The Facebook and Instagram parent remains too much at the mercy of Apple and Google, requiring a big gamble on the future. Read More
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Can anything slow down Big Tech’s Big 4?
Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft continue to beat analysts’ estimates and dominate Fortune’s “most admired” list. Read More
Big Tech increases funding to US foreign policy think tanks
Enlarge (credit: Financial Times) The world’s largest technology companies are pouring money into the biggest foreign policy think tanks in the US, as they seek to advance the argument that stricter competition rules will benefit China. Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple are behind an increase in funding to four of Washington’s most prestigious research groups: […]
RGB keyboard feature renews hope for RTX Chromebooks
Enlarge It has been two years since Google sparked dreams of PC gaming coming to Chromebooks. We’ve yet to hear word on when we’ll be able to frag on Chrome OS, but we now know that work is being done to bring RGB-backlit keyboards to the operating system. And since RGB and video gaming go […]
Chromebooks may borrow the Pixel’s battery-preservation trick
Enlarge (credit: Getty) You can never have enough battery life, but keeping your device’s battery at a constant 100 percent may degrade its life span. Many laptops already use artificial intelligence to control how a device uses its battery, and Chromebooks are now apparently heading down that road as well. As spotted by 9to5Google this […]
Should the U. S. fight or embrace TSMC?
The CHIPS Act presents hard questions about America’s relationship with the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer. Read More
Tech earnings reports could signal calm or chaos
The cloudy start to 2022 could come into sharper focus as Microsoft, Apple, and others report holiday-quarter earnings. Read More
Netflix once again faces a pivot point
Slowing subscriber growth raises questions about the streamer’s ability to gain traction abroad and develop new sources of revenue. Read More
First details leak on Project Iris, Google’s next AR headset
Enlarge / Product photography of the Google Glass wearable. Project Iris won’t look like this; it is said to more closely resemble ski goggles than casual glasses. (credit: Google) Google engineers are working hard at developing a new augmented reality (AR) headset, according to a report by The Verge citing two people familiar with the […]
The U. S. is finally catching up on wireless Internet
The early rollout of higher-speed 5G service should mark the end of America’s failure to keep up with developed nations. Read More