Ryzen 7 9800X3D bricking fixed
BIOS update sorts it
AMD claims to have fixed a bricking problem with its Ryzen 7 9800X3D with a BIOS update.
Chipzilla lurches into 18A risk production
Panther Lake to be first guinea pig
Troubled Chipzilla has just pushed its long-delayed 18A node into "risk production"—the transitional stage before actual mass manufacturing—signalling that real chips might finally roll off the line by year’s end.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 lands on 5 June
$450 for more pixels, power and features
Nintendo finally spilled the beans about the long-awaited Switch 2, telling the gathered throngs during Direct that it will hit the shelves on 5 June, priced at $450.
Europol detonates KidFlix cesspit in dark web purge
Global sweep bags 79 twisted punters
Inspector Knacker of the Europol yard took a blowtorch to one of the foulest corners of the dark web—KidFlix, a global kiddie fiddling network where scumbags scored child abuse clips by flinging crypto or uploading filth of their own.
Bill Gates drops OG Microsoft code to mark 50 years
Software King of the World goes full retro, slings Altair BASIC source for the nostalgia crowd
The Software King of the World, Sir William Gates III, is marking Microsoft’s 50th birthday by releasing the digital equivalent of a baby photo onto the internet—a 150-page slab of Intel 8080 assembly code from Altair BASIC. This code launched the empire.
Google wants to zap power through your phone’s face
Worked out a new way to charge your phone
A newly published US patent from Google details a novel yet clever plan to embed a wireless charging coil beneath the smartphone’s display, enabling devices to function as both receivers and power donors.
Musk’s ex-hacker now burrowed into US Justice Department
Ex-cheat site operator snuck into DOJ with pirating past
One of Elon [Roman Salute] Musk’s top tech bros is now helping run the US Department of Justice, despite a teenage résumé that reads like a cybercrime rap sheet.
Trump slaps Job’s Mob with brutal tariffs
Looks the bromance is off
Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump has slammed a monster 46 per cent tariff on regions key to the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s global production chain, driving up the price of iPhones, Macs, and just about everything else shiny and expensive.
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.
