AMD reported better than expected earnings this week, bucking the trend as fellow chipmakers struggle. The company’s fourth quarter results beat Wall Street expectations for both sales and profit, but did warn…
“Singles Day” Breaks Alibaba Records – But Regulation Knocks Chinese Stocks
Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, has pulled in record sales figures. Yet not all is rosy for the firm. In previous years “Singles Day”—a Chinese Black Friday—has been measured in 24-hour frames.…
Ayar Labs Raises $35m Series B To Push “Chiplet” Technology
American chip-processing starting Ayar Labs has secured a $35 million Series B funding round, to help grow its novel I/O-replacement technology. The Emeryville, California-based firm received the round from co-leaders Downing Ventures…
Wall Street Tech Stocks Face Slide No Matter Who Wins Election
Tech stocks are expected to fall following tomorrow’s US Presidential election – no matter who emerges victorious. Incumbent Donald Trump faces Democrat challenger Joe Biden for the country’s leadership. Yet despite the…
Intel Shares Slip on Revenue Shortfall
Intel’s share price has dropped 10%, as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll. The Californian chipmaker’s value took a dive on underwhelming revenues, which analysts blame on the pandemic’s freezing…
On International Literacy Day, Three Gadgets that Changed How We Read Forever
The written word has come a long, long way since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 16th century – from Shakespeare folios, through Gothic horror, feminist samizdat, modern journalism and,…
Chameleon 3D Printing? An MIT Team Has it Covered
A team at MIT has created a color-changing 3D printing technique. ColorFab, honed at the university’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence lab – or CSAIL – uses light-adapting, or “photochromic”, dyes to…
SpaceX Could Launch Next Week After Successful Test
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket could launch as early as next week, after a successful ‘static fire’ test. The rocket, which is the most powerful lift vehicle ever created, comprises 27 Merlin engines…
SIM Card Fraud is Real and Damaging – Here’s How to Stop It
That tiny chip buried deep in smartphones, which requires a pin-like device to remove, might seem securely locked away. But the lack of physical access to SIM cards doesn’t make them immune…
Musk’s Moon Ambitions Outpace Any Other
By the time Howard Hughes built his H-4 Hercules flying boat, also known as the ‘Spruce Goose’, he was an engineering prodigy, having leveraged a fortune and innovated radios, aviation and other…