Economics

All that new AI-fueled datacenter space? Yeah, that's mostly ours – cloud giants

Construction surged 70% ... with 80% already snapped up

On-Prem21 Aug 2024 | 3

Intel's legal troubles mount after plunging stock sparks yet another court battle

Pension fund claims CEO, CFO covered up truth about money-pit foundry

Systems08 Aug 2024 | 15

What AI bubble? Groq rakes in $640M to grow inference cloud

In the gold rush, be the one handing out the shovels

Cloud Infrastructure Month05 Aug 2024 | 3

Sam Altman's basic income experiment finds that money can indeed buy happiness

But not necessarily health

AI + ML23 Jul 2024 | 100

MIT professor hoses down predictions AI will put a rocket under the economy

It's easier to foresee growing inequality than surging growth

AI + ML29 May 2024 | 38

Warren Buffett voices AI fears, likens tech to atom bomb

Video 'Used in a pro-social way, it's got terrific benefits to society. But, I don't know how you make sure that happens'

AI + ML06 May 2024 | 13

Tech titans assemble to decide which jobs AI should cut first

But don't worry, if tech takes your job, we'll retrain you

AI + ML04 Apr 2024 | 64

Europe's data protection laws cut data storage by making information-wrangling pricier

GDPR also slashed processing costs by over a quarter

Public Sector21 Feb 2024 | 45

AI won't take our jobs and it might even save the middle class

MIT economist argues ML can moderate the inequalities of the Information Age

AI + ML14 Feb 2024 | 32

JPMorgan latest to pile into quantum upstart with $5B valuation

Banking giant believes Quantinuum key to optimizing investment portfolios

Systems16 Jan 2024 | 4

'AI divide' across the US leaves economists concerned

AI use up 266% in five years but it's still used by less than a quarter of workers

AI + ML24 Oct 2023 | 9

Biden admin reveals 31 R&D tech hubs, with $500m up for grabs

Nothing more fattening than CHIPs: Up to ten locations get initial funding, more to come

Public Sector23 Oct 2023 | 4

AMD's latest FPGA promises super low latency AI for Flash Boy traders

Letting more advanced ML loose on the stock market? What could possibly go wrong?

Systems29 Sep 2023 | 5

TSMC's outlook is so fuzzy it's reportedly stalling fab machine deliveries

SEMI predicts factory equipment spending will slide another 15% before rebounding in 2024

On-Prem15 Sep 2023 | 8

Just because on-prem is cheaper doesn’t make the cloud a money pit

Comment Oh and expect to DCs to get more expensive, not less, analysts warn

Energy Efficient Datacenters11 Apr 2023 | 55

Corporate investment in AI down for first time in a decade

Fewer newly funded startups too, according to report

AI + ML05 Apr 2023 | 4

Samsung takes $3.1B gamble on OLED displays for tablets and notebooks

That must be why PC sales are down – the blacks just aren't inky enough

Systems04 Apr 2023 | 18

There's one sure winner in the AI explosion, say analysts: Dutch outfit ASML

It’s the only game in town for extreme ultraviolet lithography, and that makes it every chip shop’s new best friend

AI + ML24 Mar 2023 | 11

Now collapsed SVB's parent files for bankruptcy as Biden calls for stiffer penalties

Thought you guys were into fail fast, fail often?

Legal17 Mar 2023 | 32

China's government re-orgs Sci-Tech ministry to advance self-reliance push

Leaders accuse Biden administration of neo-McCarthyism

Systems08 Mar 2023 | 4

Datacenters still a boys' club, staffing shortages may change that

Fifth of server warehouse operators polled didn't employ a single female worker

On-Prem02 Mar 2023 | 37

Intel slashes shareholder dividend by two-thirds as cash crunch bites

Sales will only be down 37 percent next quarter Pat promises

Systems22 Feb 2023 | 2

As wafer demand dries up, foundry revenues head for a cliff, we all celebrate

Some potential good news for those unhappy with pandemic-era lead times, prices

Personal Tech20 Jan 2023 | 11

Amazon unfreezes some hiring to expand its datacenter footprint

No matter what, the cloud must grow

Off-Prem30 Nov 2022 | 1

Amazon freezes corporate hiring amid worsening economic outlook

The decision comes as the e-commerce giant stuggles with soaring energy prices and cash-strapped customers

Off-Prem03 Nov 2022 | 7

From the Great Resignation to demand for more overtime

Economics dictate decisions even as resignations remain high

Offbeat24 Oct 2022 | 24

Economic cold war looms as Chinese chipmakers feel sting of US trade restrictions

Analysis The question is: how severe will the Middle Kindgom's response be?

