ICYMI: the week’s 8 biggest tech stories, from Google I/O 2024 to the 1,000th Wordle

There’s been no let up in the tech news this week, but we’ve managed to (just about) keep up with everything that’s happened: from AI innovations to Apple laptops, from Android 15 to a new Porsche, there’s been a lot to process. With that in mind, we can forgive you for having missed one or … Read more

M3 MacBook Air Teardown Shows Apple Fixed Base Model’s Biggest Flaw

The repair website iFixit today shared a video teardown of the base model 13-inch MacBook Air with the M3 chip and 256GB of storage, and it shows that this configuration is equipped with two 128GB flash storage chips. This change results in significantly faster SSD speeds compared to the equivalent MacBook Air with the M2 … Read more

Samsung’s biggest memory rivals are plotting a tie-up with Kafkaesque implications — SK Hynix and Kioxia could build lucrative HBM chips for Nvidia, AMD and others

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix, a key Nvidia supplier, says it has already sold out of its entire 2024 production of stacked high-bandwidth memory DRAMs, crucial for AI processors in data centers. That’s a problem, given just how in demand HBM chips are right now. However, a solution might have presented itself, as reports say … Read more

Activision’s union, with 600 members, is now the biggest one in video games

The number of unionized workers for Microsoft’s video game subsidiaries keeps growing, and the latest group to join the pool is the largest one yet. Approximately 600 quality assurance workers at Activision have joined the Communications Workers of America (CWA), making them the biggest certified union in the US video game industry. They’re also the … Read more