Former Windows and Surface chief designer joins Amazon
This week, former Microsoft corporate vice president Ralf Groene, who was responsible for the design of the Surface and Windows family of devices, will start working at Amazon. Over the…
The court denied the British the right to continue searching for $700 million worth of bitcoins in a landfill.
A resident of the British city of Newport, James Howells, managed to become a celebrity thanks to an incident with an erroneously thrown away hard drive on which about 7.5…
Altera announced that it is becoming a company independent from Intel
Amid the swift resignation of the former Intel CEO in early December, everyone almost forgot that the plan outlined by management included giving the Altera subsidiary greater independence, finding investors…
Microsoft will cut some employees who are not very efficient
In the wake of the artificial intelligence boom, OpenAI’s major shareholder, Microsoft, increased its capitalization to more than $3 trillion last year, but that doesn’t mean its staffing levels no…
Tencent and CATL will sue the US over inclusion on the Pentagon blacklist
The US Department of Defense this month included several Chinese companies on a so-called “blacklist” of individuals suspected by US officials of supporting the Chinese defense industry. Tencent and CATL…
US authorities accused Tencent, CXMT and CATL of assisting the Chinese military
A variation of American sanctions is the blacklisting of foreign companies based on their perceived proximity to the Chinese defense sector. This year, it was replenished by the Chinese companies…
South Korea will create the world’s largest chip production
The South Korean government has approved the construction of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing cluster in the city of Yongin. Its area will be 7.28 square meters. km, which is…
TSMC has launched mass production of chips labeled “Made in Japan”
The history of the emergence of the first TSMC enterprise in Japan was unique in its own way. Firstly, it was one of the first outside Taiwan in many years.…
US Commerce Secretary admits that sanctions against China are ineffective
The United States may reconsider relations with China. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the country should focus on investing in its own innovation rather than on restrictions and sanctions against…
Samsung, Texas Instruments and Amkor will receive US subsidies worth $6.75 billion
The outgoing US government has accelerated the resolution of issues affecting the development of the local semiconductor industry, so by the end of this week, guarantees for subsidies for the…