AMD Dominates Intel in CPU Sales In brief: AMD continues to outperform rival Intel in CPU sales, securing a massive lead in key markets. Team Red dominates Amazon’s sales charts and is achieving record success in Germany, capturing 92% of…

Google’s Alarming Shift A hot potato: Google has come a long way since its early days when “Don’t be evil” was its guiding principle. This departure has been duly noted before for various reasons. In its latest departure from its…

USPS Halts China and Hong Kong Shipments What just happened? Bad news for the many American citizens who like to bargain hunt on Chinese shopping platforms Shein and Temu. The US Postal Service has announced that it is suspending all…

ByteDance’s OmniHuman-1 WTF?! Machines’ ability to generate fake videos of people has become alarmingly impressive. ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok, just showed off a new AI system called OmniHuman-1 that can create deepfake videos almost indistinguishable from reality…

Adobe Acrobat AI Tools  In a nutshell: Far too many people have found themselves signing a contract without fully understanding its terms and conditions. This is a pain point Adobe is aiming to address with its new contract intelligence tools…

AM5 Breakthrough Why it matters: It’s been almost three years since AMD launched the AM5 chipset alongside Ryzen 7000 CPUs. But according to a company executive, global sales of AM5 and the previous-gen AM4 are split 50/50, illustrating how the…

Greenland Ice Cracks In context: A study on the Greenland Ice Sheet reveals alarming trends in crevasse formation, shedding new light on the potential acceleration of global sea level rise. The research provides insights into the widening of these massive…

Nintendo’s Bold Plan Reseller frenzy in 3, 2, 1: Although Nintendo has not set a solid release date for the Switch 2, we know it will be out this year. Regardless of when the handheld finally arrives, the looming threat…

TSMC 15% Price Hike The big picture: As President Donald Trump enacts long-promised tariffs against Chinese products, duties against other international goods, including semiconductors from Taiwan, loom on the horizon. Recent reports indicate that TSMC plans to respond by passing…

AI Boom Ignites Explosive Semiconductor Growth AI Money: While shareholders and tech giants scramble to turn AI’s promises into real-world business opportunities, semiconductor companies are raking in billions. Samsung has emerged as the world’s top semiconductor player by revenue, and…

Smartphone Market Surges The big picture: Smartphone shipments rebounded in 2024 to reach 1.22 billion units worldwide, reversing two consecutive years of decline. The gains could be short-lived, however, as vendors and consumers are likely to face uncertainty in 2025…