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Intel ‘Lost PlayStation 6 Chip Bid To AMD’

Intel reportedly lost bid to design, manufacture PlayStation 6 processor to AMD in blow to troubled foundry business

2 months ago

Meta Opens Quest VR OS To Third Party Gadget Makers

Meta Platforms opens operating system behind Quest virtual reality headsets to third parties amidst competition from Apple, Sony

7 months ago

CES 2024: Gadget Makers Add AI To TVs, Cars

TV makers Samsung, LG, Hisense, TCL and others embed AI features in latest devices while Sony drives Afeela car with…

10 months ago

Sony Confirms Data Breach After MOVEit Tool Compromise

Sony finally confirms it was impacted by the Clop compromise of the MOVEit tool and begins notifying thousands of victims

1 year ago

Sony Systems Alleged Breached By Hackers

Ransomed.vc hackers claim to have breached 'all Sony systems' and are allegedly threatening to sell stolen data

1 year ago

Apple Set To Announce Virtual Reality Headset At WWDC

Apple expected to demonstrate VR/mixed reality headset at WWDC conference as it enters unproven market rife with major competitors

1 year ago

Sony Lashes Out At CMA’s ‘Irrational’ Reversal Over Microsoft Activision Buy

UK regulator decision to reverse its preliminary judgement against Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard, slammed by Sony

2 years ago

Microsoft Tells UK It Will Licence Call Of Duty To Sony For A Decade

Please don't veto the Activision purchase. Microsoft tells UK regulator it will play nicely with rival Sony for at least…

2 years ago

Microsoft Meets With EU Regulators Over Activision-Blizzard Deal

Microsoft, Sony meet with EU regulators as $69bn deal faces headwinds from regulators in US and UK over competition concerns

2 years ago

Study: Nine In Ten UK Game Sales Went Digital In 2022

Industry figures find nearly nine in ten video game sales were digital downloads last year, amidst pandemic-inspired home entertainment surge

2 years ago

UK Sees Massive Rise In Class Actions Targeting Tech Titans

UK class actions rise sixfold from 2021 to 2022, with tech multinationals such as Apple, Google and Sony sued for…

2 years ago

CES 2023: Sony, Honda Officially Unveils Afeela EV Concept

Gaming meets mobility. Sony Honda Mobility reveals its first electric vehicle concept at CES 2023 show in Las Vegas

2 years ago

US Moves To Block Microsoft’s Activision Purchase

Biden administration on Thursday makes its move to block Microsoft's $69bn acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard

2 years ago

Microsoft Promises 10-Year Sony PlayStation Deal

Microsoft offers Sony 10-year contract for Call Of Duty cross-platform release dates, to ease regulatory concern at Activision purchase

2 years ago

Sony Influenced UK Activision Blizzard Probe, Says Microsoft

Microsoft fires back at its gaming rival Sony, alleging its objections were used by UK's regulator to justify phase 2…

2 years ago

No Concessions From Microsoft, Amid Activision Purchase Concern

Microsoft tells UK's CMA it will not offer any 'undertakings' to resolve regulator's competition concerns, prompting start of indepth probe

2 years ago

Sony Plans To Sell 18 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles This Year

Sony believes it can sell 18 million PlayStation 5 consoles for financial year ending in March 2023 – but depends…

3 years ago

Sony And Honda Team Up For Electric Vehicles

Strange bedfellows? Sony and Honda are to create joint venture, in order to make and sell electric vehicles (EVs) from…

3 years ago

FTC To Review Microsoft Activision Buy, As Sony Acquires Bungie

Sony spends $3.6 billion to acquire Halo and Destiny developer Bungie, as US regulator reviews Microsoft's deal for Activision

3 years ago

CES 2022: Sony Mulls Electric Vehicle Entry

Sony car? Japanese giant seeks to capitalise on sensor and entertainment expert with possible entry into the electric vehicle market

3 years ago

TSMC, Sony Mull Joint Chip Factory With Japanese Gov Help – Report

TSMC and Sony reportedly consider building a chip factory together, with financial assistance from the Japanese government

3 years ago

IFA 2019: Sony Unveils Sleek Xperia 5 Smartphone

New Xperia 5 smartphone from Sony is a return to compact designs that fit comfortably in the palm of the…

5 years ago

US Charges North Korean Hacker For WannaCry, Sony Attacks

The individual allegedly worked with a China-based group to carry out a string of attacks and bank heists, stealing £62m…

6 years ago

MWC 2018: Sony, Samsung Phones Zoom In On Video And Social

Sony's Xperia XZ2 introduces 4K HDR video recording and adds vibration to movies, while Samsung's S9 consolidates last year's successes

7 years ago

Qualcomm Chip Upgrade ‘Gives Galaxy S9 Major Speed Boost’

Early tests indicate the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset performs 20 to 25 percent faster than last year's model, found in…

7 years ago

IFA 2017: The Most Important (And Weird) Innovations From The Show

New smartphones, wearables, washing machines, and, er, pet feeders. What went down at IFA 2017?

7 years ago

IFA 2017: Sony Xperia XZ1 Packs Android 8.0 Oreo And 3D Scanning

Sony shows off three new phones at IFA in a bid to reverse its mobile decline

7 years ago

Sony And IBM Smash Tape Storage Record With 330TB

Tape not dead just yet, as Sony and IBM team up to cram more density on magnetic tape storage

7 years ago

There’s More Life In 4G As EE, Qualcomm & Sony Show Off Commercial Gigabit LTE

Commercial gigabit LTE is now live in the UK in Cardiff and London's Tech City as the foundations of 5G…

7 years ago

MWC 2017: Robots, IoT, Connected Cars, And Android Smartphones Of Course

Silicon snaps a smorgasbord of tech and activity from Mobile World Congress 2017

8 years ago