What could go wrong  

Amazon has gone nuclear, snapping up atomic data centres for its cloud empire as part of a £470 million deal with Talen Energy – a US company that makes and sells electricity.

Hopefully not headed for a glorious Thermopylae

AMD has lifted the kimono on its Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA family -- the latest addition to the huge range of AMD Cost-Optimised FPGAs and adaptive SoCs.

Windows 11 users left in the lurch

Microsoft has surprised punters by scrapping its support for Android apps on Windows 11, giving you only a year to play games on your Windows tablet before support officially runs out.

EU watchdog barks

Euro NCAP, the car safety watchdog for Europe, is bringing in new rules for 2026 which mean that five vital tasks in every car will have to be done by real buttons instead of by a screen.

Social media giant's sites crash for two to three hours

Facebook, Instagram, and Threads went offline for two hours today, leaving millions of users fuming.

US Treasury hits snooping software bosses with sanctions

The US government has cracked down on the founder of the infamous spyware firm Intellexa and one of his cronies.

iPhone sales plummet in China as Huawei soars

Fruity-cargo cult Apple is facing a nightmare in China, the world's second-biggest economy, where its iPhone sales have plunged 24 per cent in the first six weeks of 2024.

Golden Pigs are flying

A top PC hardware leaker has spilt the beans on Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake CPUs, and there are some surprises.

Giving money to terrorists

The former boss of Britain's cyber security agency has urged the government to ban ransom payments to hackers, saying it is like giving money to terrorists.

Jobs' Mob finally faces the music

Fruity cargo-cult Apple has been slapped with a whopping £1.4 billion fine by the European Commission for squeezing out Spotify and other music streaming services.