Microsoft’s 200-Euro Bet on Game Hardware
The price of an Xbox Series X rose by as much as 200 euros in Europe and the UK on August 1, according to Video Games Chronicle, as Microsoft stopped…
Uber Builds Its Own Robotaxi Web
Uber has spent the past year assembling its own autonomous-driving ecosystem through a string of partnerships and investments, and its relationship with Waymo has grown strained in the process, according…
Apple’s Record June Quarter Meets a Cool Reception
The numbers were among the best of Tim Cook’s tenure. Apple Inc. reported record revenue and profit for its June quarter Thursday, with iPhone sales up 22% and Mac sales…
SpaceX Wins $1.6 Billion Space Force Launch Contract
The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $1.6 billion contract covering 18 Falcon 9 missions to deploy sensing and targeting satellites by 2027, according to Reuters, the latest in…
Zoox Clears a Federal Hurdle for Driverless Taxis
Amazon’s self-driving car unit received a federal exemption on Thursday that lets it deploy up to 5,000 steering-wheel-free robotaxis in the United States, the latest sign that regulators are warming…
Kumamoto Quake Leaves Japan’s Chip Heartland Dark
The machines that make the world’s camera sensors and power chips fell silent this week. Two days after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture, factories across the region’s semiconductor heartland…
Kumamoto Quake Halts TSMC and Toyota Lines in Japan’s Chip Heartland
The earthquake hit Tuesday evening, a 7.1-magnitude shock centered near the coast of Kumamoto prefecture in southwest Japan. In the town of Kikuyo, where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. built its…
Starship Lands in One Piece, and the FAA Moves to Speed Up Launches
The video SpaceX released Wednesday shows the ship doing something no Starship had done before: settling into the ocean and floating. The clip, shot from a drone above the Indian…
EU Fines Google About $1 Billion Under Digital Markets Act
The European Union fined Google approximately $1 billion on July 28 for violating the Digital Markets Act, the bloc’s flagship competition law, in its Google Play app store and search…
Lyft and Baidu Apollo Launch Robotaxi Trial in London
London became the newest front in the global robotaxi race on July 28, when Lyft and Baidu’s Apollo unit began a public trial of driverless ride-hailing in the city. The…
