In recent weeks Nvidia has continued to show off its success as the company’s market cap reached a new all-time high on Thursday. What many people may be unaware of, however, is Nvidia’s growing success has allowed for less-known South Korean company SK Hynix to soar its stock price alongside Nvidia.
Continue reading →San Francisco has become a hub for driverless taxis as companies such as GM’s Cruise and Amazon-owned Zoox are both based there. While driverless vehicles were a welcomed idea not long ago, the continued failure to create an effective and safe driverless vehicle has quickly caused the San Francisco public to turn on robotaxis.
Continue reading →Apple is considering increasing the retail price for the upcoming model of the iPhone Pro.
Continue reading →Nvidia’s recent success within the semiconductor industry has unsurprisingly brought numerous contenders into the market ready to capitalize on growing demand for specialized chips and a diminishing supply.
Continue reading →The well-known semiconductor manufacturer Foxconn has announced its intentions to withdraw from a partnership with the India-based company Vedanta to create a semiconductor manufacturing facility within the country.
Continue reading →Intel has agreed to construct two additional semiconductor factories within Germany with the project costing up to €30 billion.
Continue reading →Apple unveiled the Vision Pro headset, the company’s first major new product in a decade, a device capable of allowing users to experience virtual reality and digital apps overlaid on the real world.
Continue reading →The California-based company Applied Materials announced its intention to invest $4 billion into developing a new facility within California dedicated to research and development of tools used in the manufacturing of semiconductors.
Continue reading →Tesla is looking to further expand the company’s manufacturing capabilities by opening another factory within China that will be primarily responsible for the manufacturing and distribution of megapack batteries.
Continue reading →On Friday, Twitter began taking legal action in an attempt to identify the individual or party that was responsible for leaking Twitter’s source code on the website GitHub.
Continue reading →AI is moving quickly. Although OpenAI said the update is “less capable” than humans in many real-world scenarios, it exhibits “human-level performance” on various professional and academic tests. The company said GPT-4 recently passed a simulated law school bar exam with a score around the top 10% of test takers. By contrast, the prior version, GPT-3.5, scored around the bottom 10%. The latest version also performed strongly on the LSAT, GRE, SATs, and many AP exams, according to OpenAI.
Continue reading →Amazon.com Inc. has announced that the company intends to slash another 9,000 jobs to further its need to reduce costs in these uncertain times.
Continue reading →Microsoft is planning on developing a new app store to compete with Apple and Google and will primarily be used for downloading and playing mobile games.
Continue reading →Nvidia might be getting a big break as numerous investors are placing bets on the well-known tech manufacturing company to be one of the biggest players in the upcoming AI boom.
Continue reading →Dell announced on Monday that the long-time computer manufacturing company intends to cut 6,650 jobs or roughly 5% of its workforce according to a recent SEC filing.
Continue reading →Ford Motors has announced price cuts of the manufacturer’s Mustang Mach-E where some versions of the vehicle received price cuts of 8.8%.
Continue reading →Microsoft is looking to invest $10 billion into a San Francisco-based research group known as OpenAI. Microsoft is seeking to make a deal with the research group out of the belief that their work on AI has the potential to completely revolutionize the way we interact with computers.
Continue reading →Tesla just published its fourth-quarter vehicle production and delivery report for 2022.
Continue reading →2022 was not a good year for Tesla as the electric vehicle manufacturer faced numerous setbacks leading to the stock pierce of the company falling by a total of 65% throughout the entirety of the year.
Continue reading →Meta Platforms’s Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth pointed to the innovative failures at the world’s biggest social media company to make the case that it should be permitted to buy a virtual reality startup.
Continue reading →General Motors revealed Wednesday almost 1,000 GM dealers have enrolled in its Dealer Community Charging Program so far. GM says it intends to nearly double the availability of Level 2 (L2) EV charging in the US and Canada, with plans to add up to 40,000 chargers in underserved communities where infrastructure is currently limited.
Continue reading →TSMC is facing more problems than expected as the company continues its push to construct a $12 billion semiconductor factory within Arizona.
Continue reading →Google now faces more than 21 million customers, instead of just a handful, in a lawsuit alleging its app store collects exorbitant fees.
Continue reading →Domino’s Pizza is investing heavily into electric vehicles with the announcement that the company will be procuring 800 Dominos branded Chevrolet Bolts for 37 of its own stores and hundreds of others run by its U.S. franchises.
