Intel, AMD, and Nvidia want to beat Apple silicon. Here’s why they won’t
Once upon a time, you could watch a keynote presentation from any major computer chip company and rest easy in the confidence that the name “Apple” would never pass the lips of any presenter. The message always seemed to be, as per the classic Mad Men…
Qualcomm working on laptop chips to challenge Apple’s M-series silicon
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon speaking at the company’s investor event in 2021. Qualcomm Qualcomm is poised to take on the laptop processor business in force with its next-generation chips. At least, that’s the vision outlined Tuesday by…
Qualcomm takes on Apple Silicon with next-gen PC chips designed by former Apple engineers
Qualcomm is ramping up its efforts to compete with Apple’s new M-series chips for the Mac. The chip maker today held its 2021 investor day event, focused on unveiling its “next-generation” technology, including new CPU hardware designed by Nuvia. For…
3nm Mac and iPhone chips coming as soon as 2023, Apple Silicon roadmap leaps ahead of Intel
Apple is taking the PC world by storm with its first debut of Apple Silicon chips inside of Macs, taking what it learned from developing the iPhone and iPad A-series of chips and bringing that architecture to laptops and desktops. Today, The Information…
The Sad Tale of a Silicon Valley-Funded, Libertarian ‘Startup City’
RestOfWorld.org tells the story of a libertarian ‘startup city’ in Honduras that was “supposed to be a privatized, Silicon Valley-funded paradise.” Co-founded by 37-year-old Venezuelan Erick Brimen, “Próspera’s…
Bringing back woolly mammoth goal of Silicon Valley startup
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) – A startup wants to use new technology to bring back the woolly mammoth. The project already has $15 million in funding, and the technology may actually be there to make it happen. It sounds like a scene from “Jurassic…
Silicon Valley startup Careerist training non-techies for tech jobs
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (KGO) — With many people out of work and unemployment benefits ending, a Sunnyvale startup is helping train people for tech jobs, no experience needed. Andrii Blyzenko had a career in construction sales and project management but…
Secret Silicon Valley start-up ‘backed by Jeff Bezos’ is trying to create IMMORTALITY by ‘rejuvenating our cells’
A TECH companying looking into ways to stop ageing is being ‘backed’ by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, according to a new report. Altos Labs is a Silicon Valley firm that’s been offering scientists big salaries to do some anti-ageing…
How it feels to survive Silicon Valley and a pandemic
If RSA’s attendees were even able to score an Airbnb, it was second to the tech companies who’d, for years, packed employees into expensive rentals that once were on the normal-person market. Companies whose fat salaries also pushed rents out of reach…
How Facebook went from a Silicon Valley startup to an advertising juggernaut
Hi! I’m Lauren Johnson, a senior advertising reporter at Business Insider, and welcome to Advertising Insider daily, where we brief you on the top advertising and media news. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Today…