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Canon's alternative chip equipment likely subject to trade curbs to China
A month after Canon announced it would be manufacturing nano-imprinting lithography machines, the company’s CEO said its offering would be more affordable than the technology currently available but still subject to trade restrictions...
Splunk cuts 7% of workforce ahead of Cisco acquisition
The layoffs are happening in the wake of a market retraction, Splunk CEO Gary Steele said.
3 tough questions about Samsung's Android 14 accomplishment
Samsung's sending out Android 14 in record time this week — but hold the phone, 'cause there's more to this story than most headlines suggest.
Google antitrust trial: Pichai concedes that default search boosts market share
Google' star witness in its US antitrust trial, CEO Sundar Pichai, defended the company's business practices but drew attention to the importance of default search contracts as a driver of its market share.
Intel shows recovery in PCs but faces competition in AI, data centers
Intel’s traditional PC dominance looked to be approaching its former rude health, but that good news in its earnings report was offset by ongoing weakness in servers.
Intel's PC stranglehold could face serious challenge from Nvidia, AMD and Qualcomm
Nvidia and AMD have reportedly been developing Arm-based CPUs that would run Microsoft’s Windows, while Qualcomm debuts superfast Snapdragon X Elite chips.
Google Cloud fails to cash in on generative AI
As enterprises optimize their cloud spending, Google Cloud has registered its slowest growth in three years.
Google faces new antitrust probe in Japan
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has become the latest regulatory body to announce it is investigating Google for alleged antitrust violations relating to the company’s search and advertising services.
Extended-reality employee training — a beginning for robotic onboarding?
The use of extended reality to train employees could open the door for more involved robotic use in some industries in a few short years.
US expands chip export curbs to China to throttle AI, supercomputer development
Chinese officials said that the new US chip restrictions contradict fair trade principles, while immediate response from vendors is muted.
Generative AI spending to reach $143B in 2027: IDC
A new forecast from IDC says that enterprise spending on generative AI from now through 2027 will be 13 times greater than the growth rate for overall worldwide IT spending on IT.
Qualcomm to lay off 1,258 employees from its California offices
The impacted staff includes engineers, analysts, software developers, administrative staff, and staff from the financial, legal, and human resources employees.
AMD to acquire Nod.ai to boost open source AI software capabilities
The acquisition is expected to help AMD compete better against chipmaker Nvidia.
Why are OpenAI, Microsoft and others looking to make their own chips?
As demand for generative AI technology grows, chip shortages are not the main reason behind developing custom silicon, experts say.
PC shipments remain in decline, but generative AI could reverse the trend: IDC
PC shipments suffer another year-over-year decline in the third quarter, as Apple sees a drop of 23%.
US gov't analysis says EU AI Act could stifle R&D, competition: Report
An analysis carried out by the US government has reportedly raised issues relating to the upcoming EU AI Act, saying that it could limit investment to only the biggest tech companies.
Taiwan to investigate suppliers aiding Huawei in chipmaking: Report
The country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has agreed to check if Taiwanese suppliers in business with Huawei for its Chinese chipmaking factories have violated any US sanctions.
Microsoft’s Nadella: Google could lock up AI-enabled search
As a witness for the prosecution in the Google antitrust trial, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns that Google’s monopoly profits could lock in publishers as AI-enabled search arrives.
The antitrust suit against Google isn’t the DOJ-Microsoft fight redux
While Google dominates in internet search, it's not the tech behemoth Microsoft was in the 1990s when it was sued by the Department of Justice.
