Trump’s aluminium tariffs bring 25 per cent hike
We did warn you
Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s aluminium tariffs are now impacting the PC hardware world, with vendors discovering too late that finished goods, such as cases and GPUs, are being hit with the same 25 per cent levy initially intended to target raw materials.
TSMC flings open Fab 22 in Taiwan in N2 process ramp-up
Gates-all-around nanosheets mark the death of FINFET
TSMC just christened its under-construction Fab 22 in Kaohsiung which will be the centrepiece of a colossal $45 billion Taiwan spend-up aimed at ushering in the era of 2nm-class chips.
Chipzilla doubles down on 18A with Panther Lake
New client CPU platform to hit shelves in early 2026 with chiplet graphics twist
Troubled Chipzilla is throwing everything it’s got at its Panther Lake CPU platform, eyeing a launch window in the second half of 2025 and cranking up volume supply by early 2026.
Turing Institute axes quarter of projects
Leans into defence and climate
UK’s AI flagship the Alan Turing Institute is binning nearly a quarter of its projects and staring down job cuts as it tries to morph into something vaguely resembling relevance amid criticism and seismic shifts in AI.
YouTube crowned new media monarch
Threatens Hollywood's old guard
MoffettNathanson has dubbed YouTube the “New King of All Media,” a title once reserved for broadcast giants and film studios.
Siri spirals into chaos
Voice assistant flounders while rivals sprint into the future
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s 13-year-old digital dunce Siri is proving more useless than ever, infuriating users while other tech firms surge ahead with bleeding-edge AI chatbots.
AMD 9800X3D chips under fire
Flaming expensive
More than 100 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips have reportedly gone belly-up, most of them when nestled in ASRock motherboards.
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 set to muscle in without Oryon
A premium chip minus the flagship price tag
Qualcomm appears ready to give its Snapdragon 8 series a fresh kick with the upcoming Gen 4 version, designed for consumers who want flagship performance without paying flagship prices.
AMD cosies up to Rapt AI to claw into Nvidia’s turf
Improving inferencing performance and GPU chaos with workload wizardry
Underdog chipmaker AMD is teaming up with Rapt AI in a strategic move to boost performance on its Instinct GPU lineup and tackle the AI infrastructure headaches that have plagued would-be innovators.
Vole gives BSOD a makeover
Paint it black
The Software King of the World, Microsoft, has plans to make the infamous Blue Screen of Death crash message in Windows 11 less blue and a bit more bleak.
