Tech titans led by Google (GOOG (GOOG)) and including Amazon (AMZN (AMZN)), IBM (IBM (IBM)), Salesforce (CRM (CRM)), Twitter (TWTR (TWTR)) and Uber (UBER (UBER)) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security on Monday urging the agency to extend the immigration benefits of green card applicants to […]
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The year is 2030 and we are at the world’s largest tech conference, CES in Las Vegas. A crowd is gathered to watch a big tech company unveil its new smartphone. The CEO comes to the stage and announces the Nyooro, containing the most powerful processor ever seen in a […]
Ars Technica Update (5/30/22 10:55 am ET): We’ve updated our roundup of recommended Memorial Day deals for the holiday proper, crossing out expired offers and adding new discounts on Nintendo’s Switch Pro Controller, Roomba robot vacuums, Roku streamers, and Xbox Series S bundles, among others. Original post (5/28/22 2:30 pm […]
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and NetChoice said Friday they had filed an application for an emergency stay with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, asking for Texas’ HB 20 law to be prevented from taking effect until it makes its way through lower courts. Alito can either unilaterally […]
It was fun while it lasted, but after years of sky-high valuations, Silicon Valley is engulfed in its worst sell-off since the 2008 stock market crash. After a pandemic-fueled boom sent tech names soaring, many of those businesses have seen the worst six months of their lives as publicly traded companies. Peloton, […]
Prudential headquarters in Newark, N.J. (Flickr Photo via Wally Gobetz) When Prudential Financial acquired Seattle-area startup Assurance IQ for $2.35 billion in September 2019, the deal was heralded as one of the largest acquisitions in Seattle tech history. Two and a half years later, a new report looks into how the legacy […]
The streaming platform, Penguin Esports, announced Thursday that it would terminate all services on June 7, citing changes in “business development strategy.” Just nine months ago, anti-trust regulators prevented Tencent merging the company with its other interests in live streaming. Penguin Esports was established by Tencent in 2016 and is […]
If you were gifted a new set of Airpods for Christmas or bought yourself a new laptop on Cyber Monday, you probably still have its predecessor lying around somewhere. Instead of keeping it in a drawer or under you bed, you could sell it for a good chunk of money, […]
