
Troubled Chipzilla’s new boss slashes red tape
Lip-Bu Tan axes middle management, promotes AI chief
Troubled Chipzilla’s CEO, Lip-Bu Tan (pictured), has wasted no time in gutting Intel’s bloated hierarchy and shoving AI to the top of the agenda.

HP fined $4 million for fake discounts
Maker of expensive printer ink admits nothing
The maker of expensive printer ink, HP Inc. is forking out $4 million after getting caught using bogus discounts and phoney scarcity tactics on its website to flog PCs and accessories.

Nvidia’s loses $250 billion
Analysts look down the back of the sofa
Nvidia’s stock has been in freefall, shedding more than $250 billion in market cap this week after it revealed a $5.5 billion charge tied to US export restrictions on its H20 AI chips to China.

TSMC smashes Q1 targets
Smartphone slump no match for AI’s server appetite
TSMC has kicked off 2025 by smashing revenue targets, thanks to ravenous demand for AI silicon—even as mobile chip orders fell flat.

Google’s ad racket faces federal hammering
Judge calls monopoly move illegal
A federal judge has torn into Google’s ad tech stranglehold, ruling the company illegally built monopoly power that let it hike prices and pocket fat margins on web advertising.