(Image credit: Intel) Intel’s disastrous Q4 2022 earnings found the company losing $661 million and its margins crashing to the lowest point in decades, so it isn’t surprising that the company announced new cost-cutting measures. That includes news that it would no longer invest in new products for its networking switch business, effectively sunsetting the…
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Intel on Thursday posted rather grievous financial results as the company’s revenue for the quarter dropped both sequentially and year-over-year, and the company lost $700 million as its margins collapsed to a multi-year minimum. While the company remained profitable in 2022, it said its earnings would drop further this quarter as its customers will aggressively…
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If you grab an Uber or Lyft in New York City in 2030, you’re likely going to be riding in an electric car. On Thursday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams gave his State of the City speech. During the speech, Adams specifically called out the rideshare companies, announcing that both Uber and Lyft will…
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A Russian manufacturer says it is adapting one of its ground robots to target Abrams and Leopard tanks—the types heading to Ukraine from the United States, Germany, Poland and other countries. Dmitry Rogozin, a former head of of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos and current head of the “Royal Wolves” group, which advises the Russian…
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Samsung announced several new gaming monitors at CES 2023, including the 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 and the 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9. However, the company held one additional release close to the vest until now: the 43-inch Odyssey Neo G7 (G70NC), which could be a good candidate to land on our best 4K gaming monitor list.…
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In Pictometry International Corp. v. Roofr, Inc., 1-21-cv-01852 (DDE Jan. 19, 2023) (Richard G. Andrews), the court found that plaintiff’s three aerial roof measurement patents encompassed unpatentable subject matter and that claim 1 in each of those patents was directed to an abstract idea and therefore granted defendant’s motion to dismiss on those grounds. Patentability…
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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is back with another report regarding Apple’s plans to develop its own Wi-Fi chips. According to his late analysis, the Cupertino firm is no longer developing these chips. One of the reasons is that Apple can’t create a solution combining Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, which Broadcom, its supplier, already can. He writes: From…
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They definitely are not cheap, but they are the best Nvidia GPU that you can get your hands on at the moment. With a lot of units being sold out at many retailers since launch, the 4090 is slowly coming back into stock, and although the price has been rising in some places, we have…
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COVID-19 lockdown and supply chain issues during November-December on the production of the iPhone 14 series in China were responsible for the largest-ever decline in smartphone shipments during the holiday quarter, according to IDC. While Apple’s double-digit drop was a first, all other top vendors also had double-digit drops comparing 4Q22 with 4Q21. This largest-ever…
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Microsoft’s DirectStorage technology has brought lightning-fast loading times to games. However, it would seem that not everything is sunshine and rainbows. DirectStorage may induce a slight performance loss, according to the latest test by the German publication PC Games Hardware (opens in new tab). DirectStorage 1.1 moves game asset decompression from the processor to the…
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