Continue reading →Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million in a settlement over illegally tracking the location of its users.
Continue reading →On October 7, Washington introduced restrictions preventing Chinese semiconductor manufacturers from obtaining United States-made equipment needed for the task. Since then these Chinese companies have been looking to domestic suppliers for the needed equipment.
Continue reading →After rapid growth throughout the height of the covid era, Meta Platforms is moving forward with significant cost cuts that are likely to result in thousands of layoffs.
Continue reading →Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s biggest contract manufacturer for electronics, is deepening its investment in Lordstown Motors Corp's once-troubled EV startup that recently began building its first all-electric pickup truck at a former General Motors plant in Ohio.
Continue reading →Apple announced recently that shipments of the new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro will be delayed due to covid lockdowns across China. Foxconn, Apple’s leading manufacturer of iPhones, has reported significant unrest throughout its 200,000-person complex in central China.
Continue reading →Harley Davidson’s subsidiary LiveWire is off to a rough start as the electric motorcycle manufacturer is struggling to raise investor and consumer sentiment during the current economic climate.
Continue reading →Intel is eyeing a significantly lower valuation than previously expected in the initial public offering of its Mobileye Global self-driving car unit, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest sign of the beleaguered state of the new-issue market.
Continue reading →Rivian Automotive is recalling nearly all of its vehicles due to a discovered problem with improperly installed fasteners that could cause drivers to lose control of their vehicles.
Continue reading →Recent events have shown that even the largest tech companies are not immune to slowing economic growth. Amazon Inc. has stated that they are abandoning their Scout project which was an attempt for the e-commerce giant to use small autonomous robots to deliver packages to customers’ homes.
Continue reading →Rideshare giant Uber Technologies' former security chief was convicted of concealing a massive data breach in a case that prosecutors tied to the company’s troubled past under its original leadership. Joe Sullivan was found guilty in San Francisco federal court Wednesday by a jury that rejected his claim that other executives at the ride-hailing giant were aware of the 2016 hack and were responsible for it not being disclosed to regulators for more than a year
Continue reading →PayPal over the weekend set the internet ablaze this weekend after it announced its intent to fine its users $2,500 for the proliferation of misinformation. PayPal Users across Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit began calling for a boycott of PayPal by canceling their personal and business payment processing accounts with the firm, r/wallstreetbets, a popular trading forum on Reddit for retail traders began trending posts to short the company’s stock as a result.
Continue reading →Apple’s recent release of the iPhone 14 will be met with a shift of production into India. The company has for a long time utilized China for manufacturing needs, however, recent geopolitical tension between the United States and China coupled with strict Covid-19 policy has led the company to make the decision to begin the bulk of its manufacturing within India.
Continue reading →American Express is on the hunt for software engineers, coders and developers, part of a 1,500-person hiring spree for its sprawling technology arm.
Continue reading →Google suffered one of its biggest setbacks on Wednesday when a top European court fined it 4.125 billion euros ($4.13 billion) for using its Android mobile operating system to thwart rivals, offering a precedent for other regulators to ratchet up pressure
Continue reading →Deere & Company, manufacturers of the well-known John Deere tractors, has been dominating the farming industry for decades as the company is the leading producer of heavy machinery used for harvesting, planting, weeding, and more. The company has recently stated that its ambitions to stay at the top will require the company to invest more heavily into technology allowing for the potential of automated farming equipment, and this is exactly what the company intends to do.
Continue reading →Instagram is in a legal battle with Ireland’s data regulators as they have fined the company $403 million claiming that they failed to protect data for accounts made by minors.
Continue reading →Waymo, the autonomous vehicle developer under Alphabet, is opening up its driverless robotaxi service in downtown Phoenix to vetted local residents.
Continue reading →Honda Motor Co. has been slow to enter the electric vehicle market in comparison to some of the company's competitors but is now looking to team up with LG Energy Solutions Ltd. to create a $4.4 billion EV battery manufacturing plant within the United States.
Continue reading →A former security chief for Twitter has turned whistleblower and testified that the company misled users and US regulators about gaps in its security. Peiter Zatko, the former security chief in question, also claimed that Twitter underestimated how many fake and spam accounts are on its platform, and the accusations could affect a legal battle between Twitter and billionaire Elon Musk, who is trying to cancel his $44 billion deal to buy the company.
