Bloomberg: Adobe’s failed Figma deals leaves the company with ~$6B in cash to invest in AI and stock buybacks, but upstart rivals still represent a threat to its growth — – Startups like Canva, Figma and OpenAI remain a risk to growth — Investors banking on AI to boost Adobe’s customers and sales
Read MoreThe 1970s was a somewhat awkward phase for the computer industry — as hulking, room-sized mainframes became ever smaller and the concept of home and portable computers more capable than a basic calculator began to gain traction. Amidst all of this, two interpreted programming languages saw themselves being used the most: BASIC and APL, with
Read MoreTobias Mann / The Register: An interview with Intel CVP and GM of Xeon Products Lisa Spelman on Intel’s trajectory for datacenter processors, Sapphire Rapids development missteps, and more — With the Emerald Rapids, Chipzilla’s Xeon roadmap is back on track; now it just needs to stay there
Read MoreIt’s not that difficult to understand. When we move to any new technology, we increase risk. Risk of lock-in, failure, and, most commonly, the risk of building solutions that don’t return enough value to the business. Gartner surveys have underscored the emerging risk of cloud concentration. They emphasize the potential wide-scale impact of business continuity
Read MoreTechnical teams are skeptical by nature. They’re immersed in a world that exposes the guts of ever-changing software, knee deep in code and tools that are good, bad, and ugly. So why should they pause and give serious thought to implementing a digital adoption platform (DAP)? Well, a DAP is, in fact, demonstrably different in
Read MoreEva Dou / Washington Post: In Google’s $700M settlement in Utah et al v. Google, an estimated 102M US Android users will split $630M and an additional $70M will go to other claims — Google will pay consumers from all 50 states to settle a lawsuit over its app store practices — Tens of millions
Read MoreDavid Hollingworth / Cyber Daily: Hackers post 1.67TB of Insomniac Games’ internal data, including an apparent upcoming Wolverine game, HR files, Slack screenshots, and a Marvel-Sony agreement — The Rhysida ransomware gang publishes 98 per cent of leaked data minutes after the ransom deadline passes – Wolverine game files included.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On December 11th, a jury decided that Google has an illegal monopoly with its Google Play app store, handing Epic Games a win. But Epic wasn’t the only one fighting an antitrust case. All 50 state attorneys general settled a similar lawsuit in September, and we’ve just now
Read MoreWill Apple’s new M3 chip be as fast as the competition?
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority Google has revealed settlement terms following a lawsuit brought against it by US states. The company will simplify app sideloading and expand alternative billing as part of the terms. The search giant will also pay about $700 million into a fund for users and states. Google settled a lawsuit
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Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google has confirmed that there will be no December 2023 Google Play System Update. The next Google Play System Update will be rolled out in January 2024. Google Play System Updates are updates for your device that you probably didn’t know existed. Google Play System Updates are another
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority Samsung could reportedly use the ISOCELL GN3 sensor for the Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus. This is fundamentally the same main camera sensor used on the S23 and S22. We heard a rumor earlier this month that the Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus could use a Sony main camera
Read MoreAn audio distortion analyzer is a specialist piece of analogue test equipment that usually costs a lot of money and can be hard to track down on the second hand market. Finding one is a moment of luck for the average engineer then, but [Thomas Scherrer OZ2CPU]’s discovery isn’t quite what he might have hoped
Read MoreBloomberg: TSMC Chair Mark Liu plans to retire in 2024, replaced by CEO C.C. Wei, set to become one of the most influential executives in tech; shareholders must approve — – C. C. Wei will become chairman of Apple’s chipmaking partner — Wei is poised to lead the world’s most advanced chipmaker
Read MoreOfficially released artwork of Insomniac’s Wolverine. | Image: Insomniac Games Footage of Insomniac’s upcoming Wolverine game has started widely circulating on X after hackers published troves of internal data from its developer. Cyber Daily reports that a total of 1.67 terabytes of data comprising over 1.3 million files has been released by the Ryhsida ransomware
Read MoreCan Apple’s wearables make up for declines in iPhone sales?
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Update: December 19, 2023 (2:00 AM ET): We’ve updated this OPPO Find X7 Pro rumor hub with leaked display details. Original article: August 26, 2023 (6:00 AM ET): OPPO’s Find X series are usually among the best Android phones you can get, bringing cutting-edge chipsets, excellent screens, and great
Read MoreCredit: DavidMa05368498 The Samsung Galaxy S24 series will reportedly get exclusive AI features for video processing and editing. An AI video processing feature is expected to improve low-light videos, reduce graininess in clips, and enhance stability as well as exposure. Another AI tool will allow users to remove a subject from a video. Samsung is
Read MoreBen Glickman / Wall Street Journal: Google agrees to pay $700M and make certain changes to its app store to settle a 2021 antitrust lawsuit brought by 36 US states and the District of Columbia — Agreement with coalition of states resolves antitrust litigation related to app store — Google parent Alphabet agreed …
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Read MoreReaders of a certain vintage no doubt have pleasant memories of drive-in theaters, and we are chuffed to see that a few hundred of these cinematic institutions endure today. While most theaters broadcast the audio on an FM station these days, the choice is still yours to use the chunky, often crackly speaker that attaches
Read MoreLachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast: Sources: Appin co-founder Rajat Khare used law firms to threaten US, UK, Swiss, Indian, and Luxembourg outlets to kill stories about the hack-for-hire industry — A tech guru is waging a war on major media outlets across three continents, hiring a “media assassin” law firm to kill stories connecting
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Apple is reportedly working on software changes to go around the potential Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 ban. Engineers at the company are racing against time to change how the blood oxygen measurement system works on the smartwatches. However, a simple software fix may not
Read MoreKanishka Singh / Reuters: A US judge approves a previously announced settlement between Binance and the CFTC, asking Binance to pay $2.7B and Changpeng Zhao to pay $150M to the regulator — A U.S. court entered an order against crypto exchange Binance and its former CEO, Changpeng Zhao, approving billions of dollars …
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