HP is taking over Kingston's Hyper X gaming brand for $425 million
HP is going after the gaming peripheral market
Fry's Electronics calls it quits after nearly 36 years in business
Fry's was magical in its heyday
MicroStrategy dumps another $1 billion into Bitcoin, adding to its enormous holdings
MicroStrategy is now sitting on more than 90,000 Bitcoins
Amid semiconductor trade war, Europe is seeking "strategic autonomy"
Ain't no rest for the wicked, chips don't grow on trees
T-Mobile unveils "Magenta Max," a 5G wireless plan with no data caps
A truly unlimited 5G plan?
Apple sold 80 million iPhones in Q4 to become top smartphone vendor for the first time since 2016
Samsung still sold the most total smartphones in 2020
Huawei tells suppliers that it only expects to sell 70 to 80 million smartphones this year
Suppliers expect an even lower figure of 50 million units
Apple demands sales data for hundreds of Steam games as part of its legal battle with Epic
Valve isn't too pleased with the subpoena
Huawei's solution to crashing smartphone sales? Pig farming
US sanctions are taking a toll
Nvidia: RTX 3060 won't be good for Ethereum mining
New CMP HX silicon will be made specifically for mining
Chrome OS overtakes Macs for second place OS market share for the first time
2020 was driven by sales of inexpensive home computing solutions
Samsung develops high-bandwidth memory with onboard AI processing
A memory solution tailored for AI-driven workloads
Peloton is trying to get the "spinning" trademark canceled
It argues that the term is "part of the fitness lexicon"
MWC will be an in-person event, despite Covid-19 concerns
Prompting fears of a CES 2020-style superspreader event
Samsung ahead of TSMC as world's leading wafer manufacturer
Still not enough to satisfy demand, though
Jeff Bezos reclaims title of world's richest person
Bezos is again the world's richest person, but just barely
Control developer Remedy doubled operating profits in 2020 without launching a new game
Control is still the golden goose
Qualcomm, Google, and Microsoft aren't happy about Nvidia buying Arm
Tech giants are worried about Nvidia gatekeeping Arm's tech
SSD shipments outpaced HDDs in 2020, but capacity still favors mechanical drives
2020 was a banner year for solid-state drives
Bitcoin breaks psychological barrier of $50,000
Bitcoin's latest milestone is largely psychological
Every second 842 Arm chips were built at the end of 2020
In Q4 alone, there were almost as many chips built as there are people in the world
Biden administration taking steps to address chip shortages
Will it help us find an Ampere card?
Microsoft tried to buy Pinterest in recent months
Microsoft has quietly built up its portfolio in recent years
Laptop component shortages could exacerbate low stock levels, claims report
Joining graphics cards, consoles, CPUs, etc.