US chip renaissance faces a skills problem
Labour shortage
The US is in a pickle if it hopes to spark a chip-building renaissance without the aid of inexpensive Chinese labour. A fresh report in the Wall Street Journal cautions that the US lacks the manpower to staff its heavily subsidised fabs.
Unpatchable flaw in tech giants' hardware
Been there for years
Intel and Lenovo, among others, have been flogging hardware with an unfixable security flaw for years. Due to a supply chain oversight involving an open-source software package and hardware from various manufacturers.
Amazon's cloudy patent payout pandemonium
Cloud produces heavy rain for Amazon
Amazon's cloud-computing juggernaut, AWS, has been fined $525 million (€493.5 million) by a jury for nicking Kove's data-storage secrets.
Even the Tame Apple Press admits Qualcomm’s chipset is better
The Tame Apple Press is starting to admit that Apple is in grave trouble with the arrival of Qualcomm’s latest chipset for Microsoft and its partners.
Time to build a budget gaming PC
The price of AMD's Ryzen 5 7600X, a six-core marvel, has plummeted to an incredibly affordable €179. That's a staggering 40 per cent discount from its initial price of €299, making it a thrilling opportunity for budget-conscious gamers.
Wall Street agrees
BlackBerry and AMD are fusing their expertise which they say will to revolutionise the world of robotics.
AMD and Intel motherboards receive BIOS updates
Fixing LogoFAIL flaw
AMD and Intel motherboards have received BIOS updates to kill off the LogoFAIL vulnerability, causing a stir since December 2023.
Chipzilla's silicon scramble to top TSMC
Working with Taiwan’s suppliers
Intel has been chinwagging with TSMC’s partners to help give its foundry biz a leg up.
Hollywood bigwigs launch fresh Crusade against pirates
Crusades don’t end well for anyone
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is once again taking a strong stance against piracy, with their leader, Charles Rivkin, announcing at CinemaCon in Las Vegas that they are actively collaborating with Congress to tackle the issue of pirate websites.
UK Tories go Big Brother on shoplifters
Will tag people if it must
The government's splashing out more than €65 million to beef up facial recognition systems – we're talking vans that'll scan bustling high streets –in a bid to clamp down on shoplifting.