Offloads hardware to Northamber

Nuvias UC has flogged its hardware arm to Northamber for £7.1 million (€8.3 million), handing the AV and UC distributor a tidy bundle of gear and specialist staff that fits neatly into its intelligent workplace ambitions.

Trump throws cash at a bold semiconductor punt

The Trump administration has decided to sling up to $150 million at xLight, a US startup chasing fancier semiconductor manufacturing tricks, in another splashy effort to prop up strategically important industries with government sweeteners.

Reshuffle shows Job's Mob still cannot get its AI house in order.

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has poached a Microsoft bod while its long-suffering AI chief drifts towards retirement, lifting the curtain on years of corporate flailing.

A new bendy toy lands while Jobs' Mob faffs about

Samsung has lobbed a proper curveball at the smartphone world with a gizmo that folds twice, while the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple still struggles to make even one bend without pulling something.

Job’s Mob looks at Chipzilla’s fabs for low-end Macs and iPads

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might let Troubled Chipzilla cook up some of its future M-series chips, which would be a curious twist in their long and occasionally frosty relationship.

Memory bosses squeeze Mobile Experience as Galaxy S26 costs loom

Samsung’s booming DRAM prices have sparked a row within its own divisions, as the semiconductor arm decides it prefers cash to family loyalty.

Entry-level chiplet parts try to look exciting for 2027

Troubled Chipzilla’s bargain bin Wildcat Lake chips have not even landed yet, and already the usual leakers say a refresh is brewing.

Fanboys insist we are getting the numbers wrong 

For years, Linux fanboys have been insisting that this year will be the time of Linux on the desktop. Now, ZDnet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols thinks the take-up of Linux is much higher than numbers suggest.

Ads creep into the bot that was meant to stay clean

OpenAI looks poised to repeat the same clangers that turned Amazon and YouTube into rolling billboards by shoving ads into ChatGPT.

Credit traders see a messy year looming

Oracle’s debt started flashing warning lights in November as its risk gauge climbed to a three-year high, Bloomberg reported, prompting traders to mutter that something unpleasant is brewing.