Big Tech needs to work with regulators better
Published in News


Microsoft says they need to solve problems rather than create them

Software king of the world and former evil empire Microsoft has called on its fellow dark knights in the industry to stop putting profits over concerns about privacy and monopolies.

Levono reports 65 percent rise in Q2 profits
Published in PC Hardware


Chip shortages expected to go on


China's Lenovo said that a global chip shortage would persist into the first half of next year as it reported a 65 percent rise in second-quarter profit.

PC demand starting to drop
Published in PC Hardware


Still higher than pre pandemic

Although PCs are still selling at a greater volume than before the COVID-19 pandemic, demand is starting to drop.

Intel stretched the truth in its AMD comparison
Published in PC Hardware


Fancy that

The US tech press which loves telling positive stories about everyone appears to be somewhat shocked that Intel might have not being telling the full truth when it compared its Core i9-12900K and Ryzen 9 5950X.

US blacklists NSO
Published in Mobiles
04 November 2021

US blacklists NSO


Israeli spyware outfit is officially an entity

The United States added the Israeli spyware company NSO Group to its "entity list," a federal blacklist prohibiting the company from receiving some American technologies, after deciding the company's phone-hacking tools had been used by foreign governments to "maliciously target government officials, journalists, businesspeople, activists, academics, and embassy workers.

Google wants to get back to killing people
Published in News


Courting the US military again

Three years after an employee revolt forced Google to abandon work on a Pentagon programme that used artificial intelligence, the company is aggressively pursuing a major contract to provide its technology to the military.

ARM boss warns of Christmas chip crisis
Published in News


You have all been on Santa's naughty list

ARM boss Simon Segars warned that Christmas shoppers who have not already bought all their devices may not get them in time.

Business email platforms misused, shokka
Published in News


Mostly used for personal emails

Most workers are using business emails platforms for personal affairs, potentially putting the company at a significantly higher risk of data breaches and other cybersecurity-related incidents.

AMD doesn't have a chip shortage - claim
Published in PC Hardware


Claims its prophets saved its profits

Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices has been able to skirt most of the problems linked with the global chip supply shortage by forecasting demand years in advance.

Tencent working on three chips
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Seems everyone wants to be US free

Chinese technology giant Tencent said it is making progress in semiconductor chip development and investment.