Industry

The EU Chips Act: €43 billion to build a new European chipmaking industry

In context: The tech industry is still suffering from a microchip shortage, and Europe is getting ready to invest a lot of billions to free itself from external dependencies. The EU Council will now need to negotiate with the European Parliament to decide its final proposal.

Microsoft's in-house Xbox Series X|S games will cost $70 starting next year

FTC vote ended split on suing Microsoft over Activision acquisition

NextGen TV (aka ATSC 3.0) is the future of broadcasting, and you might already have access to it

Editor's take: I've long been a proponent of cutting the cord – that is, ditching cable or satellite television service in favor of alternatives like over-the-top solutions and streaming services delivered over the Internet. The dream of true a la carte programming never materialized, but it is still possible to save money compared to traditional providers and free over-the-air (OTA) broadcasts continue to very much be a part of that formula. With the proliferation of streaming services, you may be surprised to learn that OTA technology has continued to evolve.

Nothing is talking with carriers to bring its smartphones to the US

New Intel research charts a course to trillion-transistor chip designs by 2030

Three Ryzen 7000 X3D CPUs are reportedly on the way, no 6-core variant planned

TSMC's 2024 Arizona fab to upgrade from 5nm to 4nm after Apple's request

The big picture: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) Arizona factory project has become more apparent over the last few weeks. The company intends to move some of the most advanced node processing to the United States, much of it for Apple's iPhones. The company will soon announce an upgrade to its plans.

PC shipments in the US dipped 12% in Q3 despite attractive promotions

Amazon AWS extends computing offerings, showcases powerful new Graviton3E chip

Parler says Kanye West is no longer buying the company

GPU tariff exemption expires December 31, possibly increasing graphics card prices

Google faces class-action suit over alleged app-store price fixing

Four-day work week pilot was a resounding success

Rolls-Royce demonstrates hydrogen-powered jet engine

Disengaging from China manufacturing is hard, but it's happening slowly

A hot potato: Like a train leaving the station, it now seems inevitable that US companies are moving to reduce, or entirely eliminate, their reliance on China. It took a long time to get started, companies had been complaining about changing conditions in China for a decade. The 2018 trade war was the spark that really got them moving, and their progress has only been gaining momentum since then. This process will take years, maybe decades, but at this point is probably unstoppable.

Comcast is rolling out nationwide price hikes starting in December

Bahamas AG defends his investigation into SBF and FTX while pointing fingers at the rest of the world

Amazon shopping has gotten worse and less reliable thanks to ads

Microsoft to head off the EU's January deadline with concessions to secure its Activision acquisition

US bans sales and import of products from five Chinese telecoms

A hot potato: The US / China tech clash is entering an even more heated phase, with the FCC acting as a hammer against Chinese companies making network and telecom devices. They're an unacceptable risk to national security, the FCC claims.

Apple expected to lose 6 million iPhone 14 Pros as disruption at Foxconn plant continues

Europe's biggest battery storage system goes online four months early

Elon Musk fires more Twitter staff, will reinstate suspended accounts next week

Samsung will manufacture 3nm chips for Nvidia, Baidu, Qualcomm and IBM

In context: Samsung will use its most advanced manufacturing process to make chips for four well-known technology companies. The race to overtake TSMC as the world's largest chip foundry is on, while geopolitical conflicts are tearing the old economic balance apart.