Microsoft nearly paid Apple billions to put Bing on Safari
Court told that Microsoft was out maneuvered by Google
Software King of the World Microsoft considered giving the fruity cargo cult Apple several billion dollars to make Bing its default search engine on Safari.
Robots grass up criminals
Videos used as evidence
Delivery robots have been used by the LAPD to spy on criminals.
Smartphone sales plummet
Going the way of the dodo
North American Smartphone sales have plumetted in what analysts Canalys call the worst quarterly performance for over a decade.
French coppers raid Nvidia's offices
No surrender on anticompetitive practices
Nvidia's French offices were raided this week on suspicion the chipmaker engaged in anticompetitive practices.
Epic games lays off workers
While other companies have discovered they have a skills shortage
While other companies have disovered that firing skilled IT workers was a huge mistake, Epic games is laying off 16 percent of its current workforce, which amounts to almost 900 employees losing their jobs.
AI pushes malware with answers
Bing responses injected with ransomware
Malicious advertisements are now being injected into software king of the world Microsoft's AI-powered Bing Chat responses, promoting fake download sites that distribute malware.
Sierra Forest with 288 cores hits the stage
Dual socket 576 E-cores
Intel surprised the audience at the Innovation 2023 event, showing a new Sierra Forest data center processor with a twist. Intel has previously announced that the Sierra Forest has up to 144 Efficiency cores. Still, Gelsinger surprised the audience by showing the two tiles on the same package, resulting in a 288-core CPU.
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.