Samsung and Google take on Dolby Atmos with a new royalty-free audio format
Can it dethrone the king of immersive audio?
Hyundai and Kia score big with their EVs now eligible for $7,500 tax credit
Five models secure federal EV tax credit after fast-tracking U.S. production
Canada aims to become a major player in rare earth mining for chips and batteries
The country is exploring 6 "priority" minerals to power EVs, renewables, chips
Industry push could see barcodes replaced by QR-style 2D codes within two years
The new codes would benefit retailers and consumers
DRAM manufacturers explore new designs to overcome 3D stacking hurdles
The efforts require years of development before gaining commercial traction
A record-breaking year for Steam: nearly 19,000 games released in 2024, but most went unnoticed
Can we have too many games?
A colossal 18,000kg electric vehicle is autonomously loading gold at a Canadian mine
The first electric loaders in North America
DRAM price decline predicted for early 2025 across PC, server, and GPU markets
DRAM prices continue to trend downward
The PC market is predicted to see modest growth over the next two years, despite challenges
The next US administration could cause a significant disruption in the PC business
Nvidia believes the robotics market is about to explode, just like ChatGPT
The company is pivoting to powering humanoid robotics as AI chips experience stiffening competition
Samsung loses Qualcomm contract to TSMC for making next-gen Snapdragon chips
The decision is a blow to Samsung Foundry, which has been dealing with low yield rates
AAA video games struggle to keep up with the skyrocketing costs of realistic graphics
Meanwhile, gamers' preferences are evolving towards titles with robust social features
Nearly 75% of RTO companies will require at least three days in the office per week by the end of 2025
Improved collaboration and teamwork are cited as the main reasons
Valve makes more money per employee than Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix combined
A small but mighty team of 400
The big picture: Valve is one of the most important and influential companies in the PC gaming market. It's also one of the most unique due to its private nature and unusually small workforce relative to its impact and competitors. A recent analysis of data uncovered through an ongoing lawsuit against the company highlights how Valve starkly contrasts with the world's biggest tech giants.
SK Hynix beats Samsung by launching its 321-layer TLC NAND flash memory first
The South Korean manufacturer is the first to come out with it
Startup's Universal Processor combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA into a single chip
One processor to rule them all... if they can deliver
Elon Musk's xAI raises $6 billion from Nvidia, AMD, and others
The biggest rival for OpenAI and Google?
Netflix is suing Broadcom's VMware over virtual machine patents
The streaming giant says that the infringement is "willful and deliberate"
TCL is now shipping more ultra-large TVs than Samsung, another win for the Chinese-owned maker
Are Chinese TV makers essentially unstoppable at this point?
Engineers achieve quantum teleportation over active internet cables
"This is incredibly exciting because nobody thought it was possible"
Zelle and major banks face $870 million lawsuit over alleged fraud losses
Lawsuit comes after lawmakers began pressuring Zelle to start refunding fraud victims last year
Qualcomm wins landmark trial against Arm in chip license dispute
There was still an unresolved dispute in the case that Arm vows to have retried
Climate tech startup aims to store carbon in oceans and reshape the energy sector
Equatic will absorb CO2 and pump it into the ocean, while also producing hydrogen as fuel, or at least that's the plan
In a nutshell: A Los Angeles startup is making waves by claiming it can simultaneously address two major climate challenges: removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing it in the ocean, while also producing emissions-free hydrogen fuel. The concept sounds promising, but not everyone is on board with it.
No more x86S: Intel halts push for streamlined x86 architecture
The death of the fully x86-compatible PC has been greatly exaggerated