French town says non to scrolling
Phone users are empty-headed food trough wipers
The French town of Seine-Port, in the Seine-et-Marne area south of Paris, with fewer than 2,000 people, has voted for a Phonexit.
AMD’s Medusa might turn Nvidia to stone
Dark satanic rumour mill suggests it might be worth the wait
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn suggesting that AMD’s Medusa chip might be really good.
Shanghai boffins stuff petabit on optical disk
That is a lot of p*rn
A bunch Shanghai boffins have used a tiny laser to cram loads of data onto a disk.
Jobs' Mob robbing meditation gurus
Nevermind Nervana, give us 30 per cent of your rice bowl
Fruity cargo cult Apple has been bullying the maker of a meditation app and demanding that a third of the donations given to its teachers be handed over to keep the company wealthy.
Threatening pirates makes them worse
New study finds men, in particular, ignore threats
A new study from the University of Portsmouth has found that scary messages meant to stop digital piracy have the opposite effect on men.
FCC investigates AT&T’s network meltdown
If only they had not had to give up their Huawei technology
The FCC confirmed that it is investigating how AT&T’s network went spectacularly tits up for 11 hours yesterday.
Top boffin hired to advise US cops
AI Tsar named
The US Justice Department has hired a top boffin to be its first AI Tsar as it tries to work out how AI affects the law and policing.
Nvidia still worried about Huawei
Fighting over new ground
Buried in yesterday’s filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission was an indication that Nvidia still saw Huawei as a significant threat.
Nvidia releases new control panel called NVIDIA App
New Geforce 551.61 WHQL driver with RTX HDR in tow
Nvidia has finally released the new NVIDIA App, a more modern control panel, which, unlike the Geforce Experience app, does not need you to create an Nvidia account. In addition, Nvidia has released the new Geforce 551.61 WHQL driver, which brings RTX HDR and support for the new NVIDIA App control panel.
Intel wants to make AMD chips at IFS
For Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Google as well
During the IFS Direct Connect 2024 event, Intel's CEO, Pat Gelsinger, answered a couple of questions from the members of the press, including a rather peculiar one from Tom's Hardware hack, Paul Alcorn, where Intel CEO expressed hope that customers for Intel Foundry Services will include Nvidia, Qualcomm, Google, and even AMD.