SoftBank is buying ex-Intel president Renee James' chip design company for $6.5 billion

In case you need further evidence that companies involved in AI chip manufacturing are looking to give themselves whatever edge they can, SoftBank is adding to its institutional expertise by buying former Intel president Renee James’ Ampere Computing. The conglomerate is paying $6.5 billion in cash for the chip design business.

Ampere, which James founded in 2018, focused on cloud-native computing at first. No prizes for guessing which area the company has moved into since then: "susta

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Amazon Spring Sale deals include three months of Audible for only $3

With the Amazon Spring Sale getting underway in a few days, a great deal on Audible is already available. You can snag

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Amazon Spring Sale Apple deals: The 10th-gen iPad gets an $80 discount

Apple announced a bunch of news recently, as the company refreshed its Mac and iPad lineups for 2025. As a result, there are deals aplenty on older models — and now they're overlapping with the

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Amazon Spring Sale 2025: Everything to know and early tech deals from Apple, Bose, Sonos and others

We're still a few months out from the big Amazon Prime Day that typically happens in July, but the online retail giant is having yet another big sale to usher in spring. The Amazon Spring Sale is officially on the books for 2025, starting on March 25 and running through March 31. Considering the time of ye

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Spotify's latest custom playlist highlights artists with upcoming shows in your area

Any music fan will know how time-consuming it can be to keep tabs on which artists are playing nearby soon. To make that a bit easier — and help make sure you don't miss shows by musicians you like — Spotify is debuting its

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Fujifilm's GFX100RF is a 102MP medium format compact camera

Fujifilm has unveiled one of the wilder cameras I've seen in awhile, the 102MP medium-format GFX100RF compact camera. Yes, you read that right — this is a carrying-around street camera with a massive sensor and fixed 35mm f4 lens (28mm full-frame equivalent) that can shoot 11,648 x 8,736 photos. If that wasn't enough, it has features we've rarely seen on compact cameras, like a built-in ND filte

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Meta AI is coming to Europe this week

Meta is rolling out its AI assistant across 41 European countries, including to members of the European Union, starting this week. It will also extend its access to 21 overseas European territories. In its announcement, Meta said that it has taken the company longer to bring its AI technology to European users as it continues to "navigate its complex regulatory system." 

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ChatGPT reportedly accused innocent man of murdering his children

It has been over two years since ChatGPT exploded onto the world stage and, while OpenAI has advanced it in many ways, there's still quite a few hurdles. One of the biggest issues: hallucinations, or stating false

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One of our favorite air fryers is $30 off in the Amazon Spring Sale

Make light work of meal times and enjoy a saving of $30 to boot with this 9-in-1

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