Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass is profitable – and about to cost a lot more

The combination of steady revenue growth, expanding developer participation, and new device partnerships points to Xbox Game Pass playing an even more prominent role in Microsoft's ...

Roland returns to analog with the TR-1000 drum machine

Roland is returning to its analog roots with the TR-1000 Rhythm Creator, marking a notable strategic shift after years of focusing on digital sound modeling and ...

Xbox Game Pass users may be canceling subscriptions in record numbers after latest price hike

Several posts on the Xbox subreddit expressed frustration over the rising cost of a Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Many users said the latest hike was the ...

No to the US: Taiwan rules out relocating half of its chip production to America

Washington authorities reportedly asked Taiwan to relocate 50 percent of the country's chip production to the US, but Taipei rejected the proposal. According to Bloomberg, Taiwan's ...

Intel in talks to produce AMD chips in its factories

Intel has opened early discussions with longtime rival AMD about producing some of AMD's chips in its factories, people familiar with the matter told Semafor. Such ...

AMD hits record CPU share in latest Steam hardware survey – new top GPU and VR headset revealed

Things have changed a lot since the GTX 1060 topped the Steam survey GPU chart for around five years (2017 – 2022). This year has seen ...

Automakers extend EV discounts after federal subsidy expires

Automakers are moving quickly to extend discounts on electric vehicles following the expiration of a federal subsidy, underscoring the challenges manufacturers face in sustaining momentum in ...

Meta wouldn't even need to these days

The belief that smartphones surreptitiously listen to our spoken conversations to serve us targeted ads has been around almost as long as modern handsets; most people ...

25,000 Texans lose internet after stray bullet hits Spectrum fiber line

The interruption to ISP Spectrum's service affected around 25,000 people in cities across Texas, including Dallas, Irving, Plano, Arlington, Austin, and San Antonio, according to the ...

New research from Yale says that AI has not yet disrupted US employment

The research, which draws on federal labor market data and industry figures on AI exposure, suggests that fears of an immediate jobs crisis are overstated. "Despite ...

Self-driving Waymo pulled over for illegal U-turn, officer has no one to ticket

Police in San Bruno found themselves at the center of a rapidly spreading online debate after pulling over a self-driving Waymo vehicle that made an illegal ...

Google Chrome dominance grows, hits record 72% market share

StatCounter's September 2025 browser market share report shows Google Chrome's dominance expanding to an unprecedented 71.86%. The change, amounting to several percentage points over the last ...