All articles by Kurt Robson

Kurt Robson

Senior reporter at Verdict.

Toshiba sees power management chips as key to growth

Battery electric vehicle (BEV) production will overtake that of hybrids by 2028, according to research company GlobalData.

Signal: China announces curbs to weaken gaming spend as country’s deals plummet

Tencent saw shares drop by as much as 16% after the announcement.

US to investigate semiconductor supply chain to boost national security

The US Department of Commerce said the survey will begin in January.

Electric scooter company Bird files for bankruptcy

The bankruptcy filing comes five years after Bird became the fastest start-up to reach a valuation of more than $1bn. 

Apple tells developers to ‘get ready’ for imminent Vision Pro launch

The global virtual reality (VR) market, worth nearly $5bn in 2020, will generate revenues of $51bn by 2030, according to GlobalData forecasts.

Sony says Playstation 5 is gaining momentum as sales ramp up

The gaming software market was worth $197bn in 2021 and will become a $470bn industry by 2030, according to GlobalData estimates. 

Insomniac Spider-Man 2 PlayStation studio falls victim to major ransomware hack

The hackers have released 1.67 terabytes (TB) of private Insomniac data.

A year in data: cloud computing tops hiring, AI deals peak and M&A deals fall

Verdict takes a look back at some key data points that demonstrated the highs and lows of 2023 for the technology industry.

The most popular chatbots of 2023

The explosion of artificial intelligence in 2023 has led to countless chatbots being developed throughout the year. Verdict takes a look at some of the most popular.

Google fined $700m in antitrust settlement

The search engine giant will pay $630m in a settlement fund for consumers and $70m in a fund for US states, according to court documents.