Microsoft expands Recall preview
Wider rollout for Intel and AMD-based PCs
Software king of the world, Microsoft is widening the rollout of the Recall Preview to include Dev Channel Windows Insiders running AMD and Intel-based Copilot+ PCs.
Intel living on a prayer divine intervention needed
Former Intel chief Pat [kicking] Gelsinger, who stepped down from his leadership post a week ago, appears to have had a religious awakening. He is calling on people to join him in prayer and fasting for the struggling chipmaker's employees.
AI will replace web browsers says Microsoft
Microsoft's AI CEO predicts
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman predicts that conversational AI will become the primary way people interact with technology, effectively replacing traditional web browsers and search engines within the next few years.
Google unveils quantum processor faster than supercomputers
Cat is out of the box
Google scientists have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a new quantum processor capable of solving a problem in five minutes that would have taken the world's best supercomputer 10 septillion years.
Indian IT firms discriminate against American workers
America insulted claiming discrimination was its thing
A US jury has delivered a damning verdict against Indian outsourcing giant Cognizant, finding that the company engaged in systematic discrimination against over 2,000 non-Indian employees from 2013 to 2022.
Malaysian politicians vote to control the Internet
This whole free speech thing never worked
Malaysian lawmakers voted to broaden the government’s control over the internet, unmoved by criticism that the law risks suppressing dissent and free speech.
Intel should never have tried to be a contract chipmaker
TSMC founder says it would have been better at AI
The founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said that Intel should have focused on artificial intelligence rather than trying to become a contract chipmaker.
Intel Arc B580 Battlemage does well in Vulkan and OpenCL benchmarks
Faster than Geforce RTX 4060 and Radeon RX 7600 XT
As reviewers are busy testing Intel's Arc B580 Battlemage graphics cards, the recent leak shows it to be faster in Vulkan and Open CL benchmarks at Geekbench, beating both the RTX 4070 and the RX 7600 XT.
Nvidia’s Project Denver was going to be x86
Legal constraints meant it went to Arm
Nvidia’s Project Denver was supposed to be based on x86 tech, but things took a turn thanks to legal wranglings involving Transmeta’s Tokamak technology. Instead, Nvidia had to pivot to Arm, and the rest is history.
Former Intel CEO defends 18A process
Pat Gelsinger speaks out on yield rate rumours
Intel's now "retired" CEO Pat [kicking] Gelsinger took time out from his busy schedule gardening, making homemade jam and other retirement activities, to defend Intel Foundry's 18A yield rate claims.