Nvidia’s Huang backpedals on quantum computing doom
Hosts awkward apology tour
Nvidia’s leather-jacketed hype merchant, Jensen Huang, has flip-flopped on the future of Quantum computing after the cocaine-fueled nose-jobs of Wall Street threw their collective toys out of the pram.
Microsoft has announced DirectX Raytracing 1.2
New Opacity Micromaps (OMM) and Shader Execution Reordering (SER)
Microsoft has unveiled DirectX Raytracing 1.2 (DXR 1.2) at GDC 2025, introducing two major innovations designed to address key ray tracing performance bottlenecks: Opacity Micromaps (OMM) and Shader Execution Reordering (SER). These features aim to enhance ray tracing efficiency while maintaining high visual quality, signaling a shift toward more intelligent resource management in graphics processing.
FTC censors anti-big tech posts from archives
Wants to become the Ministry of Truth
The Federal Trade Commission has seemingly taken a page out of the Ministry of Truth’s playbook, quietly deleting over 300 blog posts from its archives which are critical of big tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft.
Copilot deleted by Windows update
Even happens to Vole
Software King of the World Microsoft has admitted that its AI-powered Copilot isn’t immune to the chaos of Windows updates.
Europe’s tech industry wants radical action
Europe first rather than propping up US big tech
Europe’s tech boffins have penned a desperate plea to the EU, demanding “radical action” to cut the bloc’s reliance on foreign-owned digital infrastructure before the whole thing collapses into a tech vassal state of the Yanks or the Chinese.
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip “fraud”
Boffins don’t back the hype
Microsoft has been boasting that its quantum chip is powered by an "entirely new state of matter," but not everyone is buying the hype.
Patch Tuesday update crucial
Start patching
Software King of the World Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is a necessary one, according to Fortra Associate Director Tyler Reguly.
Microsoft trying to wean itself off OpenAI
Has its own plans
The software King of the World, Microsoft, appears to be making a not-so-subtle move to stab its AI partner in the back.
Console gaming set to explode to $79 billion by 2030
Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo battle it out as gamers flock to cloud
The global console gaming market is gearing up for record-breaking growth, surging from $52 billion this year to $79 billion by 2030, according to analysts at GlobalData.
Microsoft to kill off Skype
May day, may day
Software King of the World Microsoft is planning to shut down Skype in May 2025, encouraging users to transition to Microsoft Teams for their communication needs.
