Humans and bots face off: A driver of automation, AI is also used to protect workers against it. Researchers hope retraining can be avoided, but the current labor market shows otherwise.
Infotainment over environment? Greenpeace praises and criticizes EV-makers’ attitudes on deep-sea mining. The companies may have their reasons, but they can make batteries and respect ocean ecosystems too.
There’s a new chip sheriff in town: The semiconductor industry undergoes a seismic shift as AMD excels in earnings, innovation, and its future diversification plans.
Big Tech’s existential crisis: Following a decade-long heyday, announcements from tech leaders, layoffs, and hiring freezes indicate an abrupt cultural shift. A crisis looms as economics distracts from innovation.
Y Combinator raises the startup bar: Following last year’s record VC investment, there’s less startup funding to go around in 2022. But a smaller pool could fuel more marketable ideas.
The resilient cloud: The world is spending more on cloud infrastructure than ever before—underscoring tech’s most buoyant sector despite inflation, rising interest rates, and a down economy. But can networks handle unprecedented cloud growth?
Europe’s Silicon Valley outpost: The EU’s San Francisco office could spark vital dialogue about cybersecurity and digital privacy, but don’t expect Big Tech to welcome EU policies with open arms.
Computing falls back to earth: The cloud is growing, but some companies are migrating away to cut costs on AI training. More complex applications require a bigger toolbag of solutions.
More repairable Samsung Galaxies: The company will ship kits, parts, and step-by-step instructions for end-user and technician fixes of recent S20, S21, and Tab S7+ devices, indicating that right-to-repair pressure is working.
5G coverage buoys T-Mobile’s growth: Leading the US mobile market in performance and 5G coverage positions T-Mobile to take more market share in the enterprise segment, where it falls behind.
AWS vs. Microsoft + Google? Recent reports show Amazon still at the cloud helm, but Microsoft’s bold strategies could leverage Google’s weight while it shores up longer-term climate resilience.
Amazon lays off 100,000: As pandemic-era spending cools and the online ad market declines, hiring pauses and layoffs have become a relief valve for companies.
Big Tech drops the metaverse ball: A decline in full-time metaverse job postings corresponds with an uptick in gig hiring. Startups and the military might fill the metaverse development gap.
Indian government completes 5G auction: High-speed connectivity is coming to the world’s second-largest mobile market, but shortages and expensive infrastructure costs are the next obstacles.
FTC sues to stop another Meta acquisition: Meta is looking to own a popular VR fitness app, but the FTC says this will kill competition in the metaverse. Is Meta’s innovation by acquisition strategy over?
The metaverse intellectuals: A Wharton metaverse course for executives might struggle to offer tangible insights on a technology that doesn’t yet exist. But it could shape how the metaverse ultimately materializes.
Road clears for new EVs: Automakers catch a break with federal support and increased EV production. Vietnam’s VinFast could shake-up the industry and put eyes on Southeast Asia’s minerals.
The true cost of cyberattacks: A recent report shows average losses from hospital data breaches hit $10 million. But with more IoT medical devices deployed, attacks could also cost lives.
Data centers vs. housing: Using energy resources equivalent to small cities, data centers are contributing to London’s housing shortage. The problem will get worse until the data sector prioritizes sustainability.