Italian studio faces closure after Steam ban
Published in Gaming


Who would have thunk that riding naked humans would cause such a stink?

Valve has confirmed that it reviewed and pre-emptively banned the surreal horror Horses game after parts of the store page set off alarm bells, prompting the company to demand a full build review.

India sharpens its antitrust stick and Apple squirms
Published in News


The Fruity Cargo Cult whinges that it might be fined billions

India’s new antitrust law has given its competition watchdog the freedom to calculate penalties using global turnover, and Job’s Mob is already clutching its pearls about the consequences.

Android may get faster hotspots with a dual-band trick
Published in Mobiles


Google tests a more intelligent hotspot mode

Android has long made setting up a mobile hotspot easy, although the default settings leave you crawling along when the hardware can do far better.

Europe’s space chiefs eye the military realm
Published in Network


Shower ESA with fresh billions

Europe’s space ministers have lobbed a hefty wedge of money at the European Space Agency and, for the first time, told it to build hardware meant for soldiers as well as civilians.

OpenAI’s future rides on mountain of risky loans
Published in AI


Partners stack colossal borrowings around the start-up

OpenAI’s rise looks flashier than a Vegas strip as its data centre pals rack up eye-watering loans so the chatbot darling can scale without sweating the repayments.

Intel Granite Rapids-WS Xeon 696X spotted in SiSoftware Sandra
Published in PC Hardware


64-core SKU with 336ML of L3 cache and 350W TDP

Intel is preparing its new W890 platform for next-gen Xeon 6 workstation system and a 64-core Xeon 696X SKU has been spotted in SiSoftware Sandra database, running at 4.4GHz base clock and 4.51GHz Boost.

AMD bangs open source drum to prise devs away from Cuda
Published in News


Pitches ROCm as the antidote to Nvidia’s walled garden

AMD reckons it can win over AI developers by offering an open software ecosystem rather than locking everything behind a proprietary moat.

Intel circles the wagons after TSMC lawsuit over exec hire
Published in News


Insists it has done nothing wrong as talent wars flare up

Troubled Chipzilla is digging in after TSMC accused one of its newly hired vice presidents of breaching a nondisclosure agreement.

HP swings the axe as AI costs bite
Published in News


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
Published in News


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.