HP swings the axe as AI costs bite
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Thursday, 27 November 2025 09:44

HP swings the axe as AI costs bite


Chops thousands of jobs while warning of pricier memory and weaker profits

HP, maker of expensive printer ink, is lopping thousands of heads as it scrambles to tame costs and bolt more AI into its product pipeline.

Dell rides an AI sugar rush
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Thursday, 27 November 2025 09:25

Dell rides an AI sugar rush


Leans on pricey AI servers to keep the wheels spinning

The Grey Box Shifter, Dell is surfing an AI boom that props up its headline numbers even as the rest of its empire looks like it needs a sit-down.

Microsoft throws $9.7 billion at crypto miners for AI muscle
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IREN deal gives Redmond a mountain of Nvidia GPUs

Software King of the World, Microsoft has decided that the best way to stay on top of the AI arms race is to buy its way there.

PC market claws back thanks to Windows 10’s demise
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Os deadline and tariff tinkering push PC shipments up 8.1 per cent

Global PC shipments are finally showing signs of life, rising 8.1 per cent year on year in the third quarter of 2025, according to Counterpoint Research.

PC sales surge in Q3 as Windows deadlines bite
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Thursday, 09 October 2025 09:44

PC sales surge in Q3 as Windows deadlines bite


Enterprises rush refreshes while consumers tag along

Beancounters at IDC have added up some numbers and divided by their collective shoe size and reckons the PC market just clocked its best quarter in years.

Crucial pushes LPCAMM2 laptop memory to 8533 MT/s
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Compact modules promise speed, efficiency, and up to 64 GB capacity

Micron’s Crucial brand has launched its latest LPCAMM2 memory for laptops, claiming speeds up to 8,533 mega transfers per second and support for capacities as high as 64 GB.

Dell slaps Intel's Gaudi 3 into Poweredge servers
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Thursday, 18 September 2025 10:19

Dell slaps Intel's Gaudi 3 into Poweredge servers


Mainstream firms finally offer Intel’s sluggish AI chips

The Grey Box Shifter, Dell has decided to give Troubled Chipzilla a leg up in AI by slotting the much-delayed Gaudi 3 accelerators into its PowerEdge XE7740 servers.

Lenovo rides AI PC hype to record sales
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Friday, 15 August 2025 10:27

Lenovo rides AI PC hype to record sales


Claims top spot in smart boxes while rivals scramble

Lenovo has kicked off its fiscal year by flogging more PCs than ever and is crowing about its AI leadership.

Uncle Sam sneaks tracking devices into AI server shipments
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Dell, Super Micro gear laced with spy kit as US hunts chip smugglers

The US has been tucking location trackers into shipments of advanced AI chips and servers, hoping to catch them being smuggled into China.

Linux smashes through five per cent desktop share in the US
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2025 really is the year of Linux on the desktop

For the first time ever, Linux has clawed its way past the five per cent desktop market share barrier in the United States so maybe 2025 is finally the much predicted year of Linux on the desktop.