UK regulators block Microsoft’s attempt to consolidate a gaming behemoth, sending Activision Blizzard stock spiraling. Microsoft faces a tough antitrust fight.
There are still significant gaps in connectivity in the country and a need for better broadband distribution.
90.0% of North Americans will be internet users in 2024
Consumers are weary of stowing banking products across several providers. Embracing super apps could help banks tackle their problem.
The partnership trend will begin yielding batteries for carmakers by 2026 and could intensify competition to meet future EV demand.
Enterprise productivity gains show AI is more than hype: Novice customer service agents are more productive with chatbot assistants. Future gains depend on continued human contributions to fuel AI’s performance.
ByteDance’s Lemon8 makes waves on the app charts: TikTok’s owner is expanding in the US with another app. It won’t evade scrutiny, but there’s a chance of success internationally.
Google puts greater emphasis on chips business: By moving its TPU and TensorFlow teams into its cloud division, Google hopes to boost revenues and eat rivals’ AI market share.
CEO demos the next big thing in smart wearables at TED Talk: Startup Humane’s AI-enhanced wearable could disrupt the smartphone market. But sluggish device sales points to a delayed release.
Its chip division will post a steep Q1 loss due to high inventories and slowing demand for PCs and smartphones. Austerity measures could sideline its expansion plans.
Google DeepMind consolidates the company’s AI brain trust while it refocuses to beat back rivals such as Microsoft and OpenAI in the race for revenue-generating AI and a future beyond search.
Removing verified checks from thousands of users—including high-profile individuals and government agencies— escalates the risk of impersonation and misinformation.
With scores of data based on millions of conversations, Reddit is happy to help AI developers make their systems smarter, provided they pay for access.
Seagate’s $300M fine for selling hard drives to Huawei shows that US regulators are strictly enforcing bans against China.
The world's largest chipmaker forecast a 16% sales tumble in Q2 as the tech sector slows down. Its plans for new factory locations could be in peril.
Meta fires its social media and metaverse techies: The latest round of layoffs includes a questionable gaming pivot. Like its Big Tech peers, Meta’s big picture, long-term strategy is missing.
OpenAI unlikely to meet Italy’s April 30 mandate: The EU’s GDPR requirements are wholly at odds with how a lot of generative AI models are trained. Tech companies should have anticipated fallout.
Expensive headsets aside, Apple already has the necessary developer, app, gaming, fitness, and streaming video ecosystems to build its next big thing.
Upstarts in China and traditional automakers in the US are forcing Tesla to discount existing inventory. How the EV leader responds could determine whether it maintains its position.