Meta pays $181 million to exit a lease on an office it never used
Hybrid work schemes have left many offices empty
Amazon is investing $4 billion in OpenAI competitor Anthropic
Following in Microsoft's footsteps to secure quality AI models for its end customers
Apple made a search deal with Google because there was no "valid alternative," Eddy Cue tells court
The companies also agreed to defend the deal against government scrutiny
Ubisoft believes streaming will do for games what Netflix did for movies and television
After it acquired the rights to stream Activision Blizzard games from Microsoft
Capcom says it would decline a Microsoft acquisition, but PC remains its "main platform"
Capcom president also thinks games are too cheap
AMD Radeon head Scott Herkelman departs from company after seven years
He leaves with a final jab at Nvidia
Mozilla warns of potential dark patterns in new browser choice screens coming to Europe
Design matters
In brief: The European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) will impose new rules on several tech giants when it's introduced next year, including providing users with browser choice screens that lets them pick a default option. That might sound good, but Mozilla warns that these screens need to be designed in a way that promotes all products equally, not just those from a specific vendor.
There were zero exports of vital tech materials gallium and germanium from China last month
China's export retaliation could impact its already shaky economy
Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard is almost complete after UK watchdog gives provisional approval
After initially blocking the deal
Nearly 500 smartphone brands have left the market since 2017
Some are more missed than others
Amazon puts a cap on self-publishing to combat flood of AI-generated novels
The limit is now three submissions per day
Meta unveils subtle Facebook logo redesign that you probably didn't notice
"Bolder, electric, and everlasting"
Cisco to acquire cybersecurity specialist Splunk for $28 billion
Boosting security in an AI-powered world
5 great US startup ecosystems to explore for your next job
Roles across data science, cybersecurity, web designers, software engineers, QA and testers will see the biggest growth
FTC names three Amazon executives in lawsuit over shady Prime subscription practices
Beware of Dark Patterns
IDC predicts growth for gaming monitors, decline for gaming PCs in 2023
Macroeconomic conditions are still affecting consumer purchasing power
Microsoft discussed buying Nintendo, WB, and Valve, leaked document reveals
Phil Spencer would consider Nintendo acquisition a "career moment"
Federal judge orders injunction against California's online child safety law
"...the provisions of the CAADCA ... do not pass constitutional muster"
Intel hopes to reinvent the PC with Core Ultra SoC
Meteor Lake a.k.a. "Core Ultra" is now official
Why it matters: Long-time PC industry watchers know that new chip introductions are an important but often mundane part of the PC evolutionary process. After all, every year you can count on semiconductor giants Intel and AMD to bring their next generation CPUs to the market. This year, however, things are different – very different.
Unity apologizes and goes back to the drawing board with its ill-conceived runtime fee
Developers united and Unity crumbled, but the fight is not over yet
Panos Panay, Microsoft's Chief Product Officer, steps down after nearly 20 years
Panay is ready to write his next chapter
TikTok is calling employees back into the office, will track attendance with a new tool
Unexplained absences could result in disciplinary action
California's Delete Act will make erasing consumers' data easier
Advertisers aren't happy in the slightest, of course