Biden hits China with new export rules to curb its AI ambitions
Tighter export controls sound good on paper, but experts aren't convinced
70% of surveyed employees in the UK believe AI is reshaping the workplace
Perceived benefits include increased efficiency and enhanced productivity
Judge denies Elon Musk's billion-dollar Tesla pay package for a second time
The requested $6 billion in lawyers' fee was also denied
What just happened? What's worse than having a multi-billion compensation package denied to you by a judge? Having it denied a second time, despite being overwhelmingly re-approved by Tesla shareholders. That's the situation Elon Musk has found himself in after Delaware judge Kathaleen McCormick upheld her original ruling that called the payment excessive. She also denied a request from lawyers who brought the case to be paid $6 billion.
Nvidia challenger Tenstorrent completes $700 million funding round backed by Jeff Bezos, other high-profile investors
CEO Jim Keller is a strong advocate of open source
Apple spies on workers while championing user privacy, lawsuit alleges
Apple's privacy promises are brought into question
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announces retirement, co-CEOs named during tumultuous period
Board vows to find a permanent replacement while restoring investor confidence
OpenAI hit with billion-dollar lawsuit from Canadian publishers over content abuse
OpenAI must have world's busiest lawyers
Vinyl is crushing CDs as music industry eclipses cinema, report says
The analog sound storage is making an epic comeback
The unsung heroes of chip sales: field application engineers
Solving problems, closing deals
FTC: Most smart device makers are breaking the law by not informing consumers of software support terms
Companies would rather drop support on old products and then sell you a new one
Google faces ad monopoly charges in Canada, probe in India over app policies
The U.S. DOJ's lawsuit was just the tip of the iceberg
Uber pivots to AI services, tapping gig workers for data labeling
It has already signed on Aurora Innovation and Niantic as clients
Antitrust lawsuit against Valve over Steam's 30% commission gains class-action status
Valve could end up paying a lot of people a lot of money
Ex-Google execs set to build an online operating system for AI agents
Would you like all your data and digital life surrendered to agentic AIs in the cloud?
Google sues former engineer for leaking Pixel chip secrets
He has plenty to say about Google
AMD secures new glass substrate patent as race for the chipmaking technology intensifies
Despite outsourcing chip production, AMD drives substrate R&D for custom designs
Trump proposes 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports, 10% on Chinese goods
New tariffs will almost certainly impact the prices consumers pay for numerous goods
CEO fires 90% of his company for missing a meeting, many were unpaid workers
He stands by his decision
Tech companies race to build AI superclusters with 100,000+ GPUs in high-stakes competition
Engineering challenges aside, it's unclear whether these investments will pay off
Qualcomm backs off full Intel acquisition, could consider buying select divisions
Regulatory hurdles deter Qualcomm's acquisition plans
In brief: It appears that what could have been one of the largest and most disruptive tech acquisitions in history is not going to happen any time soon, if at all. A new report claims that Qualcomm's interest in acquiring struggling Intel has cooled, partly due to the complexities of such a deal.
Coding boot camps fight for relevance in the era of generative AI and a shrinking job market
Was Jensen Huang right?
A hot potato: Tech leaders such as Tim Cook spent years telling people that if they wanted a lucrative career in the industry, they needed to learn to code. But the advent of generative AI now means that coding isn't the guarantee of a good job that it once was. The number of active job postings for software developers has dropped 56%, and the number of placements on coding boot camp courses is dwindling.
Nvidia nearly doubles AMD's R&D budget – Intel's spending dwarfs both, but struggles to compete
As the world's largest company, Apple also leads in R&D spending
The big picture: The competitive strength of hardware makers is often gauged by their research and development expenditure. However, an analysis of recent financial reports from various tech giants reveals that higher R&D spending does not always guarantee success. Intel's recent struggles and Nvidia's astronomical growth driven by the AI boom have broken conventional assumptions.
Japanese cable maker Fujikura sees stock surge 400% on AI-fueled demand for fiber optics
Fujikura barely survived the pandemic
Tech CEOs look to Apple's Tim Cook approach for building ties with President-elect Trump
But then, not every company has the clout of Apple
GlobalFoundries confirms $1.5 billion award from the US Chips and Science Act
GF is spending billions to improve its domestic chip manufacturing capabilities