SpaceX hands Foxconn a monster AI server order
SpaceX has reportedly handed Foxconn part of a $52 billion AI server order, which includes…
CXMT races Samsung and SK hynix to DDR6
CXMT wants DDR6 ready before Samsung and SK hynix can tighten their grip on the…
OpenAI will munch your files
OpenAI has admitted its shiny new GPT-5.6 models can nuke files. It insisted such incidents are rare and should be treated as “honest mistakes” and we guess everyone should have…
Apple squeezes Japan fanboys
Job’s Mob has jacked up iPhone prices in Japan, in what appears to be for…
Europe using “witches” to rival Palantir
France and Germany want a home-grown military AI stack because relying on Palantir looks a…
IBM gets mugged by the AI future
IBM boss Arvind Krishna is stuck between old kit and new AI, and, according to…
Apple waves legal threats at OpenAI staff
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has sent lawyers waving their mighty briefs at former OpenAI…
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News
Apple squeezes Japan fanboys
Job’s Mob has jacked up iPhone prices in Japan, in what appears to be for LOLs and giggles. The iPhone 16, iPhone 17e, iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro…
Europe using “witches” to rival Palantir
France and Germany want a home-grown military AI stack because relying on Palantir looks a…
IBM gets mugged by the AI future
IBM boss Arvind Krishna is stuck between old kit and new AI, and, according to…
Graphics
Zen 6 push nears AMD to trillion-dollar mark
AMD’s 2nm server silicon and AI rack plan have pushed its valuation close to a…
Nvidia guts Asian AI chip customer list
Nvidia has slashed its approved list of Asian customers as Washington tries to stop its…
Google puts your digital double to work
Google has decided that appearing in your own corporate videos is now far too much effort and has upgraded Google Vids so an AI-generated version of you can do the…
Mobiles
Apple squeezes Japan fanboys
Job’s Mob has jacked up iPhone prices in Japan, in what appears to be for LOLs and giggles. The iPhone 16, iPhone 17e, iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro…
OLED iPad mini could still get a stingy screen
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might finally give the iPad mini OLED, then hobble it…
Samsung plots three Exynos chips
Samsung is planning three more Exynos chips as it tries to wriggle free from Qualcomm’s…
PC Hardware
HP India cops cartel fine over toner and PC bids
The maker of expensive printer ink, HP’s Indian branch, has been bitten in the rump…
Apple’s Chinese memory plan annoys Washington
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is poking US politicians by trying to buy cheap Chinese…
CXMT races Samsung and SK hynix to DDR6
CXMT wants DDR6 ready before Samsung and SK hynix can tighten their grip on the next memory market. DDR6 RAM commercialisation is expected between 2028 and 2029. CXMT and its…
AI
Europe using “witches” to rival Palantir
France and Germany want a home-grown military AI stack because relying on Palantir looks a bit daft. According to Nextweb, Palantir is furious at the move. Palantir CEO Alex Karp…
IBM gets mugged by the AI future
IBM boss Arvind Krishna is stuck between old kit and new AI, and, according to…
Apple waves legal threats at OpenAI staff
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has sent lawyers waving their mighty briefs at former OpenAI…
Gaming
Pricey AMD box gives Steam Machine a shoeing
Valve’s decision to support SteamOS 3.8 on standard gaming PCs has opened the door to…
Nvidia releases Geforce 610.74 Game Ready driver for new Doom and Assassin’s Creed games
Nvidia has released its latest Geforce Game Ready driver, version 610.74 WHQL, bringing launch-day support…
Valve cools Steam Machine panic light
Valve is raising the Steam Machine’s red temperature warning after users were scared by pointless overheating alerts. The upcoming firmware update will lift the CPU and GPU warning threshold to…
Automotive
Trump forcing Telsa towards Intel
The Trump administration is leaning on Tesla to shift AI6.5 chip production from TSMC to Intel’s Arizona fabs. After taking a stake in Intel, US President Donald Trump’s administration seems…
CATL cranks the charging hype
At a 90-minute Beijing event ahead of the Beijing Auto Show, the Chinese battery giant…
Iran war is killing petrol cars
One of the unintended consequences of the US-Israel war against Iran is that it is…
Data center
New York freezes data centre gold rush
New York governor Kathy Hochul has told AI data centre builders that they can’t make…
Intel invests €5B into Leixlip cleanrooms
Intel 3 gets a massive cash injection in Ireland to feed Xeon 6 demand. Many…
Cadence announced a must-have AI tool for PCB Advanced Packaging
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Smart devices
EU battery rules spare wearables
The EU has spared smartwatches and smart glasses from its battery-swapping rules while Nintendo gets the screwdriver treatment. According to Thurrott the European Commission has announced new exemptions to its…
Nvidia gives Jetson Thor a robot-friendly shove
Nvidia has rolled out a new Jetson Thor kit aimed at humanoids, mainstream robotics and…
OpenAI plans a chatty AI speaker
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that OpenAI…
Network
Space data centres are a rubbish plan
IEEE Spectrum has poured cold water on Elon Musk’s space-AI prophecy where you put data…
Amazon Leo gets enough satellites for early broadband
Amazon says it now has enough satellites in low-Earth orbit to switch on its Starlink…
SCO’s Unix zombie shuffles after IBM again
The SCO versus IBM Unix ownership row has crawled out of its legal crypt again, this time wearing an Xinuos badge. The long-running dispute over Unix and Linux ownership has…