Continue reading →It wasn’t long ago that Apple released its App Tracking Transparency privacy feature aimed at reducing targeted ads to users, now the company seems to be regretting that move as Apple is now seeking to increase the number of ads on first-party apps.
Continue reading →Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, is expected to report the tech giant's largest drop in daily users and its first decline in revenue ever. The slump comes as the company is redesigning Instagram and Facebook to imitate rival platform TikTok, algorithmically recommending short-form video content to users. The Silicon Valley-based firm is also currently rebuilding its advertisement system after Apple’s privacy changes stifled its access to user data.
Continue reading →Intel reported a 22% decline in revenue this quarter than the year prior resulting in a net loss of $454 million and missing consensus by 14%. A tough quarter followed by low expectations of things getting better caused Intel’s stock price to close with a loss of 8% on Friday.
Continue reading →Apple tapped the US high-grade bond market Monday with a $5.5 billion sale in four parts.
Continue reading →Tesla is attempting to expand the company’s fast charging station network by obtaining public funding from the U.S. government as the world seeks to make EVs more viable.
Continue reading →Microsoft cut some jobs on Monday as it realigned business groups and roles after the close of its fiscal year. It said it plans to keep hiring for other roles and finish the current fiscal year with an increased headcount.
Continue reading →In response to this problem, Elon Musk and his company SpaceX have given Ukrainians several kits in which they would be able to set up connections to a plethora of satellites restoring Ukrainian communication. Ukrainian officers and officials have stated that it is thanks to Starlink that their forces are connected again.
Continue reading →Musk’s initial offer for the company valued each share at $54.20 in April when Twitter stock fluctuated within the high $40s. Since then the company's share prices have fallen significantly, now being valued at $33.59. The sharp drop in valuation means that if Musk does go through with the deal he would be grossly overpaying by roughly $18 billion.
Continue reading →Two of the largest chip manufacturers in the world GlobalFounderies Inc. and STMicroelectronics are teaming up to build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility within France largely due to government subsidies offered by the country.
Continue reading →Prime Day is an event inspired by Alibaba’s Singles Day event throughout China where the company will offer an extensive list of deals on July 12 and 13. The event, which is Amazon’s largest sales day of the year, is projected to generate $12.5 billion in sales which would be a 17% increase from the previous year. However, There are several skeptics including Guru Hariharan, a former Amazon executive, who believe that Prime Day will reflect the staggering economy and be much less profitable than expected.
Continue reading →The concern over data privacy sparked up following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Google has announced that in order to protect those seeking reproductive healthcare the company will delete location data shortly after a user visits locations such as a Planned Parenthood facility.
Continue reading →Throughout the pandemic, consumers began to purchase home computers and laptops in droves as working from home, gaming, and crypto mining all skyrocketed throughout the pandemic. Now semiconductors are much less prized as the crypto boom has long ended and many Americans are returning to their old lives.
Continue reading →TikTok has been looking to expand the company’s e-commerce strategy throughout Europe and the United States but these plans were quickly disbanded after failing to meet expectations within the U.K.
Continue reading →Volvo in particular has begun experimenting with the possibility of hydrogen-powered fuel cells within the trucking industry. The growing interest in hydrogen fuel cells is particularly apparent throughout the trucking industry as many believe hydrogen will give trucks a much higher range than that of their EV counterparts.
Continue reading →We have all become aware of, or maybe even accustomed to, rising gas prices. Many have turned to electric vehicles as the solution with charging being much less expensive than their gas counterparts. But even EVs are not immune to growing geopolitical conflicts as prices for charging have gone up recently throughout the UK.
Continue reading →Current U.S. domestic production of semiconductors covers roughly 20% of current domestic demand. And with the supply chain shortages that have been around for the past year have shed light on the necessity of domestic production. On Monday, the U.S. government is currently attempting to pass legislation that would support and fund part of a project that would allow GlobalWafers Co. to build a $5 billion factory in Sherman, Texas. The legislation, if passed, will provide up to $52 billion in funding for domestic projects aimed at solving semiconductor supply chain shortages.
Continue reading →Apple employees within a retail store outside of Baltimore voted to unionize which marks the first union of Apple employees in history. The store employs more than 100 individuals who voted 65 to 33 in favor of unionization creating what is now called the Apple Coalition of Organized Retail Employees.
