BBC sues Perplexity for content theft as Apple considers buying the AI outfit
Desperate to sort out its AI mess
Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple is reportedly poking around AI startup Perplexity because it’s desperate to bolt someone else’s brains onto its failing AI plans.
Asia-Pacific IoT spending to hit $241 billion in 2025
IDC says connected gadgets and government cash will keep it growing
IDC number crunchers have peered into their crystal balls and seen spending on Internet of Things (IoT) tech across Asia and the Pacific reaching $241 billion in 2025.
TSMC profits under fire from Taiwan dollar and Washington
Chip giant's margins squeezed
Trouble is brewing for TSMC, as the company finds itself caught between a hostile exchange rate and increasingly jittery American regulators.
OpenAI boss says vibe coding has sucked the fun out of dev work
Human engineers stuck doing the boring bits
OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman [pictured] reckons AI-driven software development has turned human coders into overqualified Q&As.
Greenerwave wins big with French military
Breakthrough antenna tech scores major defence contract
Greenerwave has landed a plum deal with the French Armed Forces, thanks to some rather natty satellite communication wizardry.
France tightens grip on Eutelsat with €1.35bn cash dump
No surrender as France doubles down on OneWeb
The French government has decided to lob €717 million into struggling satellite outfit Eutelsat, more than doubling its stake in a bid to prop up OneWeb and stake a bigger claim in the low Earth orbit space race.
Western Digital drops SN7100 4TB Gen 4 SSD pricing
NVMe drive hits $249 as Gen 5 gear pushes prices down
As PCIe Gen 5 SSDs start to flood the market with faster numbers and eye-watering thermals, Gen 4 gear like the WD_BLACK SN7100 is becoming a proper steal. The 4TB model is now going for just $249.99 on Amazon, slipping under the previous low of $269.99.
Fake AMD 9800X3D turns out to be hollow scam
Gamers Nexus uncovers a CPU with no guts
Someone’s been flogging bogus AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips online, and someone sent a dud to Gamers Nexus who cracked it open to find absolutely nothing inside.
AMD leaks its Ryzen 9600X3D and 9000 PRO CPUs
Zen 5 chips outed by Radeon driver
AMD has done the usual trick of leaking its upcoming hardware via a routine software update, this time outing the Ryzen 9600X3D, the 9600, and a fleet of Ryzen 9000 PRO CPUs in the latest Radeon SI driver.
Apple kills off FireWire in macOS Tahoe beta
Legacy gear dumped as Job's Mob ignores its own past
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has axed support for FireWire 400 and 800 in the first macOS Tahoe developer beta, leaving old iPods and legacy drives to rot in drawers.
