Sean Hollister

Profits dropped 98 percent — and yet it’s actually a rosy quarter since AMD is weathering reduced PC demand relatively well (client processors admittedly down 51 percent). AMD says the losses are “primarily due to the amortization of intangible assets associated with the Xilinx acquisition.”

With nearly 100,000 employees pushed out into the cold, January was worse than December and November combined. That’s according to the TrueUp tracker; I know some people prefer Layoffs.fyi.

Protip: your cover letter should imagine an exciting Electronic Entertainment Expo without Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony.

That comes directly from p. 24 of Tesla’s Model S Emergency Response Guide (PDF), and it’s not just theoretical; fire crews needed four trucks and 6,000 gallons to put one out near Sacramento this weekend. Many fire engines carry less than 1,000 gallons each, and no, they can’t just use foam to smother the fire instead.

Okay, this Fortnite Heavy SR replica isn’t all cardboard: you’ll see springs, dowels, rubber bands, and a pair of motorized flywheels that fling its foam (not particularly far).

Intel’s Q4 and full year 2022 earnings are out (PDF) and it’s not looking great: a $0.7 billion loss and revenue down 32 percent, though its GPU business seems to have bottomed out. Intel warned things would be bad, and it’s forecasting 40 percent less revenue next quarter (YoY) too.