Intel buys a quantum software shortcut
Intel has agreed to buy Israeli quantum software developer Classiq, adding programming tools to its…
Nvidia keeps RTX 5090 alive on paper
Nvidia insists its GeForce RTX 5090 remains in production, even if an unnamed board partner…
TSMC eyes another CoWoS price squeeze
TSMC could raise CoWoS advanced packaging prices by up to 20 per cent as increasingly complex AI processors swallow available capacity. According to China Times another round of increases is…
TSMC eyes another CoWoS price squeeze
TSMC could raise CoWoS advanced packaging prices by up to 20 per cent as increasingly…
Asus gives Radeon an Onimusha costume
Asus has announced an Onimusha-themed Radeon RX 9070 XT, combining its TUF Gaming hardware with…
Windows gets a speed switch your CPU cannot use
Microsoft has added an Intel APX performance toggle to an experimental Windows 11 build, getting…
Apple’s OLED iPad mini gets a maxi price
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has unveiled an OLED iPad mini with an A20 Pro…
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News
TSMC eyes another CoWoS price squeeze
TSMC could raise CoWoS advanced packaging prices by up to 20 per cent as increasingly complex AI processors swallow available capacity. According to China Times another round of increases is…
Asus gives Radeon an Onimusha costume
Asus has announced an Onimusha-themed Radeon RX 9070 XT, combining its TUF Gaming hardware with…
Windows gets a speed switch your CPU cannot use
Microsoft has added an Intel APX performance toggle to an experimental Windows 11 build, getting…
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…
Memory crunch sends phone makers to the scrapheap
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Smartphone sales fall of a cliff
Global smartphone shipments have fallen by at least a fifth as soaring memory costs force…
PC Hardware
Windows gets a speed switch your CPU cannot use
Microsoft has added an Intel APX performance toggle to an experimental Windows 11 build, getting…
Intel buys a quantum software shortcut
Intel has agreed to buy Israeli quantum software developer Classiq, adding programming tools to its…
TSMC eyes another CoWoS price squeeze
TSMC could raise CoWoS advanced packaging prices by up to 20 per cent as increasingly complex AI processors swallow available capacity. According to China Times another round of increases is…
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
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
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
Canada plots internet route around America
Norwegian infrastructure outfit Bulk is seeking a Canadian partner to build a $620 million transatlantic…
European telcos plot satellite alternative to Starlink
Four major European mobile operators are exploring a joint satellite service that could extend mobile…
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 of memory and a distinctly grown-up price. The Sigma 2 measures 146 × 102mm and…