Samsung SDI invests in Canadian nickel mining firm

Samsung SDI, Samsung’s battery manufacturing arm, has invested in a Canadian nickel mining firm. The company has signed a deal to invest in Canada Nickel, which would help Samsung SDI acquire the critical materials required to manufacture rechargeable batteries. Samsung SDI is trying to secure electric car battery material in North America The Canadian firm […]

Read More

Ex-Samsung department head indicted for leaking chip tech to Chinese firm

According to the latest reports, an ex-Samsung employee was issued an arrest warrant because he was accused of leaking chip technology of the South Korean giant to a Chinese company in return for some money. As per Yonhap News Agency, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office indicted the employee surnamed Kim, who previously served as […]

Read More

‘We don’t allow ads on our platform that contain sexually explicit content,’ Google explains after an explicit ad surfaced on YouTube amid its firm stance on ad-blockers

What you need to know YouTube is doubling down on its efforts to detect and block ad blockers. Oddly, a Reddit user recently flagged a disturbing ad featuring explicit content while streaming videos on the platform. Google has pulled down the ad as it’s against the company’s policies. A privacy consultant is in a legal […]

Read More

The next Xbox console could launch in 2028 if Microsoft’s plans remain firm

What you need to know Microsoft announced that it wanted to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69 billion back in January 2022. Activision Blizzard is a large gaming holding company known for extremely popular franchises such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and more.  The United States FTC attempted to block the deal for the […]

Read More

Samsung gets more iPhone 15 OLED orders as Chinese firm BOE fails quality test

Samsung Display has been the OLED display panel supplier for all iPhone models released since the iPhone X, thanks to its superior quality. Apple has been trying to reduce its reliance on Samsung Display for OLED panels over the past few years by bringing in two more panel suppliers—BOE and LG Display—in its supply chain. […]

Read More

Apple Acquires AR Headset Firm Mira Behind Mario Kart Ride at Super Nintendo World

Just a day after Apple debuted its Vision Pro headset, The Verge reports that Apple has acquired AR headset startup Mira, a firm most known to the public for providing headsets used on Mario Kart rides in Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Hollywood. The Verge says Mira CEO Ben Taft […]

Read More

Samsung Display acquires US-based OLED microdisplay firm eMagin

Samsung Display, the world’s biggest OLED display panel maker, has agreed to acquire the US-based OLED microdisplay maker eMagin. The acquisition has been on the cards for a few months now, as there were multiple reports that Samsung was interested in eMagin’s technology that can be used in AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) […]

Read More

Samsung working with American firm to improve semiconductor chip manufacturing yield

Samsung has struggled over the past few years with chip manufacturing. Its technology hasn’t been as good as TSMC’s. The Snapdragon 888 and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, which Samsung Foundry made, had overheating issues. As a result, the company lost the contract to manufacture Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and Nvidia […]

Read More

Galaxy Watch 6 could use OLED display made by a Chinese firm

Samsung’s Galaxy smartwatches have exclusively used OLED panels from Samsung Display, offering excellent image quality. But the display supplier could change next year, at least going by the latest report. According to an exclusive report from Naver, Samsung is in talks with Chinese display manufacturer BOE for the Galaxy Watch 6. The smartwatch is expected […]

Read More

Twitter hires law firm as it prepares to sue Elon Musk

This Friday Elon Musk announced that he is pulling out of the Twitter deal, but that doesn’t mean that it is over. Reuters reports that Twitter has hired law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP as it intends to sue Musk and force him to close the $44 billion acquisition. The thing is that […]

Read More

E3 2023 to return in 2023, announced partnership with PAX firm

What you need to know E3 was an annual gaming event where developers and publishers across the industry gathered to show off new games, hardware, and more. E3 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic, while E3 2021 was a limited digital event. E3 2022 was also canceled, with the ESA opting to focus on […]

Read More