Tech Culture Elon Musk and Donald Trump fight over Twitter deal, presidential age limits Trump says when he was president, Musk would have dropped to his knees and begged for government subsidies By Rob Thubron, July 14, 2022, 5:19 AM 18 comments
Industry Hardware Economist says China must seize TSMC if the US tightens sanctions Could overreliance on Taiwan's chip industry prove costly? By Rob Thubron, June 7, 2022, 7:35 AM 65 comments
Industry Tech Culture Taiwan export ban limits Russia and Belarus to chips with frequencies under 25 MHz And performance must be under 5 GFLOPS By Rob Thubron, June 2, 2022, 5:16 AM 43 comments
Tech Culture The Web New York Times pulls potentially controversial Wordle answer due to recent events But not everyone saw a different word By Rob Thubron, May 9, 2022, 8:15 AM 8 comments
Tech Culture Industry Russia is turning a blind eye to bootleg tech imports, including CPUs, to lessen the impact of trade restrictions Foreign consumer tech and cars can now be imported and sold in the country without the makers' permission By Adrian Potoroaca, April 27, 2022, 6:35 AM 45 comments
Tech Culture Facebook reportedly tried to smear the reputation of its whistleblower among politicians It didn't work By Rob Thubron, December 30, 2021, 11:49 AM 8 comments
Mobile Security Lithuania's Defense Ministry advises consumers to toss out their Chinese phones Due to censorship fears By Cohen Coberly, September 24, 2021, 1:23 PM
Industry President Biden appoints AMD's Lisa Su to Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Joining individuals from Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and more By Rob Thubron, September 24, 2021, 8:44 AM 13 comments
Tech Culture Zuckerberg denies telling Trump that Facebook wouldn't fact-check politicians in exchange for less severe regulations No quid pro quo from Zuckerberg and co.? By Rob Thubron, September 21, 2021, 6:55 AM 12 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Life is Strange: True Colors is being review-bombed because of a flag Chinese users are not happy By Rob Thubron, September 13, 2021, 9:22 AM 20 comments
Security Tech Culture Biden Administration, private tech companies reveal initiatives to boost national cybersecurity in wake of recent attacks Government is getting the private sector to help in the fight against cybercrime By Shawn Knight, August 26, 2021, 10:18 AM 13 comments
Security The Web The U.S. wants Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others to join them in the fight against cybercrime Homeland Security says it needs to be a "whole-of-nation effort" By Adrian Potoroaca, August 5, 2021, 3:43 PM 31 comments
Microsoft Security Biden Administration says China is the culprit behind Microsoft Exchange cyberattacks US, allies and partners have come together to expose China's malicious cyber activities By Joao Silva, July 19, 2021, 4:28 PM 28 comments
The Web Security Biden tells Putin: act on Russian ransomware attacks The two leaders held an hour-long phone call on Friday By Joe White, July 10, 2021, 10:48 AM 14 comments
Mobile Industry Proposed antitrust legislation bans companies from making pre-installed apps unremovable Android and iOS cannot have any permanently installed apps By Cal Jeffrey, June 18, 2021, 1:52 PM 39 comments
Industry Amazon paid no corporate tax in Europe last year despite record sales income The retail giant is using a loss-making Luxembourg subsidiary to avoid paying its fair share By Adrian Potoroaca, May 4, 2021, 2:46 PM 34 comments
Industry Tech companies including Amazon, Google, and Uber say they agree to a corporate tax hike to fund the American Jobs Plan Unsurprisingly, not all CEOs agree to the idea By Adrian Potoroaca, April 16, 2021, 1:07 PM 13 comments
Tech Culture Canadian politician accidentally appears naked on Parliamentary Zoom call Members are expected to wear appropriate attire, including pants By Rob Thubron, April 15, 2021, 6:57 AM 15 comments
The Web Biden administration wants every American to have access to broadband Broadband internet is the new electricity By Joao Silva, April 1, 2021, 11:45 AM 9 comments
Industry Amazon wades into another PR fiasco after claiming its workers don't urinate in bottles Despite many reports claiming otherwise By Rob Thubron, March 26, 2021, 7:11 AM 32 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Illinois legislator is trying to ban violent video games in the state GTA V is being blamed for the rise of carjackings in Chicago By Rob Thubron, February 24, 2021, 6:20 AM 19 comments
Tech Culture Doomsday clock remains 100 seconds from midnight, the closest we've been to an apocalypse But there are reasons to be optimistic By Rob Thubron, January 28, 2021, 6:59 AM 39 comments
Industry No Trump pardon for Assange or Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht, clemency for Anthony Levandowski The former Waymo and Uber engineer won't serve his 18 month sentence By Rob Thubron, January 20, 2021, 6:55 AM 29 comments
Tech Culture Gaming Trump pardons US congressman who spent $1,500 of campaign funds on Steam games Duncan Hunter won't serve any jail time By Rob Thubron, December 24, 2020, 5:30 AM 82 comments
The Web Trump's millions of @POTUS followers won't pass to Biden when he takes over account The new administration will start with zero followers By Rob Thubron, December 23, 2020, 7:57 AM 110 comments