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U.S. House Set to Pass Sweeping Vote on China Competition Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives was expected to pass on Friday a multibillion-dollar bill aimed at increasing American competitiveness with China and boosting U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, despite Republican opposition. The Democratic-majority House is expected to back the “Competes Act” largely along party lines. Passage would send the measure for negotiations with the Senate on a […]

Qualcomm Leads Strong 2022 Q1 Revenue, Led by High Chip Demand

Semiconductor company Qualcomm Inc. revealed one of its most robust quarterly earnings for 2022’s first quarter (Q1), showing high demand for smartphones and cars chips. “Demand remains strong across all of our technologies and continues to exceed supply,” Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm Chief Executive Officer (CEO), said during an analysts call, adding that supply shortages are […]

Toshiba to Invest $1 Billion to Double Power Chip Production

Toshiba Corp said on Friday it will invest about 125 billion yen ($1.09 billion) to more than double production of power management semiconductors, aiming to catch up with power chip giants such as Infineon Technologies AG. The Japanese industrial conglomerate will build a cutting-edge 300-millimeter fabrication plant in central Japan for power management chips, which […]

LogRhythm Rewards Outstanding Cybersecurity Innovation

Through its 2021 European Partner Awards The award winners were recognised for their commitment to providing SIEM threat detection and migration capabilities for their European customers London, UK, 04 February 2022 – LogRhythm, the company powering today’s security operations centres (SOCs) has announced the winners of its 2021 European Partner Awards. The awards honour the achievements of […]

All in a Day: Zuckerberg Loses $29 Billion, Bezos Set to Pocket $20 Billion

Mark Zuckerberg lost $29 billion in net worth on Thursday as Meta Platforms Inc’s stock marked a record one-day plunge, while fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos was set to add $20 billion to his personal valuation after Amazon’s blockbuster earnings. Meta’s stock fell 26 percent, erasing more than $200 billion in the biggest ever single-day market […]

Facebook’s Metaverse: How Meta will Work in the Coming Decade

Many are having a hard time envisioning something as abstract and incorporeal – in the most literal sense – as the Metaverse. Is it a visual space or a collection of them? Is it only in virtual reality, or does it include other interfaces and technologies? Facebook, now Meta, want to stake their claim on […]

How to Invest in the Metaverse

In previous articles, we covered what the metaverse is. It is the future of the digital world – a blockchain-based internet owned by everyone in a sense. Still, some will inevitably find wealth while others will let the opportunity slip or end up taking the short stick, and so many are wondering how to invest […]

Beijing Slams FCC’s Decision to Delist China Unicom

Following Washington’s decision to ban China Unicom from providing service in the U.S., Beijing has condemned the move as baseless, vowing to protect its operations’ “legitimate rights and interests” in the U.S. market. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made a bold move to revoke the Chinese-backed telco’s license, prohibiting it from delivering further services […]

Meta's Shock Share Price Drop Shakes World Tech

Shares in Facebook owner Meta fell 20 percent in U.S. premarket trade on Thursday after the social media giant issued a dismal forecast, blaming Apple’s privacy changes and increased competition. The shock drop, which comes before Amazon earnings later in the day, spilled over to Europe where technology led sectoral fallers with a decline of […]

NFT Money Laundering Soars Slowly, Report Finds

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) fame has immensely grown amongst tech enthusiasts, traders, creators, and criminals, with money laundering activities concerning NFTs reaching new heights as it grows daily, Chainalysis report finds. In its report released on Wednesday, Chainalysis reported that a modest yet growing amount of money laundering activity had been associated with the buying and […]