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Finnish brainiacs invent futuristic quantum algorithms
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You must be nicer to the cats

A team of Finnish boffins claim to be close to creating algorithms for quantum computers so that they can solve real world problems

Intel plans huge plant in Ireland
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Tuesday, 14 May 2024 11:33

Intel plans huge plant in Ireland


Not sure it will go through at all, at all

Chipzilla is in advanced talks for a deal with Apollo Global Management in which the equity firm would provide more than $11 billion to build a facility in Ireland.

Microsoft loses Cortana case
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Tuesday, 14 May 2024 11:25

Microsoft loses Cortana case


Must pay €224.07 million to IPA Technologies

A jury in Delaware just decided that the software king of the world, Microsoft, must fork over €224.07 million to IPA Technologies over some beef over patents with its Cortana virtual assistant.

EU ready to slap Vole with more Anti-trust charges
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Teams elbow out the competition

Brussels is gearing up to slap Microsoft with some fresh antitrust charges. It reckons the big tech firm is playing dirty with its Teams app, elbowing out the competition.

IBM outsources Granite code
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Tuesday, 14 May 2024 10:51

IBM outsources Granite code


AI tech goodness is given to Apache 2.0

Big Blue has been a busy bee, getting its Granite code out in the open by using stuff already out there for everyone to see, like GitHub Code Clean and other public code.

Biden gives $120 million to Polar Semiconductor
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Might even buy the company

Polar Semiconductor in Bloomington, Minnesota might trouser up to €111.6 million ($120 million) under the Chip’s Act and there is a rumour that the US might even buy the company to keep its production on this side of the pond.

Chipzilla’s Aurora crosses the exascale threshold
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Catching up to AMD

Intel’s latest and greatest Aurora supercomputer, installed at Argonne National Laboratory, has smashed through the exascale barrier. Before this, only AMD’s Frontier system had managed to pull that off.

AMD will not support Windows 10 on next-gen Ryzen 8050/9000 PCs
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Not poweful enough

Lenovo China's manager with the Weibo name 思考未来啊 has warned that the next-gen Ryzen 8050/9000 PCs will not support Windows 10.

Intel faces more ghosting from Spectre
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Call in more Ghostbusters

Top boffins from several universities have discovered a new Spectre-like method of extracting secrets from Chipzilla’s latest processors.

Electronic Arts wants more adverts in games
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Probably time to go back playing battleship

Having not learnt anything about how media streaming companies have destroyed their business model with advertising, Electronic Arts is mulling over putting adverts inside its games.