Raspberry Pi 5 is out with 2.4GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A76 CPU
First Raspberry Pi with silicon designed in‑house in Cambridge, UK
Raspberry Foundation has officially launched the new Raspberry Pi 5, claiming it to be twice as fast as its predecessor and proudly announcing that it is the first Raspberry Pi computer to feature silicon designed in‑house in Cambridge, UK.
Counter-Strike 2 is now available on Steam
Free upgrade for CS:GO
Valve has now officially launched Counter-Strike 2, calling it the largest technical leap in Counter-Strike’s history. Built on the Source 2 engine, CS 2 brings plenty of new features including improved visuals, better smoke grenades, and most importantly, a whole new sub-tick architecture.
Apple’s App store faces trouble in China
Could lose one of its biggest markets
Fruity cargo-cult Apple is squaring off against the Chinese government over the administration of its App store.
TSMC N3 wafer cost $20K+
Too expensive to use A17 Pro for vanilla iPhone 15
Apple is the first of many who started using the TSMC N3 3nm process for its latest SoC, and even for Apple, it is not easy to eat the manufacturing cost.
Big changes in AMD structure
Rick Bergman, Scott Herkelman, and Saeid Moshkelani SVP and GM of Client too
Some of our colleagues jumped to the conclusion Scott Herkelman is getting replaced by Jack Huynh who now works as a Senior Vice President and GM, Computing and Graphics Business Group. This is actually the job that Jack is taking over from Bergman. It is not clear why Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, is imposing such radical changes at this time, but we might have some ideas.
US Federal Trade Commission reactivates Activision challenge
Claims it is in the public interest
While the rest of the world, including Microsoft's rivals, think that it is OK for Microsoft to write a $69 billion cheque for video game company Activision, the US regulator is not giving up yet.
Intel denies Meteor Lake headed for most PCs
We want a better class of user
Intel has warned that its Meteor Lake processor architecture is not headed for socketed desktop motherboards like the ones you'd find in a self-built PC or an off-the-shelf mini tower.
Employers already regret letting tech workers go
Skills shortages returning
Red-faced employers who thought they could save money to prop up their bonuses by firing those with tech skills are suddenly finding themselves with a skills shortage.
H&R Block, Meta, and Google sued under gangster laws
Tax returns snuffled in gangster rap
Attorneys with Wisner Baum have filed a Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act [RICO] class action alleging that H&R Block, Meta, and Google jointly schemed to install spyware on the H&R Block site, scraping customers’ private tax return information for profit.
OpenAI can now surf the web
Robot revolution delayed while it searches for p*rn
OpenAI says ChatGPT is "no longer limited to data before September 2021." It can now browse the internet to provide you with up-to-date information, "complete with direct links to sources."