Neowin News Feed for: Phoenix

AMD firmware for LogoFAIL, which lets hacker get into any PC via boot logo, rolling out

Sayan Sen — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:26:01 +0000

Nearly all motherboard makes were found vulnerable to the LogoFAIL security flaw at the end of last year. And at long last, AMD's vendor partners are finally beginning to roll out patched firmware. Read more...

Chips made in TSMC's U.S. fabs may cost 30% more

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 02 May 2023 20:42:01 +0000

TSMC, the world's leading foundry, is planning to charge up to 30% more for chips made in the U.S. than those made in Taiwan due to higher building costs of fabrications outside of Taiwan. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Declining revenues, new Windows 11 issues, and Edge updates

Usama Jawad — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:58:01 +0000

Our latest edition of Microsoft Weekly unpacks news about Microsoft's declining revenues in consumer categories, some Windows 11 updates, bugs, and fixes, and a bunch of app enhancements. Read more...

Microsoft is working on reimagining the Edge browser with project 'Phoenix'

Taras Buria — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:28:01 +0000

A new report emerged with details about Microsoft's internal project codenamed "Phoenix." It aims at "reimagining" the browser and delivering a more modern interface with new productivity features. Read more...

TSMC expands 3nm capacity in Taiwan and Arizona, prepares for 2nm fabs

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 15:32:01 +0000

TSMC has announced that its 3nm technology has successfully entered mass production with good yields. The company is also preparing its Taiwan and Arizona fabs for 2nm chip production for the future. Read more...

Thanks to Apple, TSMC's November revenue soars by more than 50% yoy

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:22:01 +0000

TSMC, a contract chipmaker, reported that its November revenue totaled 222.71 billion Taiwan dollars ($7.27 billion), representing a 50.2% year-over-year increase with Apple being a major contributor. Read more...

TSMC plans to manufacture 4nm chips at Arizona facility due to increasing demand from Apple

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 08:08:01 +0000

TSMC will reportedly begin manufacturing 4nm chips along with 5nm chips at its Arizona fab by the end of 2024. Another fab capable of making 2nm chips is under construction nearby as well. Read more...

TSMC plans another fab in Phoenix, Arizona for manufacturing 3nm chips

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:22:02 +0000

TSMC, which is known for its high-end chip manufacturing capabilities, is investing around $12 billion to expand its Fab 21 facility located in Phoenix, Arizona to manufacture 3nm chips. Read more...

Waymo is starting its fully autonomous cab service in San Francisco

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:12:01 +0000

Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous taxi cab service, will be starting its fully autonomous rides in San Fransisco - without a safety driver. The service will initially be available for Waymo's own staff. Read more...

Waymo to operate fully driverless vehicles without safety drivers

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 04:16:01 +0000

Waymo has announced via e-mail that it plans to begin operating fully self-driving vehicles, without safety drivers, in Phoenix, Arizona in the near future. It's unclear how many vehicles there'll be. Read more...

Sprint's 5G is now live in New York City, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C.

Rich Woods — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:02:01 +0000

Sprint today announced that it's bringing its 5G service to four new cities, including New York City, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. The carrier's 5G network now works in nine cities. Read more...

Waymo reportedly expands program for testing fare rates for its self-driving cars

Jay Bonggolto — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:28:02 +0000

Waymo could be inching closer to the launch of its commercial self-driving taxi service after expanding the early rider program and testing a set of pricing models for the vehicles in Phoenix. Read more...

Tesla loses director in charge of dealing with safety regulators to Waymo

Paul Hill — Sun, 13 May 2018 05:52:01 +0000

Tesla has lost one of its head honchos who was responsible for dealing with federal safety regulators. The loss comes at a sensitive time for the company after March's Model X fatality. Read more...

True self-driving cars are coming to Phoenix courtesy of Waymo

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 08 May 2018 22:54:02 +0000

Waymo, Alphabet's subsidiary focused on autonomous vehicles, went on stage today at Google I/O to announce that driverless autonomous cars are on the way, starting in Phoenix, Arizona. Read more...

