A lawsuit filed against Meta in 2022 over its use of facial recognition software has led to, by far, the largest settlement ever obtained from an action brought by a single U.S. state.
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Samsung is going to get $6.4 billion from the US CHIPS and Science Act. As part of the arrangement, the company has promised to invest $40 billion in and around Austin, Texas, in the coming years.
Samsung will receive up to $7 billion next week, according to two sources speaking with knowledge of the matter. The US subsidy will help Samsung build more factories in Taylor, Texas.
A new dating app called Desti is leveraging video messaging to overcome small talk. It will also filter out matches based on where people want to go on their first date, giving local firms a boost.
Taser maker company Axon has decided to halt its plan to develop taser drones to combat mass shootings that could be pre-installed in public places after most members of its ethics board resigns.
Amazon has said that it will reimburse staff up to $4,000 per year if they have to travel to get non-life-threatening treatment more than 100 miles from their home or if virtual care isn't available.
Elon Musk opened a new factory in Texas on Thursday evening. He said that the company is looking to start producing futuristic-looking robotaxis. Musk has previously said he wanted to build robotaxis.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has claimed that the Mexican cartel is using TikTok as a platform to recruit smugglers from the United States and that TikTok is promoting human trafficking in the U.S.
Google is getting sued by the Office of the Attorney General in Washington DC, Indiana, Texas, and Washington State for deceiving users about how it handles their location data and profits out of it.
Samsung will build a semiconductor factory in Taylor, Texas after local government wooed the Korean firm with support in the form of tax breaks. It'll also establish a skills center in the city.
Following massive backlash to Tripwire CEO John Gibson's controversial statement in favor of Texas' anti-abortion law, the studio has announced that the executive will be stepping down from his role.
Samsung has been offered tax breaks by Taylor city in Texas if it chooses to locate a new chip factory there. Construction could begin in Q1 2022 with chip production starting by Q4 2024.
TrendForce has said that 5G penetration could fall slightly this year due to a winter storm that hit Samsung's Austin factory that produces Qualcomm's 5G RFIC, a crucial component in 5G phones.
TrendForce has warned of a 3-8% price increase for solid-state drives in the second quarter. It originally expected the price to remain steady but several production issues have cropped up.
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Starship SN8 executed an almost perfect high-altitude flight test before plummeting towards the earth at a velocity greater than the intended threshold. SpaceX and Musk extolled the test as a success.
Elon Musk has asked Twitter in a poll if it would like to see a future gigafactory constructed in Texas. Tesla earlier said that there was a need to ramp up battery production to "crazy levels".
Apple has announced that it's building a new campus in Austin, Texas, which will house up to 15,000 employees. The new campus will open in 2022 and will include a massive area of green space.
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Apple today announced that its upcoming Mac Pro will be manufactured in Austin, Texas. As noted by the Cupertino firm, it has been manufacturing the Mac Pro at that plant since 2013.
Microsoft has continued its Airband Initiative journey by teaming up with Nextlink Internet. The partnership will bring broadband access to nine million people, including one million in rural areas.
The devastating natural disaster that was Hurricane Harvey left quite a mess. With extensive cleanup and relief efforts underway, some companies are using drone technology to provide aid to victims.
Ford and Google are believed to be forming a partnership around self-driving vehicles. The announcement is expected to be revealed at CES in January.
Google has released the pricing for Austin, Texas, for its Fiber service. The service offers super-fast speeds, with sign-ups beginning next month.
Microsoft announced today that it has signed a deal with the Texas government that will allow over 100,000 state government employees to use Microsoft's Office 365.
A thief operating in North Texas has managed to steal over one hundred iPad tablets, totalling up to a value of almost $60,000 without being caught.
A planned $305 million Apple campus in Austin, Texas has received approval from the Travis County Commissioners Court, after giving Apple millions in tax incentives.
As Samsung reaches peak production capacity of Apple's A5 processor at their Austin, Texas facility, they've injected a little made in the USA pride into devices that are mostly foreign born.
Starting tomorrow, eight staffers from Neowin will be participating in the third annual Neowindex US, this year dubbed "TX09." Two weeks ago, staffers from the EU met up in Amsterdam for their fourth annual event,...
Windows Vista wasn't the biggest commercial success; many companies refused to use it initially, and are sticking with XP for now. It's strange, however, that the state of Texas has only just now declared it...
No doubt a lot of you will remember using a TI calculator sometime during your education. Up here in Canada, the majority of schools use Ti-83/84 calculators at the high school level to teach topics...
Google and the University of Texas Libraries have agreed that over one million books will be digitized and incorporated into the Google Books Library Project. The University of Texas at Austin is the fifth largest...
NASA has chosen Texas Tech University computer scientists to help develop software that will aid in the design and building of an abort system for a new Crew Exploration Vehicle. NASA engineers will work with...
Under its new anti-spyware law, the State of Texas has sued Sony BMG Music Entertainment, on the grounds that its much-maligned XCP anti-piracy software included on numerous recent releases has left customers' computers open to...
Texas Instruments Inc. says it has developed semiconductor technology that will let manufacturers quickly produce digital video devices with more power and features. Officials say manufacturers will be able to use the new chip, microprocessor...
Texas Instruments Incorporated announced that it is working with Microsoft on future versions of the Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Center Software Kit, which will enable manufacturers to develop Portable Media Centers with TI hardware. The...
Texas law-enforcement officials have moved to crack down on spam, filing a lawsuit against one of the world's largest junk e-mail operations. The state's attorney general, Grreg Abbott, has field the case against two men...
A 20-year-old University of Texas student from Houston faced federal charges Friday for hacking into the university's computer system and stealing Social Security numbers of 55,000 students, faculty and staff. Christopher Andrew Phillips, a computer...
