Industry

Nikon will buy camera maker Red less than a year after lawsuit

EA says generative AI will make gamers spend more, speed up development time

A hot potato: Electronic Arts is an organization that arguably only misses out on the title of "most-hated game company in the world" because Ubisoft exists. As it turns out, EA loves generative AI. CEO Andrew Wilson has been praising the technology, claiming it is set to make EA 30% more efficient while boosting monetization by 20% over the next five years. It also sounds like it will cost more game developers their jobs.

The Netherlands is scrambling to stop ASML from moving its lithography business outside the country

Why it matters: ASML is the largest manufacturer of photolithography machines, designed for etching intricate circuits onto silicon wafers to create advanced computer chips. It stands as the most highly valued European tech company, boasting a market capitalization of nearly $400 billion. Additionally, ASML represents one of the major business ventures in the Netherlands' economy.

Former Google engineer indicted for allegedly stealing AI secrets while stealthily running a startup in China

Apple bans Epic Games again, ending its third-party app store ambitions

NAND flash market turnaround: Revenue surged 25% in Q4 2023

MediaTek beat out Apple and Qualcomm to finish 2023 as the top smartphone chip vendor

Puget Systems survey shows that 9 out of 10 workstation users opted for Threadripper CPUs

TikTok faces US ban if ByteDance fails to sell app

Samsung Foundry renames 3nm process to 2nm to better compete with Intel 20A

OpenAI responds to Musk lawsuit by publishing his emails: Urged it to raise $1 billion, called Tesla a "cash cow"

iPhone sales down 24% in China as Apple's woes continue

Yuzu developer pays Nintendo $2.4 million to settle lawsuit, ceases all Switch and 3DS emulator operations

European Commission fines Apple almost $2 billion over music streaming subscription policies

What just happened? Spotify has spent five years accusing Apple's music streaming subscription policies of being anti-competitive, and the European Union just ruled overwhelmingly in Spotify's favor. Apple argues that it deserves a cut for its role in Spotify's success. Meanwhile, another battle looms between the companies over sideloading and new fees.

Lawyers who stopped Elon Musk's "excessive" $56 billion Tesla pay ask for $6 billion fee

Remedy acquires full rights for the Control franchise for $18 million

TSMC founder foresees the need for up to 10 new fabs for AI chip manufacturing

PC GPU shipments increased 20% last quarter, AI tipped to drive future growth

Rockstar tells employees to get back in the office full time, partly to stop more GTA VI leaks

EA to lay off around 670 people, sunset games, move away from future IPs

Wendy's says surge pricing reports were "misconstrued" after internet turns Frosty

Intel's 1nm node is coming in 2027 with "double-digit" improvements in performance and efficiency

OpenAI accuses New York Times of paying someone to "hack" ChatGPT

Nvidia is allegedly punishing customers with shipment delays, former AMD VP labels it a "GPU cartel"

A hot potato: Nvidia is experiencing the kind of success most companies could only dream of right now, and it's all thanks to the generative AI boom. But not everyone is praising Jensen Huang and his firm. After a rival chip maker accused it of delaying orders of AI GPUs to customers who are courting other suppliers, a former AMD vice president has called Team Green "the GPU cartel."

Wendy's will spend $20 million on digital menus to introduce customers to "dynamic pricing"

Imagine this: You are standing in line at a fast food restaurant, looking at the menu to decide what to order. You decide on a plain burger for $4. The queue finishes one order, so you move up, then notice your burger now costs $4.20. The line moves again, and now it's $4.40. There are still five more customers ahead of you. What do you do?