Carmakers need to modernise their chips
Too large and stupid, and the chips
Carmakers are too dependent on ancient chips and transistors and need to modernise, according to Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger.
Samsung wants to cut and paste your brain
Well not “yours” obviously
Samsung has proposed a way to build brain-like computer chips by "copying and pasting" a brain's neuron wiring map onto 3D neuromorphic chips.
Microsoft teams up with Linux Foundation on energy
A headline that 20 years ago was unthinkable
Software King of the World Microsoft has joined forces with LF Energy, a Linux Foundation nonprofit working to accelerate the energy transition of the world's grids and transportation systems through open source.
AI can’t patent inventions in the UK
So they can't be trolls either
The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that AI cannot invent new patents under British law.
Intel releases Beast Canyon
Rather good but very pricey
Intel's NUC 11 Extreme mini PC, otherwise known as Beast Canyon, has launched to retail, at a price much higher than Chipzilla promised.
Seagate releases on 2nd generation HAMR drives
Its HAMR time
Seagate said that it is already working on 2nd generation HAMR drives with 30TB capacity.
US spooks install adblockers
Security risk
While Big Tech rails against ad blockers as a way of undermining Internet business models, US spooks and law enforcement have quietly installed ad blockers to prevent an obvious security threat.
New iPhones and iPad break Apple Music
New software feature
The software geniuses who bought you a watch app which could not handle summer time, have now said that a device restore will tigger its premium music product software.
Kids can't understand how computers work any more
No idea about directories, folders, or files
Having moved from generations who were frightened to touch computers because they were frightened something would go wrong, The Verge reports that professors are increasingly seeing the rise of a generation that can’t understand even the basic fundamentals of how computers and operating systems work.
Microchip with wings is the smallest flying structure
Small as a sand grain
A winged microchip, the size of a sand grain, is being billed as the smallest ever human made flying structure.