Continue reading →Google has agreed to pay $118 million in a class-action lawsuit alleging that Google underpays women which is a direct violation of California state law
Continue reading →Fort Lauderdale Florida, a town often dubbed with the nickname Fort Frauderdale, because of a high frequency of white-collar crime in a region of the United States infamous for being built on the back of financial crime. In this sun-soaked pseudo tropical paradise, an augmented reality company was raking in billions of dollars in funding for trailblazing a new frontier in entertainment
Continue reading →Didi Chuxing has barred current and former employees from selling shares in the company indefinitely, dealing a new blow to staff of the Chinese ride-hailing group that has come under intense regulatory scrutiny after listing in New York
Continue reading →Meta Platforms has once again threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe if it is unable to keep transferring user data back to the U.S., amid negotiations between regulators to replace a scrapped privacy pact
Continue reading →Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, while welcome for some, has begun to cause serious concern for others as loyal backers of Tesla are becoming frustrated that Musk may be stretching himself too thin
Continue reading →Microsoft plans to “nearly double” its budget for employee salaries and boost the range of stock compensation it gives some workers by at least 25%, an effort to retain staff and help people cope with inflation
Continue reading →With the Covid-19 pandemic being just about over throughout the United States, Uber looks to expand its offerings for the coming summer when events and travel are likely to skyrocket
Continue reading →Microsoft will begin testing their HaloLens augmented reality goggles for military purposes in a contract that could cost the company as much as $1.3 billion
Continue reading →Nvidia has settled the SEC’s investigation into the company over withholding information from shareholders regarding increasing sales of gaming graphics cards which has now been largely attributed to the growth of crypto mining
Continue reading →Samsung is under pressure as the electronics company has been reluctant to meet growing demands of achieving net-zero emissions as it falls behind competitors such as Apple
Continue reading →Facebook’s parent company Meta has announced plans to open its first physical retail store on the company’s campus in Burlingame, California.The store, which is set to open on May 9, will be used to offer demos and purchasing of their products that include the ranging from its Portal smart home hub, Quest 2 virtual reality set, and Ray-Ban smart glasses
Continue reading →Increasing gas prices have begun to greatly affect transportation services such as FedEx, Uber, and Lyft which has left companies scrambling for solutions as to how to pay for increasing costs
Continue reading →Starting today, more than 14,000 Etsy sellers are going on strike as the platform increases its transaction fees from 5% to 6.5%
Continue reading →Intel while being the dominant manufacturer of central processing units, has fallen behind other chip manufacturers in the production of chips needed for AI technology
Continue reading →The global shift towards the manufacturing of electric vehicles is one that could have been predicted by anyone. Tesla’s successes have given investors all the information they needed to begin piling cash into numerous EV start-ups, however, the road to mass production for many of these companies has been bumpier than anyone expected and now EV start-ups are struggling to meet projections as promised
Continue reading →As numerous states have begun to implement privacy laws for consumers the federal government looks to reignite discussion of passing federal legislation
Continue reading →Foxconn Technology Group, the leading manufacturer of Apple Inc’s iPhones, is in talks with Saudi Arabia about building a $9 billion multipurpose facility that will be designated for the development of microchips, electric vehicle components, and other electronics
Continue reading →The California State Assembly recently announced plans to introduce a new data protection bill to protect the information of children online. The move mirrors the UK’s recent age-appropriate design code as part of a growing movement globally to impose strict regulations on Big Tech
Continue reading →Coinbase the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, said it was back up and running after having to throttle traffic earlier in the evening following the release of an ad during the Super Bowl
Continue reading →The Texas attorney general filed a suit against Meta Platforms this Monday stating that the facial recognition technology used on Facebook violates the state’s privacy protection laws regarding the collection of biometric data
Continue reading →The question over what to do about big tech and its potential monopoly over the market has forced the Federal Trade Commission to rethink how it defines a monopoly and how antitrust regulation should be created in the future
Continue reading →The global chip shortage has pushed the U.S. government to further develop the domestic production of semiconductors and Intel is ready to answer the call.Intel has put forward its plans to invest $20 billion into the creation of a new manufacturing facility in Ohio. This is only a small portion of Intel’s pledge to invest up to $100 billion in the creation of a total of 8 factories across the United States over the next decade
