A four-year-old budget CPU is outselling AMD's best gaming chip in some markets
AMD marketing director's tweet inadvertently shows how distorted the CPU market is
Amazon's new Texas data center could become the single largest polluter in the US
The facility could release up to 33 million tons of CO2 a year, rivaling Switzerland and Ireland
A hot potato: A proposed Amazon data center in Texas has sparked concerns that its massive on-site power plant could become the single-largest source of pollution in the US, threatening to affect local communities, farmland, and small businesses. The facility is planned for Pecos County as part of Amazon's growing push into AI and cloud services.
Microsoft raises Windows OEM fees for PC makers by 7% to 10%
The higher fees come as manufacturers grapple with rising memory and component costs
Take-Two says GTA 6's $80 price is a "bargain" because Rockstar delivers "way more value" than it charges
The $100 Ultimate Edition is outselling the standard version, apparently
Bernie Sanders tells OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to pause AI development or face Senate action
The senator says recent rogue-agent incidents show AI firms are losing control of their own systems.
GameStop may drop its $56 billion eBay bid and offer up its 1,600 stores in a partnership
The proposed tie-up would focus on trading cards, collectibles, and live commerce
Memory prices have erased 20 years of progress in a single year, researcher says
This chart shows just how badly AI demand has broken memory prices
SK Hynix is spending $38 billion to build two new chip fabs
The Y2 fab will focus on HBM and next-gen DRAM, while the M17 plant will mainly produce NAND flash
Take-Two's CEO predicts streaming will 10x gaming's install base within three years
Zelnick isn't worried about next-gen consoles doubling their $500 price tags
SpaceX and Tesla plan their own natural gas power plants for massive $16.8 billion Texas chip factory
It will generate much of its own electricity with natural gas plants and massive battery arrays
This Kentucky family rejected a $26 million data center offer to protect their farmland
Developers are chasing large sites with grid access, but more rural communities are pushing back
Nintendo's Switch 2 sells over 23 million units in its first year, outpacing the original's 17 million
Nintendo made $300 million on tariff refunds, and customers won't see a cent
Apple, Sony, and Nintendo pocketed their tariff refunds, this PC cooling company won't
Arctic says it's lowering prices across its entire US catalog
Netflix and Disney are now considering free, ad-supported streaming
Streaming is turning into broadcast television, but with a login
Uber is spending $10 billion to deploy 120,000 robotaxis across 15 cities
The company shut down its own self-driving program in 2020, now is backing startups instead
Apple's A20 Pro production is going smoothly, except DRAM supply is bottlenecking iPhone assembly
TSMC is sitting on $1 billion worth of finished iPhone chips with nowhere to go
Ripple effect: In the run-up to the launch of the foldable iPhone Ultra, iPhone 18, and iPhone 18 Pro, Apple and its assemblers are working to secure enough mobile DRAM. Apple leans heavily on Micron for these chips and also buys from SK Hynix and Samsung. People involved say they still expect to meet initial demand, but they worry online wait times could stretch and store inventory could run out quickly if the shortage continues.
OpenAI to pay $3.2 million over allegations it favored visa holders and discouraged US job applicants
The DOJ says the company hid job listings, required paper applications, and used late-night radio ads
AMD's data center business just more than doubled, and gaming is paying the price
AMD made $6.7 billion from data centers last quarter – and expects to double it again
EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after $55 billion deal
What just happened? Video game giant Electronic Arts is now officially owned by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund (PIF). The group is also made up of investment firms Silver Lake and Affinity Partners, the latter founded by Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Texas hits pause on 1,800 data center projects to scrutinize power and water demands
Combined, the stalled applications would require 474 gigawatts – far above the Texas grid operator's peak demand
High Bandwidth Flash gets first technical specification for AI data centers
SanDisk and SK Hynix's new memory spec rethinks how AI chips access data
Researchers claim a major quantum computing breakthrough by proving the answer was correct
The experiment combined quantum advantage with built-in verification
Lawsuit claims Micron's $100 billion New York chip fab could discharge "forever chemicals" into the Oneida River
PFAS exposure has been linked to cancer, reproductive problems, and weakened immune response
Intel is giving a startup the keys to its x86 (Atom) CPU kingdom
The famously secretive processor technology goes to RosaicLabs, and nobody knows why
Does It matter?: Intel is providing a startup with significant access to its chip design schematics as part of a rare licensing deal involving the x86 instruction set architecture. RosaicLabs could now theoretically build its own x86 CPU, although speculation points to more cutting-edge applications such as robotics and AI.
X settles with advertising group after accusing it of coordinating a boycott
The agreement ends years of litigation and brings a brand safety program to a permanent close