Nvidia insists missing RTX 5090 is still alive
Nvidia insists its elusive GeForce RTX 5090 remains in production, despite empty shelves and third-party…
Samsung swallows pride and turns to TSMC
Samsung Electronics will use rival TSMC’s manufacturing process for Nvidia’s custom memory chips, leaving its…
Tech bros keep finding reasons to censor Musk documentary
TikTok has restored the account promoting Alex Gibney’s Musk documentary after joining other technology platforms in obstructing publicity for an unflattering portrait of their fellow billionaire. The platform blamed an…
Ancient Haswell chip refuses retirement
Overclocker Luumi has pushed an Intel Core i5-4670K to 6.3GHz, breaking a processor-specific Cinebench record…
Tech bros keep finding reasons to censor Musk documentary
TikTok has restored the account promoting Alex Gibney’s Musk documentary after joining other technology platforms…
Google grows cleaner quantum magic
Google has demonstrated a technique that cuts errors in crucial quantum states by about 40…
Microsoft pulls plug on powerless Essex AI project
Microsoft has abandoned its planned tenancy at Nscale’s Essex AI data centre after reports that…
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News
Ancient Haswell chip refuses retirement
Overclocker Luumi has pushed an Intel Core i5-4670K to 6.3GHz, breaking a processor-specific Cinebench record that stood for approximately 12 years. According to Hardware Busters the 2013 Haswell chip scored…
Tech bros keep finding reasons to censor Musk documentary
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Google grows cleaner quantum magic
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Graphics
Intel gives Crescent Island its D-series badge
Intel has unveiled its GPU D-series accelerators, led by the D270, promising substantial memory capacity…
Modder moves GPU and slashes temperatures
A PC enthusiast has cut an Nvidia RTX 3080’s hotspot temperature by up to 19°C…
Nvidia insists missing RTX 5090 is still alive
Nvidia insists its elusive GeForce RTX 5090 remains in production, despite empty shelves and third-party asking prices that suggest it comes with a swimming pool and a granny flat. Nvidia…
Mobiles
Smartphone sales fall of a cliff
Global smartphone shipments have fallen by at least a fifth as soaring memory costs force manufacturers to raise prices and squeeze budget handsets. According to beancounters at IDC, third-quarter shipments…
Hackers hit Trump Mobile customer data
Hackers have stolen and published personal information belonging to 3,615 Trump Mobile users, adding a…
Microsoft wants $6,000 for Surface RTX Spark Dev Box
Two grand more than AMD’s Ryzen AI Halo Microsoft has officially opened pre-orders for its…
PC Hardware
Google grows cleaner quantum magic
Google has demonstrated a technique that cuts errors in crucial quantum states by about 40…
Amazon Ryzen purchase comes with Intel inside
An Amazon buyer received an old Intel processor disguised as an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2…
Ancient Haswell chip refuses retirement
Overclocker Luumi has pushed an Intel Core i5-4670K to 6.3GHz, breaking a processor-specific Cinebench record that stood for approximately 12 years. According to Hardware Busters the 2013 Haswell chip scored…
AI
Crescent Island demonstrated and named Intel GPU D270
480GB LPDDR5X 350W air-cooled envelope Intel has officially put a commercial name on its eagerly awaited Crescent Island architecture, demonstrating the Intel GPU D-Series alongside its inaugural accelerator: the Intel…
Character.AI bankruptcy sparks fight over kiddie chats
Character.AI’s bankruptcy has drawn the attention of 40 attorneys general, who are demanding safeguards for…
Huawei closes in as Nvidia loses ground in China
Nvidia’s share of China’s data-centre AI chip market has fallen to 34 per cent as…
Gaming
US lawmaker wants publishers to stop killing purchased games
US Representative Ritchie Torres plans legislation that would force publishers to respect game ownership and…
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Rockstar’s GTA nearly cooked after 13 year wait
Rockstar’s long road to GTA VI involved competing projects, an uncertain early direction and a determination to avoid another punishing development crunch. According to The Verge and GamesRadar+, the scheduled…
Automotive
Uber plans to unleash Chinese robotaxis on London
Uber has teamed up with Chinese autonomous-vehicle outfit Pony.ai to bring robotaxis to London, with road testing set to begin within weeks. According to TechCrunch. the companies intend to put…
RAMageddon increases car prices
RAMageddon is threatening to shove car prices higher as AI outfits gobble up the memory…
BMW enshittifies its cars with adverts
The maker of expensive cars for twats and travelling salesmen, BMW, has enshittified its motors…
Data center
Crescent Island demonstrated and named Intel GPU D270
480GB LPDDR5X 350W air-cooled envelope Intel has officially put a commercial name on its eagerly…
Tech bros wave €115 billion scare bill at Europe
America’s technology giants have found a suitably frightening price for Europe’s cloud independence, courtesy of…
Microsoft pulls plug on powerless Essex AI project
Microsoft has abandoned its planned tenancy at Nscale’s Essex AI data centre after reports that adequate electricity supplies could remain unavailable until the 2030s. The Loughton project was supposed to…
Smart devices
TomTom navigates another 200 staff towards the exit
TomTom is recalculating and cutting approximately 200 jobs worldwide as it reorganises its operations and targets €21 million in annual savings. The company plans to reduce management layers and organise…
Amazon makes smart speaker a little dumber
Amazon has decided that some of its older Echo smart speakers have been far too…
Toyota wants 400,000 robots
Toyota plans to deploy 400,000 factory robots while insisting its mechanical workforce should coexist with…
Network
Amazon builds 1,000 satellites to take on Musk’s Starlink
Online bookseller Amazon has manufactured its 1,000th broadband satellite as it prepares to launch its…
Apple appoints itself internet policeman
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has appointed itself internet policeman and is censoring advertising companies…
TP-Link waves billion-dollar offer at US router ban
TP-Link is considering nearly $1 billion in U.S. investment as it seeks permission to sell new routers despite Washington’s restrictions on foreign-made equipment. According to PCMag, the company has proposed…