Continue reading →Amid growing number of retailers are dipping their toes in the metaverse. Nike bought a virtual sneaker company, RTFKT, last month. Walmart recently filed trademarks that could pave the way to sell virtual goods from home decor to personal care products and to offer virtual currency and nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, to users. And luxury brands, including Ralph Lauren and Gucci, have launched virtual experiences
Continue reading →The global chip shortage continues to strain the supply chain around the world resulting in companies being unable to manufacture and meet the demands for new smartphones or even cars. While big tech companies like Intel and Samsung Electronics are often discussed for their manufacturing of highly advanced semiconductors, rarely are companies that are dedicated to simple analog chips ever given the spotlight
Continue reading →India’s Car24 Service Provider had an extensive fundraising round in which the company’s valuation nearly doubled since September leaving the total valuation at $3.3 Billion
Continue reading →The topic of the metaverse has captured the public’s attention since the announcement of Facebook’s renaming to Meta. However, although the company known as Facebook has been investing more heavily in the space since its acquisition of Oculus in 2014, also the beginning of a massive VR and AR investment frenzy, there is a dark horse in this race that everyone seems to be ignoring, Snapchat. Snap has quietly been advancing forward into the augmented reality space as early as 2013. Now it is developing its vision for a connected augmented reality that merges the human experience with both the physical digital world. 2016, was a critical year in the world of augment reality. It was the year Pokemon Go, the augmented reality mobile game was released and the year that Snap launched its first-generation AR spectacles
Continue reading →Apple is inching close to a $3 trillion market cap; an achievement would make the tech giant the world’s fifth-largest economy unto itself — right after Germany. All of this comes just a little over a year after reaching the $2 trillion mark and less than four years after it first surpassed $1 trillion. The company needs to rise just another 6% to hit the mark
Continue reading →Jack Dorsey announced Monday that he is leaving Twitter after co-founding the social media platform in 2006 and serving as its CEO since 2015
Continue reading →Roblox, the company that is known for creating the Roblox video game, announced on Monday that it is going to invest $10 million in the development of educational video games for middle school, high school, and college students
Continue reading →Before the shuffle of the “Halloweekend” began, Facebook made a major announcement: The company would now be called Meta to emphasize the organization’s new mission, building the metaverse. Facebook, now Meta, was in the midst of a well-publicized, “whistleblower” suit regarding the company’s implicit knowledge of the potential damage that its products have on mental health and society as a whole. While it’s no secret Facebook is also at the center of Washington’s wrath, this name change was not solely a public relations stunt
Continue reading →Snap lost a quarter of its value in after-hours trade on Thursday as the social media group posted a bleak outlook for its fourth quarter, blaming Apple’s recent privacy changes. The Snapchat parent warned that revenues in the forthcoming quarter would be between $1.16bn and $1.2bn, well below the current consensus estimate of $1.4bn, according to S&P Capital IQ
Continue reading →Foxconn Technology Group, the company most known for the manufacturing of Apple products, has introduced three models of electric vehicles on Monday as the company attempts to expand its market into different areas
Continue reading →Elon Musk’s German Gigafactory received significant setbacks as environmental concerns delayed the opening of the factory from July 2021 to November or December of this year
Continue reading →Growing concerns over the effectiveness of fully autonomous vehicles have led researchers and developers towards a new sector to fully automize, trains
Continue reading →General Motors announced its shift to a high-tech future recently by unveiling plans to convert more assembly plants in North America to make electric vehicles by the end of the decade, and GM is also expected to outline important plans to double annual revenues by 2030 and grow earnings before interest and taxation adjusted margins for investors as it transitions to a green, completely electric future
Continue reading →Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were offline for 9 hours Monday
Continue reading →Alphabet Inc.’s Google began its appeal on Monday to the European Union’s second-highest court in an attempt to overturn a $5 billion antitrust suit alleging that Google has hindered the possibility of competition on Android devices
Continue reading →The threat actors behind Blackrock have developed a new malware known as ERMAC and have begun targeting banking and wallet apps within Poland
Continue reading →Twitter has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that began in 2016 by paying $809.5 million. The social media company was accused of misleading investors about the platform's engagement rates in 2015, this included Twitter's monthly active users as well as how frequently users interacted with the platform
Continue reading →Journalism is far from dead. Recently the Wall Street Journal started a deep dive into Facebook’s internal research and company documents on policy to uncover how the company really runs its platforms. We’ve done you the favor of wading through everything they uncovered and extracting the largest discoveries of the investigation, but first, let’s begin with a short monologue to add some historical context about how this war over the human mind began
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