Computer hardware
Video game giants had a miserable second quarter as the pandemic gaming boom hits a wall
A gamer plays on Sony’s Playstation 5 console at his home in Seoul. Yelim Lee | AFP via Getty Images The giants of the video game world saw their sales slide in the second quarter, as initial tailwinds from the Covid pandemic faded. In the three months ended June, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo each posted […]
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Gadget season is here — new folding phones, watches and earbuds are coming
Apple launches the iPhone 13 in the UK Ming Yeung | Getty Images Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung and other firms are teeing up for a busy fall filled with lots of new gadget launches. It’s like clockwork. Big tech companies launch the latest products, like phones, watches, or even robots and flying security drones, beginning […]
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A top European carmaker suggests the global chip shortage is easing
Volvo Cars, one of Europe’s top car brands, says it’s past the worst of a chip supply crunch that placed a tremendous squeeze on auto production. The company’s semiconductor inventory is now “back at fully supply,” CEO Jim Rowan told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Wednesday. “We had guided in the first quarter we were […]
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Google will once again test augmented reality glasses in public
Google AR glasses prototype Google Google will test augmented reality prototypes in public settings, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. Some prototypes will look like normal glasses and will be equipped with microphones and cameras as well as transparent displays. The new glasses aren’t a product yet and aren’t available to the […]
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OnePlus co-founder makes smartphone comeback with a quirky iPhone competitor
The Nothing Phone 1. Nothing The co-founder of Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus, Carl Pei, is back with a new handset — only this time it’s with a different company, literally called Nothing. Pei’s peculiarly named start-up officially pulled the wraps off its debut smartphone Tuesday, after months of dropping hints and teasers about the look […]
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Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision takeover faces competition probe in the UK
Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard’s games character. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.K.’s competition watchdog on Wednesday opened an investigation into Microsoft’s acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard. It marks one of the first probes by a major antitrust enforcer into the $68.7 billion deal, which was […]
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Micron warns weakening consumer demand will hurt smartphone sales
Sanjay Mehrota, Micron Technology President & CEO at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 24th, 2022. Adam Galica | CNBC Micron Technology, a major vendor of memory chips for PCs and smartphones, said on Thursday that it expects smartphone sales to be meaningfully lower than previously expected for the rest of 2022, citing a reduction […]
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Apple’s about to announce new iPhone, iPad software: Follow along for live updates
Here’s what you can expect Apple website displayed on a laptop screen and Apple logo displayed on a phone in this illustration photo. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Apple’s annual developer conference, WWDC, is all about catering to software developers. They’re the folks who build apps for the Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch and […]
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Microsoft revamps its budget Surface Laptop Go with more storage
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go 2 starts at $599. Microsoft Microsoft on Wednesday started taking preorders for the Surface Laptop Go 2, the first revision to its entry-level laptop. The PC starts at $599, an increase of $50 from the original Surface Laptop Go that Microsoft released in 2020. The tech giant is adhering to its […]
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Broadcom announces plans to buy VMware in $61 billion deal
Hock Tan, chief executive officer of Broadcom Martin H. Simon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Broadcom will buy VMware in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $61 billion, based on the closing price of Broadcom common stock on May 25, 2022, the companies announced on Thursday. The deal would be one of the largest technology acquisitions […]
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