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ASML profits down amid China chip spat
TechXplore· 2024-04-17 08:09
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: ASML saw a decline in net profits and bookings. Dutch tech giant ASML, which supplies chip-making machines to the semiconductor industry, on Wednesday reported a drop in net profits and orders amid a high-tech trade spat between China and the West. Net profits came in at 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in the first quarter, c ...
How Amazon became the largest private EV charging operator in the US
TechXplore· 2024-04-16 16:30
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Amazon's Maple Valley, Washington, warehouse is built for speed. At night, big rigs pull up to one end to unload boxes and padded mailers—some after a short drive from a bigger warehouse down the road, others following a flight in the hold of a cargo plane. Waiting employees scan, sort and load ...
Atrium Health shared patient data with Facebook, class-action lawsuit alleges
TechXplore· 2024-04-16 16:20
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: CC0 Public Domain A class-action lawsuit filed in North Carolina accuses Atrium Health of allowing Facebook and Google to access patient information online to use in targeted ads. The plaintiffs, identified only as North Carolina-resident J.S. and Michigan-citizen J.R., allege they received spam mail and Facebook ads r ...
Microsoft to invest $1.5bn in AI firm in UAE, take board seat
TechXplore· 2024-04-16 09:13
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Microsoft is to invest $1.5 billion in the United Arab Emirates artificial intelligence firm G42, taking a minority stake and a seat on the board, the companies said on Tuesday. The deal, in which G42 will run its applications and services on Microsoft's Azure platform, comes days after the US ...
Microsoft, beset by hacks, grapples with problem years in the making
TechXplore· 2024-04-15 19:10
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The world's largest seller of cybersecurity products has a problem with its own cybersecurity. In recent years, Microsoft Corp. has been hit with a series of embarrassing hacks that have exposed corporate and government customers. Earlier this month, the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board issued a ...
Meta 'temporarily' closes Threads network in Turkey
TechXplore· 2024-04-15 16:20
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Julio Lopez from Pexels Facebook owner Meta said Monday it would "temporarily" shut down its Threads short-messaging service in Turkey after an order from Ankara's competition watchdog over data-sharing. The interim ruling from the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) has "no impact" for Meta's other services like Faceb ...
Tesla is planning to lay off 10% of its workers after dismal 1Q sales, multiple news outlets report
TechXplore· 2024-04-15 15:57
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: People walk to the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany,March 13, 2024. After reporting dismal first-quarter sales, Tesla is planning to lay off about a tenth of its workforce as it tries to cut costs, multiple media outlets reported Monday. Credit: AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File After reporting ...
Apple announces Vietnam spending boost as CEO visits Hanoi
TechXplore· 2024-04-15 08:13
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Tech giant Apple said Monday it would increase spending on suppliers in Vietnam, a key production hub, as CEO Tim Cook arrived in the country for a two-day visit. The iPhone maker announced the news in a statement on its website but gave no details of how much it would spend or where the mone ...
Google yanks California news sites over proposed law
TechXplore· 2024-04-13 11:07
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Google says only 2 percent of online search queries involve news as people seek information from podcasts, newsletters, and short-form video. Google on Friday said it is testing removing links to California news sites for some users in the western US state as legislators mull making the online search giant pay for connecting peo ...
Amazon CEO touts AI in annual shareholder letter
TechXplore· 2024-04-12 15:18
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In his annual letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy went back to 2003. Quoting from a "Vision document" that year for Amazon Web Services—the company's cloud computing division—Jassy said Amazon has always been focused on designing and offering "primitives," or the building blocks tha ...