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The big picture: Undersea cables serve as the backbone of the global digital network. Google, one of the largest Internet-based corporations on the planet, is keenly interested in enhancing the undersea infrastructure that connects continents. Google has announced a new $1 billion investment to enhance digital connectivity to Japan. This initiative, known as Pacific Connect, […]

What just happened? Amazon boss Andy Jassy has joined the list of CEOs who are so excited about generative AI (and the money it will save their companies) that they can’t contain their glee. Jassy believes that genAI will be the biggest technological revolution since the cloud, and maybe even the internet itself. In his

Rumor mill: As Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm gear up to release a new generation of processors to enable local generative AI capabilities for Windows PCs, Apple has taken a more cautious approach to this trend. Reports indicate that the Cupertino-based company’s initial foray into the AI landscape, expected later this year, will feature M4 Macs.

Highly anticipated: Bethesda announced Fallout 4’s next-gen update in 2022 but waited until this month to launch it. The decision was likely to capitalize on the publicity from Amazon’s TV adaptation, which released its first season today. Significant discounts and other promotions are also circulating for all Fallout games, and a massive Fallout 4 mod

Forward-looking: Apple has announced an upcoming expansion of its iPhone repair program that’ll allow customers and independent repair shops to utilize genuine used parts. The change, which goes into effect this fall, will help to minimize the environmental impact of a repair and should save customers a few bucks, too. Apple told the Washington Post

What just happened? Numerous gaming and streaming subscription services have enacted price hikes over the past year, as just about everything else is also becoming more expensive. It was only a matter of time before Electronic Arts joined other major game publishers, raising its prices by around 30 percent. EA Play subscribers should soon begin

The year was 1982 and computers had finally made the jump from machines that took up a full room to something that could fit on a desk. But they were still far from portable, so three entrepreneurs decided to change that. Started with $3,000, Rod Canion, Jim Harris, and Bill Murto founded a little company

Why it matters: Since Intel and AMD released their next generation of chipsets designed to facilitate AI and machine-learning tasks, the race has been on among PC manufacturers to deliver an AI-ready laptop. Asus has released several products that sport these features, including its Asus Vivobook S series and the Zenbook 14. The newly released

Why it matters: Microsoft reportedly locked down a server leaking company files and employee data. In what could be described as a “rookie mistake,” the Azure server was left wide open to the internet without a password. Anyone with a browser had free access to any data on the server for at least a month

What just happened? Blizzard Entertainment has kissed and made up with NetEase over a year after an acrimonious split that saw its games pulled from the Chinese market. The two companies have officially announced that they are working together again in a deal that will come into effect this summer, bringing the likes of Warcraft,