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Korean tech workers splash cash on luxury brands after bumper bonus payouts " luxury goods sales rocket nearly 150% in Gyeonggi Province semiconductor belt
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (251+ words) Luxury jewelry sales rose by 146. 3% in one local department store. Prestigious watch and accessories brands are also doing very well. The Korean news source provides some interesting stats showing the rapid increase in conspicuous consumption since the fab workers at…...
Samsung and SK Hynix employees are reportedly abandoning overseas training programs to nab up to $400, 000 performance bonuses " online dating grades rise as female members 'seeking out SK hynix employees"
1+ week, 6+ day ago (634+ words) Etiido Uko is a news contributor for Tom's Hardware covering the latest updates in big tech and the PC industry. He is a mechanical engineer and senior technical writer with over nine years of experience in documentation and reporting. He…...
Firm quietly boosts H. 264 streaming license fees from $100, 000 up to staggering $4. 5 million " backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H. 265 licensing increases
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (327+ words) Tom's Hardware - Get deeper insights with deeper News Analysis posts You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Via Licensing Alliance (Via LA), the patent pool administrator for H. 264/AVC, quietly restructured its streaming license fees recently, replacing a flat…...
US trade deficit hits a record $1. 2 trillion as AI hardware imports surge under the Trump administration " massive demand for chips from Asia outpaces domestic production, fueling a 60% increase in imports in 12 months
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (258+ words) Ben Stockton is a deals writer at Tom's Hardware. He's been writing about technology since 2018, with bylines at PCGames N, How-To Geek, and Tom's Guide, among others. When he's not hunting down the best bargains, he's busy tinkering with his…...
AI creates jobs, data from bank survey shows " companies with wide AI deployments and investments are more likely to be hiring than those that don't
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (994+ words) European data suggests the firms making the most use of AI are actively hiring more people, too. It was just last week when Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey, laid off 4, 000 workers from his Block financial services provider, shedding around 40% of the…...
Trump says he has struck a trade deal with Hanoi " lowers tariffs to 20% for Vietnamese goods, but adds 40% tax on loophole Chinese companies use to circumvent measures
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (237+ words) The deal will close a loophole many Chinese companies use to circumvent tariffs. According to Trump, he closed the trade deal after speaking to To Lam, the Communist Party of Vietnam's General Secretary. Trump also stated that this move will…...