Month: September 2025
Google Maps wasn’t loading in some regions due to an outage
Google Maps suffered an outage that left the mobile version of the service unable to fully load its map or provide directions. Over 4,000 reports were filed on Downdetector since the outage started, and Google’s Status Dashboard noted that the company was investigating an issue with the Maps SDK and…
Read More
Seagate invests $135 million in its European photonic center to deliver 100TB hard drives by 2030
Seagate commits £115 million to expand Northern Ireland research in Mozaic and photonics Investment supports push toward 100TB hard drives with new jobs and supply chains Partnership with Invest NI deepens university collaborations through Smart Nano NI Consortium Seagate is expanding its long-running research presence in Northern Ireland with a…
Read More
Microsoft and OpenAI have a new deal that could clear the way for an IPO
As OpenAI attempts to restructure itself and eventually go public, a hurdle for the startup, recently valued at $500 billion, is its increasingly complicated partnership with Microsoft. On Thursday afternoon, the two companies released this joint statement about an agreement they’ve reached. Microsoft & OpenAI: Microsoft and OpenAI have signed…
Read More
Honda’s interactive ‘Dream Drives’ map reveals the best driving roads in Europe – here are some of the highlights
Honda revealed that it will no longer sell its formidable Civic Type-R in Europe at the end of this year, bringing a 30-year legacy to a close and causing many fans of the multiple award-winning hot hatch to shed a tear or two. In fact, Honda doesn’t really offer anything…
Read More
This is probably the most important graph of 2025 so far and shows how Nvidia’s fortunes are changing for the worse
Nvidia data center compute revenue dips for first time in ten years Networking sales surge as compute slows while China restrictions create added pressure Dependence on three customers hints at Nvidia’s vulnerability despite record overall revenues You’d be forgiven for thinking Nvidia’s meteoric rise has made it virtually bulletproof, but…
Read More
Video Games Weekly: It’s weird that esports is segregated by gender
Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday (Or, I dunno, Thursday), broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who's covered the industry…
Read More