Logitech beats forecasts but chip shortages threaten Christmas sales
Swiss peripherals maker Logitech has beaten quarterly forecasts, but rising costs and a semiconductor supplier’s…
Apple charges more for Macs that look exactly the same
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has refreshed its MacBook Pro and iMac with M6 processors,…
Nvidia gives Meta $3 billion to buy more Nvidia chips
Nvidia has agreed to invest $3 billion in Meta’s latest fundraising exercise, deepening a relationship in which the chipmaker finances a customer planning to buy more of its hardware. According…
ASM hits chip equipment target three years early
Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASM International has raised its revenue forecasts after record quarterly sales,…
Qualcomm and Anduril want to make laptops in America
The US defence technology outfit Anduril has teamed up with Qualcomm to build rugged laptops…
Nvidia gives Meta $3 billion to buy more Nvidia chips
Nvidia has agreed to invest $3 billion in Meta’s latest fundraising exercise, deepening a relationship…
Intel drags Raptor Lake back from the dead
Intel looks ready to roll out another refresh of its ageing Raptor Lake desktop processors,…
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News
ASM hits chip equipment target three years early
Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASM International has raised its revenue forecasts after record quarterly sales, putting it three years ahead of its original growth plans. The company expects revenue to…
Qualcomm and Anduril want to make laptops in America
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Graphics
Super Flower adds an alarm for melting GPU misery
Super Flower has launched a GPU power-monitoring dongle, giving owners another accessory to buy while…
Nvidia finally cuts the shader compilation queue
Nvidia’s latest GeForce driver adds Advanced Shader Delivery, promising to cut the tedious wait while…
Asus gives Radeon an Onimusha costume
Asus has announced an Onimusha-themed Radeon RX 9070 XT, combining its TUF Gaming hardware with a blue-and-gold finish and a bundled game. The special edition borrows styling from the Oni…
Mobiles
Apple’s folding iPhone is a cracked lemon
After years of faffing around with a late-arriving product, Apple’s new folding iPhone Duo has arrived, and owners are already reporting cracks soon after they take it out of the…
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Smartphone sales fall of a cliff
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PC Hardware
Intel drags Raptor Lake back from the dead
Intel looks ready to roll out another refresh of its ageing Raptor Lake desktop processors,…
Logitech beats forecasts but chip shortages threaten Christmas sales
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Qualcomm and Anduril want to make laptops in America
The US defence technology outfit Anduril has teamed up with Qualcomm to build rugged laptops in America, hoping to resurrect a domestic computer manufacturing industry that largely disappeared decades ago.…
AI
More cuts at Microsoft
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees as it squeezes costs while funding its enormous AI spending programme. According to Reuters, more than a quarter of its workforce…
OpenAI swallows Orchestra Bio
OpenAI has bought Orchestra Bio to expand its pharmaceutical software business, adding drug development management…
Crescent Island demonstrated and named Intel GPU D270
480GB LPDDR5X 350W air-cooled envelope Intel has officially put a commercial name on its eagerly…
Gaming
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…
US lawmaker wants publishers to stop killing purchased games
US Representative Ritchie Torres plans legislation that would force publishers to respect game ownership and…
Next Xbox could cost $1,800
The software king of the world, Microsoft’s next Xbox could cost as much as $1,800, apparently bringing premium gaming and financial distress into the same living room. According to Ars…
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
Microsoft pulls plug on powerless Essex AI project
Microsoft has abandoned its planned tenancy at Nscale’s Essex AI data centre after reports that…
Crescent Island demonstrated and named Intel GPU D270
480GB LPDDR5X 350W air-cooled envelope Intel has officially put a commercial name on its eagerly…
Nvidia gives Meta $3 billion to buy more Nvidia chips
Nvidia has agreed to invest $3 billion in Meta’s latest fundraising exercise, deepening a relationship in which the chipmaker finances a customer planning to buy more of its hardware. According…
Smart devices
Apple’s OLED iPad mini gets a maxi price
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has unveiled an OLED iPad mini with an A20 Pro processor and a $200 increase in its starting price. According to Neowin, the smallest tablet…
TomTom navigates another 200 staff towards the exit
TomTom is recalculating and cutting approximately 200 jobs worldwide as it reorganises its operations and…
Amazon makes smart speaker a little dumber
Amazon has decided that some of its older Echo smart speakers have been far too…
Network
LattePanda squeezes a server onto a single board
LattePanda has launched a compact Intel-powered single-board server with dual 10GbE networking, up to 64GB…
Canada plots internet route around America
Norwegian infrastructure outfit Bulk is seeking a Canadian partner to build a $620 million transatlantic…
Chinese boffins push fibre to 3.2 petabits per second
Chinese boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs having demonstrated optical fibre transmission at 3.2 petabits per second, setting a claimed world record for real-time bidirectional data transfer. According to…