion to make its own microchips
A European Chips Act to play catch-up with the US and Asia
Tech employees say they were being paid to do nothing all day
Big tech companies were apparently hiring workers to keep them from joining rival firms
CHIPS Act requirements are putting a damper on China's chipmaking ambitions
American companies that operate in China are also affected
Sega agrees to buy Angry Birds maker Rovio for $772 million
Can we expect a Sonic and Angry Birds crossover?
Education or experience: Should IT jobs focus more on candidate skills and less on degrees?
The split between "required" and "desired" IT job qualifications continues to grow
How to sell a CPU
Editor's take: Much of the focus in semiconductors is on chip performance, and so for many outside the process it can be mystifying why sometimes a "better" chip loses out to a "weaker" chip. To name just one example, Intel still sells a lot of server CPUs despite their poor comparison with the latest AMD or Arm offerings.
Colorado is the first US state to pass a right-to-repair law for farmers
John Deere warns about the "unintended consequences" stemming from the new legislation
LG and Samsung are again close to signing an OLED panel supply deal
LG Display would supply Samsung with W-OLED panels for TV production
Seagate unveils new 22TB IronWolf Pro hard drive at NAB conference
Its direct rival is Western Digital's Red Pro 22TB drive