Technology

Case in point: earlier this month, French pharma firm Sanofi announced a partnership with on-demand delivery upstart Rappi, which has a network of bicycle and motorcycle-based couriers who deliver everything from food to personal care products. Under the partnership, Rappi will deliver over-thecounter (OTC) drugs manufactured by Sanofi directly to …

  Microsoft has announced the new developer edition of HoloLens 2. Like the standard version of HoloLens, it’s supposed to cost $3,500, or $99 per month on an installment plan. Additional features over and above the standard HoloLens 2 model are, at this point, puzzlingly light. Signing up for the …

  This week, AMD celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding. Like Intel, AMD was conceived by Fairchild Semiconductor employees. Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore left that company in 1968 to found Intel. Jerry Sanders left Fairchild in 1969 and founded AMD. I’ve covered many companies over the past 18 …

  The semiconductor market may be facing a grim 2019 after the first quarter chewed the hell out of overall sales. Some seasonal decline is always expected in certain markets — anything related to desired consumer goods always takes a hit after Christmas — but the drop in revenue in …

  The cutting edge of television technology will cost you seventy large. Sony has settled on a price of $69,999.99 — they couldn’t round up? — for the 98-inch Sony Master Series Z9G 8K HDR FALD LCD TV. This will be the 2019 flagship of the Sony television line and …

  A few car manufacturers use bits and pieces of Android in their infotainment systems, but it’s never been the “Google” version of Android. That’s about to change with the rollout of the Android Automotive OS, which Google has demoed repeatedly during its long development. The Polestar 2, an electric …

  Razer, the peripheral manufacturer and designer of high-end laptops, mobile devices, and the occasional high-concept PC, has announced that it’s entering the high-fashion world of… kitchen appliances. Back in 2013, a fan jokingly asked Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan to create a Razer toaster. Tan replied that they’d already made …

  AMD announced its Q1 2019 results yesterday, and the results, while not great, actually highlight how much the company’s position has improved since it launched Ryzen back in 2017. Sales for the quarter were $1.23B, down 10 percent from Q4 2018 (roughly in-line with seasonality) and 23 percent from …

  It used to be a foregone conclusion that smartphone makers would see substantial year-over-year sales increases. After all, everyone wanted smartphones. Today, everyone still wants smartphones, but they already have at least one. The market has plateaued, and companies like Samsung and Apple are seeing phone sales level off …

  Google makes a lot of bets on products and services that end up falling apart a few years down the line. Google hasn’t been afraid to pull the plug on these projects, even after years of development. Google abandoned products like Reader, Google+, and Tango over the years, but …