TSMC’s N-2 rule leaves US big tech snuffling around Samsung’s 2nm
Taiwan keeps the sharp stuff at home, so Texas is suddenly popular.
TSMC has one hand tied behind its back, and Samsung Electronics is trying to cash in.
Call of Duty co-creator and Respawn co-founder killed in car crash
Vince Zampella dead at 55
Co-creator of the Call of Duty franchise and co-founder of Infinity Ward, Vince Zampella, has died in a single-car accident in Los Angeles, NBC Los Angeles reports. He was 55.
Microsoft vows to bin C and C++ by 2030
Wants to get all rusty
Software King of the World, Microsoft, wants to burn its C and C++ bridges and will modernise its biggest codebases by the end of the decade, replacing C and C++ with Rust.
ByteDance to increase AI spending in 2026, aiming to challenge US
AI expansion goes global as ByteDance aims to compete
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is set to ramp up its AI investments significantly next year.
Firefox to feature an "AI Kill Switch"
Mozilla prioritises user control with new AI options in Firefox
The big cheeses at the Mozzarella Foundation have announced that Firefox will ship with a unique “AI kill switch” that lets users disable all AI features in the web browser.
US tech industry in recession
Only AI work going
America's unemployment rate for tech jobs hit four per cent in November, continuing a steady climb since May, according to the Washington Post, citing data from CompTIA.
Nintendo's new user agreement allows Switch 2 consoles to be bricked
DRM update gives Nintendo the power to render consoles permanently unusable
Ahead of the Switch 2's release, the former playing card maker Nintendo has updated its user agreement, granting it sweeping powers to make customers' consoles "permanently unusable" for LOLs and giggles.
Samsung Galaxy S26 arrives in March 2026
New leaks point to a February launch and a delay
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn suggesting that the Samsung Galaxy S26 flagship series won't hit the market until March 2026.
Chinese AI Giants skirt export ban with GPU rentals
Workaround sees Tencent and others tap into Nvidia Blackwell chips
While Blackwell chips remain off-limits for direct export to China, Chinese AI heavyweights have found an unexpected loophole to access Nvidia's latest silicon.
Memory maths threatens Apple’s AI clustering trick
Expiring supply deals put the squeeze on Mac-based computing
A cunning plan to use clustered Mac mini or Apple Studio boxes, wired together with Thunderbolt 5, to hoard memory for AI is coming unstuck.