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
Read More about Apple ditched Intel, and it paid offMicrosoft joins the conga line of companies leaving the CES 2022 show floor
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
Read More about Microsoft joins the conga line of companies leaving the CES 2022 show floorUK competition watchdog orders Meta to sell Giphy
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has been ordered to sell Giphy by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. The company, then known simply as Facebook, bought the Gif-sharing search engine last year for a reported $315m (£236m). It planned to integrate
Read More about UK competition watchdog orders Meta to sell GiphyTwitter founder Jack Dorsey steps down as chief executive
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief executive of the company. He will be replaced by the current chief technical officer, Parag Agrawal, Twitter said. Mr Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter in 2006, has been serving as CEO of
Read More about Twitter founder Jack Dorsey steps down as chief executiveFacebook renames itself Meta amid controversy
The social network wants to be known as a metaverse company. Facebook said Thursday it’s rebranding itself as Meta to reflect the company’s focus on building the metaverse, a virtual world where people work, play, learn and connect with their friends and family. Meta will be a
Read More about Facebook renames itself Meta amid controversyGoogle, IBM among 56 tech firms underreporting greenhouse gas emissions, study says
Corporate reports on average omit “half of the total emissions,” the researchers found. Google and IBM are among 56 top tech companies that fail to disclose all of their greenhouse gas emissions, according to newly published research. “In a case study
Read More about Google, IBM among 56 tech firms underreporting greenhouse gas emissions, study saysSeagate making progress on second-generation HAMR tech, 30-terabyte HDDs incoming
The company is going all-in on HAMR In brief: Hard disk drives are set to become much larger in the near future, but getting there has proven to be quite a challenge for manufacturers like Seagate. The company has been transitioning from
Read More about Seagate making progress on second-generation HAMR tech, 30-terabyte HDDs incomingFacebook says it’s invested over $13B into safety and security
The social network outlines progress its made on privacy, safety, misinformation and other issues. Facebook on Tuesday highlighted progress its made over the past several years to address challenges such as safety and security, misinformation and responsible innovation. The social network said
Read More about Facebook says it’s invested over $13B into safety and securitySamsung will spend $205 billion in strategic plan to conquer semiconductors, robotics, and more
The company wants to lead in key industries of the post-pandemic world The big picture: Samsung has big plans for the future, and to that end, the company is investing a whopping $206 billion from its coffers. Chief among the tech giant’s
Read More about Samsung will spend $205 billion in strategic plan to conquer semiconductors, robotics, and moreMicrosoft increasing price for Office 365 and Microsoft 365 next year
Education customers and consumers won’t see a price hike In brief: Microsoft will be raising prices for business and enterprise customers of Office 365 and Microsoft 365 next year, which could translate into billions of additional revenue for the Redmond giant. Considering
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