Equipment Giants Race to Hire Chip Talent in Korea
The job postings went up quietly, but the effect was immediate. ASML, Lam Research, Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron, the four companies that make the machinery used to manufacture advanced…
Strategy Resumes Buying, Adds 4,603 Bitcoin for $369.7 Million
The message went out on social media the day before: “We’re Back.” By Monday, Michael Saylor’s company had made it literal. Strategy, the software company turned bitcoin treasury, disclosed in…
IBM Quantum Computer Finishes a 15-Minute Task Classical Machines Can’t
The calculation took 15 minutes. On a classical computer, the same problem would take effectively forever, a task the researchers describe as practically impossible. The result, published on August 30…
SpaceX Pays $220 Million to Take 444 Acres Out of Brownsville’s Hands
Around 11 p.m. on Saturday, the Brownsville City Council voted unanimously to cut 444 acres out of the city. The land, adjacent to SpaceX’s Starbase launch site on the Texas…
Tim Cook’s Final Day Hands Apple to John Ternus
Tim Cook spent his last day as Apple’s chief executive the way he spent so many of the previous fifteen years: on the move, in meetings, doing the work. He…
Apple to Pay $250 Million to Settle Siri Advertising Claims
The advertisements were among the most polished Apple ever produced: a woman asking her phone to start a timer, a host asking Siri to queue up a recipe, a traveler…
SpaceX Launches NASA’s Roman Telescope on Falcon Heavy
The Falcon Heavy lifted off at 7:26 a.m. Eastern time from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, carrying a telescope built to survey the universe at a scale…
Fire at TSMC-Affiliate Vanguard’s Taiwan Plant Adds to 8-Inch Wafer Squeeze
A fire broke out on Aug. 27 at Fab 3 of Vanguard International Semiconductor, a TSMC-affiliated chipmaker, in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The company said operations were affected to a limited degree,…
YouTube Lets Creators Tag Amazon Products, Bringing Rivals Into E-Commerce Deal
YouTube said U.S. creators can now tag Amazon products in their videos and earn commissions on purchases, with payments arriving two months after a sale is locked in. The program…
Apple Raises TV+ Price to $14.99 a Month, Joining Streaming’s Inflation Wave
Apple raised the U.S. price of Apple TV+ from $9.99 to $14.99 a month on Aug. 28, effective immediately, and increased the cost of its Apple One bundles as well.…
