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Premier League on StarHub

StarHub has acquired the Premier League rights in Singapore for the next six years. StarHub will be rolling out access to all customers, and says it will be making matches “more accessible and affordable to Singaporeans”, across StarHub TV+, mobile and broadband offerings. Full pricing details will be announced in June. StarHub will offer all […]

February 21, 2022

SoftBank cancels Nvidia, Arm agreement

The planned purchase by Nvidia of software giant Arm Holdings from Japan’s SoftBank has been scrubbed. The financial community had for some time been doubtful that the deal would go ahead given that any combined semiconductor company was certain to face regulatory scrutiny. The cancellation also brings into question as to what SoftBank’s next move […]

February 8, 2022By Chris Forrester

Nvidia, Tencent headed for $1 trillion club

Achieving a $1 trillion market capitalisation makes headlines around the world and the current trillion club in mostly about the technology industry with names such as Microsoft and Apple topping the list. The market is now looking for the next club members, and two tech players are being talked about: chip-maker Nvidia and China’s digital […]

November 2, 2021

NVIDIA/Arm deal: Competition concerns

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that NVIDIA’s purchase of Arm raises serious competition concerns. A summary of the CMA’s report, which was sent to the Secretary of State (SoS) for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on July 20th ahead of the set deadline, has now been published. […]

August 23, 2021By Colin Mann

Industry majors team for 6G research

Teaming up with industry majors including Samsung, NVIDIA and more, researchers at The University of Texas are launching 6G@UT, a new research centre to lay the groundwork for 6G, the next generation of wireless technology. 5G is just emerging as the dominant cellular technology after years of research and innovation that includes important contributions by […]

July 8, 2021By Colin Mann

Study: Tech brands ranked most valuable

The world’s most valuable brands have experienced record growth according to the Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands 2021 ranking, with the total worth reaching $7.1 trillion – equivalent to the combined GDP of France and Germany. The 42 per cent increase; more than four times the study’s annual average percentage increase over the past […]

June 22, 2021

Report: Cloud gaming will transform video games industry

Cloud gaming will fundamentally change the video games industry over the next ten years, according to data and analytics company GlobalData, bidding farewell to traditional disk-based PC and console games and hefty downloads in the process. Just as video and audio streaming has reshaped the music, film and TV markets, cloud gaming is expected to […]

February 3, 2021

SoftBank selling ARM to Nvidia

Giant UK chip-maker ARM, bought by Japanese media conglomerate SoftBank in 2016 for £24.3 billion, (€27bn) is being bought by Nvidia for around $40 billion in a probable cash+shares transaction. The deal will see Nvidia paying Softbank $21.5 billion in its own stock and $12bn in cash. Nvidia will follow with up to a further […]

September 14, 2020

InterDigital, Blacknut, Nvidia AI cloud gaming solution

InterDigital, a mobile and video technology research and development company, has introduced a cloud gaming solution with an AI and machine learning-enabled user interface, presented in collaborative partnership with cloud gaming trailblazer Blacknut and in cooperation with GPU pioneer Nvidia. The tripartite collaboration represents the first time that an AI and machine learning-driven user interface […]

June 3, 2020