On-Prem21 Oct 2022 | 8

Gartner thinks enterprise IT will be immune to recession

Tech dept still wearing halo from saving companies in lockdown... plus cloud committers 'can't cut that spending'

PaaS + IaaS19 Oct 2022 | 12

The great semiconductor drought may be about to break

Or maybe we've just lost our appetite. Either way, lead times are very slowly on the mend

On-Prem19 Oct 2022 | 9

China doesn’t need to take Taiwan’s fabs to escape US trade bans

Comment Threatening to destroy them could give them just as much leverage, while averting all out war

Systems13 Oct 2022 | 22

Soaring costs, inflation nurturing generation of 'quiet quitters' among under-30s

My friends say I should act my wage. What's my wage again?

Offbeat27 Sep 2022 | 164

Intel turns to private equity to help pay for new factories

That $52b CHIPS Act ain't enough – we need another $15b

On-Prem23 Aug 2022 | 12

Cloud and datacenters start to feel the slowdown amid spiking energy costs

While enterprises are spending more on infrastructure than ever before, what goes up must come down

PaaS + IaaS17 Aug 2022 | 5

Ninefold increase in startup layoffs in Q2 follows economic uncertainty

Industry set to readjust to new realities of raising cash

Legal16 Aug 2022 |

Vendors are hiking prices up to 30 percent and claiming 'it's inflation'

No it's not, says Gartner – it's a hardcore sales tactic you can easily counter

Software07 Jul 2022 | 27

Will cloud giants really drive colos off a financial cliff?

Analysis The dude who predicted the Enron collapse bets they will

Systems04 Jul 2022 | 10

Google Russia goes broke after bank account snatched

We're shutting down as we can no longer pay staff, bills, web giant says

Personal Tech19 May 2022 | 74

Taiwan’s tech production went boom! in March

Possibly picking up China's slack. Fingers crossed for more than that!

On-Prem24 Apr 2020 | 5

Dot-com price rises on their way over the next four years: ICANN approves Verisign contract, walks off with $20m

Analysis You thought thousands of complaints would make a difference?

Networks30 Mar 2020 | 13

Why isn't digital fixing the productivity puzzle?

Analysis Paying people better matters just as much. Maybe more so

On-Prem23 Feb 2018 | 78

No wonder Marvin the robot was miserable: AI will make the rich richer – and the poor poorer

I think you ought to know why I’m feeling very depressed

AI + ML11 Jan 2018 | 71

Boffins fear we might be running out of ideas

Research just isn't as effective as it used to be

Science11 Sep 2017 | 93

Crap IT means stats crew don't really know how UK economy's doing

Complexity = statistical snafus, says Professor Bean

Channel11 Mar 2016 | 18

R&D money for science – from your taxes?

Worstall on Wednesday And yes, economics is a science

On-Prem21 Oct 2015 | 84

OH GROSS! The real problem with GDP

Worstall @ the Weekend Speaking of domestics, what's your house-bound spouse worth?

On-Prem11 Oct 2015 | 64

What is money? A rabid free marketeer puts his foot in lots of notes

Worstall @ the Weekend Fear the drunken sailors and their bottomless wallets

On-Prem04 Oct 2015 | 129

Dear do-gooders, you can't get rid of child labour just by banning it

Worstall @ the Weekend Such things don't disappear simply by making them illegal

Legal27 Sep 2015 | 119

Mobile phones are the greatest poverty-reducing tech EVER

Worstall on Wednesday And possibly Africa's only real source of economic growth

On-Prem23 Sep 2015 | 85

You want the poor to have more money? Well, doh! Splash the cash

Worstall @ the Weekend It's really not that taxing

On-Prem20 Sep 2015 | 134

Robots, schmobots. The Rise of the Machines won't leave humanity on the dole

Worstall on Wednesday Change is constant. Embrace it

On-Prem16 Sep 2015 | 94

As we all know, snark always comes before a fall. Mea culpa

Worstall @ the Weekend One snarked and, inevitably, fell

On-Prem13 Sep 2015 | 81

So Quantitative Easing in the eurozone is working, then?

Worstall @ the Weekend Fancy that!

On-Prem06 Sep 2015 | 119

So, was it really the Commies that caused the early 20th Century inequality collapse?

Worstall @ the Weekend Or summat else entirely?

On-Prem30 Aug 2015 | 155

Hey, folks. Meet the economics 'genius' behind Jeremy Corbyn

Worstall @ the Weekend That is to say, here's Richard Murphy, everybody!

On-Prem16 Aug 2015 | 301

Typewriters suck. Yet we're infinitely richer for those irritating machines

Worstall on Wednesday The invention of backspace made us all better off. Right?

On-Prem12 Aug 2015 | 113

So what the BLINKING BONKERS has gone wrong in the eurozone?

Worstall @ the Weekend Is it simply that inflation creates Nazis? REALLY?

On-Prem26 Jul 2015 | 145