Amazon Freezes New Registrations on Mechanical Turk, the Crowdsourcing Pioneer
SEATTLE — The marketplace where humans once performed tasks that computers could not is closing its doors to new customers. Amazon said it will no longer accept new registrations on…
Broadcom and Apple Extend Chip Pact to 2031, Adding Custom Silicon
CUPERTINO, Calif. — The handshake between two of Silicon Valley’s most secretive companies just got longer. Broadcom said Monday that it has renewed its chip supply agreement with Apple through…
Microsoft Cuts 4,800 Jobs in AI-Driven Reorganization of Xbox and Sales
REDMOND, Wash. — The first wave of notices went out on Monday morning, and by noon the shape of Microsoft’s biggest reorganization this year was clear. The company is cutting…
Samsung Seeks 20% DRAM Price Increase for Third Straight Quarter
The buyers who assemble the world’s phones, PCs, and servers are being asked to pay more for memory again. Samsung Electronics is negotiating with customers to raise average prices for…
Anthropic Sets Sights on Australia With 1.4 Gigawatt Compute Plan
SYDNEY — The artificial-intelligence company that trained Claude is going to need a lot more electricity, and it has decided part of it will come from Australia. Anthropic is planning…
SK Hynix Heads for Record $29 Billion Nasdaq Listing
SEOUL — The money managers who back the world’s largest memory-chip maker are getting ready to buy a piece of it in dollars. SK Hynix will list American depositary receipts…
AWS Lifts Trainium3 Server Shipment Targets, Betting on Custom Silicon
The message moving through Amazon’s AI hardware supply chain this quarter is simple: hurry up. AWS has told the manufacturers that assemble its AI servers that it is raising third-quarter…
Samsung Poised to Post Record Profit as Memory Boom Hits Full Stride
SEOUL — When Samsung Electronics publishes preliminary second-quarter results on Tuesday, the numbers are expected to look like nothing the company has reported before. Analysts polled by the London Stock…
Micron Begins $9.3 Billion Hiroshima Fab Build for AI Memory
HIROSHIMA — The ground-breaking ceremony on July 4 drew a modest crowd: local officials, plant managers, and a delegation from Micron Technology’s headquarters in Boise, Idaho. Behind the podium, construction…
Nvidia Supplier Unimicron Seeks $1.4 Billion in Global Share Sale
TAIPEI — The company that makes the circuit boards underneath Nvidia’s most expensive chips is raising money while the window is open. Unimicron Technology, one of the main suppliers of…
