Mobile Industry Not even the holiday rush could help the smartphone market The IDC doesn't expect any noticeable recovery until 2024 By Matt Frusher , January 26, 2023, 3:20 PM 10 comments
Mobile Industry Smartphone shipments dip to lowest seen in a decade, 17-percent decline from 2021 Phone upgrades were low on consumers' priority list for 2022 By Cal Jeffrey , January 17, 2023, 5:36 PM 12 comments
Industry Waning consumer demand sees TSMC miss revenue forecasts for first time in two years Revenue was up, but not as much as analysts expected By Rob Thubron , January 10, 2023, 7:25 AM
Industry Mobile Samsung's quarterly profits hit 8-year low as chip and smartphone demand crash Even Samsung is feeling the pressure By Rob Thubron , January 6, 2023, 8:38 AM 7 comments
Industry Amazon confirms it is letting go of a record 18,000 employees Some workers won't find out if they've lost their jobs for another 2 weeks By Rob Thubron , January 5, 2023, 9:45 AM 27 comments
Tech Culture Industry Cities stand to lose billions in taxes thanks to work-from-home, analysts sound alarm Let's shutdown the economy, what could possibly go wrong? By Cal Jeffrey , January 4, 2023, 2:54 PM 39 comments
Industry Hardware TSMC beats tech slump with 50% revenue rise Apple was a major factor By Rob Thubron , December 9, 2022, 8:36 AM 8 comments
Tech Culture Billionaire Jeff Bezos advises people to be careful with their money this holiday season Bezos is worth $120 billion By Rob Thubron , November 17, 2022, 10:38 AM 26 comments
Microsoft Gaming Xbox price increases incoming even as GamePass subscriptions grow by 159 percent Phil Spencer was vague on which products would cost more and when to expect the hikes By Cal Jeffrey , October 27, 2022, 2:29 PM 7 comments
Industry Tencent and Alibaba have lost more value this year than any other company in the world Regulators, Covid Zero, and the economy are all having an impact By Rob Thubron , August 15, 2022, 5:20 AM 11 comments
Industry CEO Jensen Huang talks of raises instead of layoffs after Nvidia issues revenue warning Company employees are safe, at least for now By Rob Thubron , August 9, 2022, 5:15 AM 9 comments
Industry Mobile Robinhood is nearly $300 million down, lays off a quarter of its staff, and gets hit with $30 million fine The definition of a bad week By Rob Thubron , August 3, 2022, 6:16 AM 7 comments
Industry SK Hynix lowers forecast as fragile economy flattens demand "Market growth for the year is going to be a lot lower than our expectations" By Rob Thubron , July 27, 2022, 5:17 AM
Industry Facebook parent Meta is targeting low-performing staff who fear job cuts could reach 10% One staff member likens the crackdown to a witch hunt By Rob Thubron , July 26, 2022, 7:47 AM 18 comments
Industry Hardware Corsair expects quarterly losses of $11 million due to faltering economy, but the outlook is positive Tech companies are reeling as consumer confidence wanes By Rob Thubron , July 25, 2022, 7:05 AM
Industry Seagate and Snap blame economy for weak financial reports that crash shares This is becoming depressingly familiar By Rob Thubron , July 22, 2022, 5:18 AM
Industry TSMC increases revenue forecast in sign that demand is better than feared Some welcome good news from the tech industry By Rob Thubron , July 14, 2022, 6:55 AM
Google Microsoft Google slows hiring as more companies worry about the economy While Microsoft cuts jobs but increases its headcount By Rob Thubron , July 13, 2022, 8:06 AM
Industry TSMC plays down economic concerns, predicts 30% sales increase this year "...inflation has no direct impact on the semiconductor industry" By Rob Thubron , June 8, 2022, 7:03 AM
Industry Elon Musk wants Tesla to cut 10% of jobs, pause all hiring over his 'super bad feeling' about the economy Tesla employees around 100,000 people By Rob Thubron , June 3, 2022, 6:55 AM 85 comments
Software SAP shares dip by almost 21%, its biggest stock market slump since 1999 Software maker cuts profit forecasts By Pete Flint , October 27, 2020, 9:28 AM
Tech Culture The Web Cash has almost gone extinct in Sweden Half of Sweden's retailers predict they'll go cashless by 2025 By Isaiah Mayersen , November 24, 2018, 12:25 PM 42 comments
Industry Economist says US tech giants are turning into harmful monopolies, should be broken up Are the likes of Google, Amazon, and Facebook damaging the economy and stifling innovation? By Rob Thubron , July 24, 2017, 8:00 AM 21 comments
Industry Kickstarter directly responsible for creating nearly 30,000 full-time jobs, study finds By Shawn Knight , August 1, 2016, 11:45 AM
Industry The Web Mary Meeker releases 197-page Internet Trends report for 2015 By Shawn Knight , May 27, 2015, 1:30 PM