Category Archives: Business

In brief: Now that graphics card prices are finally starting to fall, will laptops follow the same trend? Apparently not, according to a new report. In fact, the devices could see their selling points increase during the second half of the

Twitter accepts $44 billion offer, goes private In context: The ongoing saga of whether Elon Musk would become Twitter’s new owner has ended in success for the world’s wealthiest person. After re-examining Musk’s $44 billion bid, Twitter has agreed to be acquired

A pilot of e-Cash that’s as private as physical coins is the objective of a proposed new bill. A US House of Representatives bill is proposing a trial of digital dollars that would replicate the privacy and anonymity of physical

Twitter is testing a feature that will allow some US users to browse through a catalog of up to 50 products from a business. Twitter is pushing forward with its e-commerce ambitions.  The social media platform said Wednesday it’s started testing

OnwardMobility confirmed earlier reports that its 5G phone was dead while revealing that it plans to shut down entirely. It looks like today will be one last, sad day for BlackBerry enthusiasts. OnwardMobility confirmed that its plans for a new,

EU alleges European firms are being prevented from leveraging their patents The European Union (EU) has filed a dispute with China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), alleging that European holder of mobile patents are restricted from taking legal action

The wireless company reported continuing customer growth in wireless, fiber and HBO Max, and beat analyst earnings expectations. AT&T reported strong fourth quarter and year-end earnings as it added 884,000 postpaid phone net additions for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021

If the deal fails, Nvidia will lose $1.25 billion. Nvidia is reportedly preparing to abandon its effort to buy Arm from SoftBank after the US Federal Trade Commission sued to stop the $40 billion deal.  Nvidia has told company partners it doesn’t

Apple’s decision to ditch Intel paid off this year. The pivot allowed Apple to completely rethink the Mac, which had started to grow stale with an aging design and iterative annual upgrades. Following the divorce from Intel, Apple has launched far more

No in-person attendance While we were expecting CES 2022 to be the first proper in-person tech conference since the Covid-19 pandemic, disaster has struck the early-January week-long Las Vegas-based consumer tech event, and the past few weeks have been rife with big