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As Google restricts third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users, marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: As Google restricts third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users, marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market  —  Search giant plans to remove a technology seen as critical to the digital-ad industry  —  Google is going forward …

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SteamDB: developers released a record 14,531 game titles on Valve’s Steam in 2023, or around 40 per day, breaking 2022’s record by just under 2,000 games (Ali Jones/GamesRadar)

Ali Jones / GamesRadar: SteamDB: developers released a record 14,531 game titles on Valve’s Steam in 2023, or around 40 per day, breaking 2022’s record by just under 2,000 games  —  That’s around 40 new games every single day  —  2023 was another record-breaking year for Steam, as more titles released on Valve’s platform …

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CH32 RISC-V MCUs Get Official Arduino Support

Like many of you, we’ve been keeping a close eye on the CH32 family of RISC-V microcontrollers from WCH Electronics. You can get the CH32V003, featuring 2 kB RAM and 16 kB of flash for under fifteen cents, and the higher-end models include impressive features like onboard Ethernet. But while the hardware is definitely interesting,

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The Biden administration awards $162M in federal grants to Arizona-based Microchip Technology to expand in Oregon and Colorado, the second CHIPS Act award (Ana Swanson/New York Times)

Ana Swanson / New York Times: The Biden administration awards $162M in federal grants to Arizona-based Microchip Technology to expand in Oregon and Colorado, the second CHIPS Act award  —  The Biden administration said its second grant under a new program would help Microchip Technology expand its facilities in Oregon and Colorado.

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Intel appoints HPE executive Justin Hotard to lead its data center and AI group, a crucial unit to its turnaround, replacing veteran Sandra Rivera on February 1 (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Ian King / Bloomberg: Intel appoints HPE executive Justin Hotard to lead its data center and AI group, a crucial unit to its turnaround, replacing veteran Sandra Rivera on February 1  —  Intel Corp. appointed Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. executive Justin Hotard to head its data center and artificial intelligence group …

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Kim Kardashian says her Glu Mobile-developed game, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, will shut down on April 8; between 2014 and 2016, the game made $156M in sales (Nicole Carpenter/Polygon)

Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: Kim Kardashian says her Glu Mobile-developed game, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, will shut down on April 8; between 2014 and 2016, the game made $156M in sales  —  Well played, Willow Pape  —  Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, the celebrity’s hit mobile game from Glu Mobile, is shutting down in April …

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Layered Reality announces Elvis Evolution, an AI, AR, and holographic-based show, launching in London in 2024 before traveling to Las Vegas, Tokyo, and Berlin (Paul Sandle/Reuters)

Paul Sandle / Reuters: Layered Reality announces Elvis Evolution, an AI, AR, and holographic-based show, launching in London in 2024 before traveling to Las Vegas, Tokyo, and Berlin  —  Elvis Presley fans who missed out on seeing their hero when he was alive will be able to catch a glimpse of the King …

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Dell announces the $1,299+ XPS 13, the $1,699+ XPS 14, replacing the XPS 13 Plus, and the $1,899+ XPS 16, offering Intel Core 7 and 9 and up to 4TB of storage (Alex Cranz/The Verge)

Alex Cranz / The Verge: Dell announces the $1,299+ XPS 13, the $1,699+ XPS 14, replacing the XPS 13 Plus, and the $1,899+ XPS 16, offering Intel Core 7 and 9 and up to 4TB of storage  —  This might not be the biggest shake-up of the Dell XPS lineup ever, but between some bigger

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