All articles by Sarah Brady

Sarah Brady

Japan aims for $10bn in subsidies for semiconductor projects

TSMC’s second Japanese factory is predicted to cost $13bn.

Qualcomm to rival Apple and Intel with new PC chip

Qualcomm claims the Snapdragon X uses 68% less power than Intel’s 12-core processor chip.

Apple on track to spend $1bn annually on AI

Apple has yet to keep pace with the likes of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard chatbot.

Databricks to acquire Arcion for $100m

Databricks acquisition of Arcion adds data replication functionality into its enterprise offering.

Signal: Lunar tech start-up Qosmosys raises $100m as venture funding in the space economy falls

Qosmosys will use the funding to develop its lunar transport technology ahead of its planned launches in in 2027 and 2029.

SpaceX to launch European satellites next year

Following a series of program delays due to the Russia Ukraine conflict, the European Space Agency is partnering with SpaceX for its next mission.

Young staff quitting ‘biggest barrier’ to skills shortage

Businesses are experiencing a skills crisis as older workers leave the workplace without passing on their knowledge to younger workers.

Signal: Bitcoin rallies as crypto M&A deal volume rises

GlobalData predicts that a drop in crypto prices, lower valuations, and liquidity challenges in the industry will lead to a rise in M&A activity.

Jeff Bezos-backed startup Convoy closes opperations

Once valued at $3.8bn and backed by Jeff Bezos, trucking tech startup Convoy has been forced to close its doors after failing to find a buyer.

Product Hunt announces job cuts, affecting 60% of staff

Product Hunt is another in a series of sector-wide Big Tech layoffs which have wracked the industry in 2023.