The EU will use legislation to push for greater resilience and sovereignty in regional semiconductor supply chains, with Ursula von der Leyen suggesting that gaining greater autonomy in chipmaking is now a key component of the EU’s overarching digital strategy. The global shortage of semiconductors has led to slowdowns in production for a range of products that rely on chips to drive data processing, driving EU lawmakers’ concern about European capacity in this area.

According to the Wall Street Journal, its studies showed teenagers blamed Instagram for increased levels of anxiety and depression, proving that the company puts profit first, showing its commitment to understanding complex and difficult issues. The report is not disputed by Facebook, but Instagram conducted multiple focus groups, online surveys, and diary studies over a number of years.

The Inspiration4 crew rode out of the Kennedy Space Center in a Dragon capsule provided by SpaceX rocket company. The quartet will spend the next three days circling the Earth, another milestone in the space tourism market which is experiencing a resurgence after a decade's hiatus.

The Federal Trade Commission took a dive into the kinds of deals that make Big Tech, including hundreds of small acquisitions that companies such as Facebook, Amazon and Google undertook with little government oversight, which helped those titanic businesses reach their current size and power. The report found that those transactions evaded regulator scrutiny thanks to loopholes in the law.

The Carolina Panthers' viral video of a giant virtual panther leaping around Bank of America Stadium has been viewed 5.6 million times on Twitter. While the video is technically a mixed reality, it is closer to augmented reality applied on a really big scale, with the stadium being modelled virtually but is invisible.

DoorDash has filed a lawsuit against New York City's new law requiring delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants, calling the law a shocking and invasive intrusion of consumers' privacy. The law would require third-party food delivery services to share customers' names, phone numbers, emails, and delivery addresses with a restaurant that fulfils a DoorDash order unless the customer opts out.

OpenSea has admitted that one of its employees traded the crypto digital assets using insider information from the platform using secret crypto wallets to buy drops before they were listed on the main page of the platform. The company is now conducting an immediate review of the incident. The CEO of OpenSea, who did a record $3.4 billion in transaction volume last month, has stated that they will not be allowed to use confidential information to buy or sell NFTs.

Microsoft Corp announced on Tuesday that it will conduct an up to $60 billion share buyback program, raise its quarterly dividend by 11%, and appoint company President Brad Smith as vice chair, saying the buyback has no expiration date and may be terminated at any time. The vice chair position is an updated executive role for Smith, who currently leads a team of over 1,500 staff in 54 countries.

Apple Watch is the No. 1 smart watch, with 36 percent of the worldwide market, including incorporating the ability to measure your blood’s oxygen saturation. Apple announced some new features of its Fitness Plus subscription, introducing five-minute workouts, winter sports and Pilates workouts, and a group option that allows up to 32 people to exercise simultaneously and interact.

Intel’s AI division is one of the unsung heroes of the modern machine-learning movement, advanced the state of AI chips, neuromorphic computing, and deep learning, turning their sights on the unholy grail of AI: the hive mind. The advances in the area of multiagent evolutionary reinforcement learning could make a great origin story for the Borg, a sentient AI that assimilates organic species into its hive mind, from Star Trek.

Content marketing is a great way to reach your target audience, but it is also a good way to share your content with the world as 47% of consumers report having read 3-5 blog posts before ordering an order from an eCommerce site. The current digital landscape allows business owners and marketing teams to use several strategies to rep repurpose their blog posts to generate more traffic.

Apple's iPhone 13 is a new generation of smartphones, which is nearly identical to last year's iPhone 12, with a 20-percent smaller notch on the front for Face ID as well as a redesigned back camera module. The iPhone 13 also has a bigger battery, something that should be welcome for both phones, both having 28 percent brighter screens.