Intel commences mass layoffs with over 100 Californian employees, including around 45 engineers in efforts to shed $500 million in operating costs this year

For most of this year we’ve been hearing murmurs of Intel’s plans to drastically reduce its workforce. As of today we’re starting to see what the true scope of Intel’s downsizing will be, with around 107 employees set to lose their jobs in California. These planned firings have been an ongoing story for Intel, having…

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Netherlands takes Sony to court over digital-only walled garden callegedly costing 1.7m ciitizens 435 million euros since 2013

In the EU, a class action lawsuit has been leveled against Sony for what the claimants say are artificially high prices on the PlayStation store. The lawsuit claims Sony’s monopoly and control over pricing on its proprietary store has cost Dutch PlayStation gamers 435 million euros since 2013. According TechSpot the case began when the…

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