Waymo offers Arizona residents free rides in self-driving cars

Mina Esapa — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:24:01 +0000

Residents of Phoenix, Arizona now have the opportunity to apply for Waymo's early access program which offers free rides in its autonomous vehicles for individuals and the rest of their households. Read more...

Happy 10th birthday, Firefox!

Rob Schorman — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:53:21 +0000

Ten years (and a day) ago, Mozilla launched Phoenix 0.1. After two years of testing, Mozilla changed the name from Phoenix to Firefox, creating one of the most successful browsers to date Read more...

HP announces new gaming and all-in-one PCs

John Callaham — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:18:26 +0000

HP has announced it is getting back into making gaming PCs with the HP Pavilion HPE h9 Phoenix PC, along with the HP Omni27 All-in-One PC. Both PCs will launch next week. Read more...

NASA finally abandons Mars Phoenix Lander

Brad Sams — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:41:51 +0000

NASA has finally given up on trying to resurrect the Phoenix Mars Lander. As of early last week NASA stopped sending signals to the rover who is fighting the intense winter temperatures on Mars.... Read more...

AMD Firms Up Deals With Phoenix, General Software

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:21:22 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices is having a busy week with the BIOS makers, announcing a new storage device kit designed with leading firmware developer General Software and playing catch-up with rival Intel in getting on board... Read more...

Iron Phoenix now ablaze on the Xbox

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:15:35 +0000

Sega's action brawler features 16-player online fighting over Xbox Live. Sega today announced that Iron Phoenix has shipped to stores and is now available for the Xbox. The game was developed by... Read more...

Iron Phoenix grounded until 2005

Thu, 05 Aug 2004 15:16:04 +0000

Iron Phoenix, the upcoming Xbox-exclusive brawler from Sammy Studios, won't be stepping into the ring this year. Shortly after the Web site began listing the game with a "February 2005" projected release date, representatives from... Read more...

Iron Phoenix grounded until 2005

Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:08:54 +0000

Sammy's Xbox-only 3D fighter is pushed back to make it "fully compatible" with Xbox Live 3.0. Iron Phoenix, the upcoming Xbox-exclusive brawler from Sammy Studios, won't be stepping into the ring this... Read more...

Phoenix extends Bios to enhance network security

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:51:47 +0000

Bios maker Phoenix has launched a security software utility that allows network administrators to authenticate hardware devices. Phoenix Technologies, the company behind the Phoenix Bios firmware that is installed in about 80... Read more...

Phoenix to Give Notebook Users Fast Access to Outlook Data

Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:27:54 +0000

BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies Inc. on Thursday said it had developed a utility technology that will let users check their Outlook data on a notebook computer without needing to boot the machine. The Phoenix FirstWare... Read more...

Phoenix toughens up BIOS

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:01:45 +0000

The software that sits between the operating system and a PC's hardware hasn't changed much in decades. Now, Phoenix Technologies wants to introduce greater security, usability and copy protection. Phoenix, one of the biggest makers... Read more...

Phoenix Developing DRM-Equipped BIOS

Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:41:40 +0000

BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies said it is currently shopping a digital-rights-enabled BIOS system to top PC OEMs, the most aggressive use of DRM technology to date. Phoenix executives said Wednesday that they've developed a prototype... Read more...

Phoenix Browser has new name Firebird

Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:12:37 +0000

After months of discussion and further months of legal investigation, we're (phoenix team) finally comfortable moving forward with new names. The new name for the Phoenix browser is "Firebird". The documentation and product strings will... Read more...

Phoenix 0.5 (Naples) released

Marcel Klum — Sun, 08 Dec 2002 09:08:37 +0000

Thanks for posting this on our forum everyone :) Phoenix is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to Galeon, K-Meleon and Chimera, but written using the XUL user interface language and... Read more...

Phoenix 0.2

Fri, 04 Oct 2002 13:38:54 +0000

Sorry, I'm a bit late on this one, but still.... :D Phoenix is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to Galeon, K-Meleon and Chimera, but written using the XUL user... Read more...

Phoenix 0.1

Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:15:21 +0000

If you thought Mozilla was too slow. Check this mozilla.org project out. It's quite zippy! Phoenix is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to Galeon, K-Meleon and Chimera, but written... Read more...