Velvet Sundown admits it does not exist
Published in AI
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 11:36

Velvet Sundown admits it does not exist

 
State of music is so bad existence does not matter any more

Velvet Sundown, the indie rock outfit that racked up more than a million Spotify listeners, has finally come clean and admitted that it does not exist.

AMD slips RDNA 3.5 IGPU firmware into Linux
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Wednesday, 09 July 2025 11:15

AMD slips RDNA 3.5 IGPU firmware into Linux


New GFX 11.5.3 files hint at 'Gorgon Point' APU looming

AMD has dropped a fresh pile of RDNA 3.5 integrated GPU firmware into the Linux firmware repository, paving the way for its next round of silicon without the usual fanfare.

AMD’s RX9060 pokes its head out
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 10:43

AMD’s RX9060 pokes its head out


Vanilla RDNA 4 GPU spotted in AIDA64 ahead of official reveal

Looks like AMD’s budget-friendly RDNA 4 card is warming up in the wings. A new version of AIDA64 has tipped its hand by listing support for the Radeon RX 9060 a notch below the already-rumoured RX 9060 XT.

Apple scrubs the transparency from its showy new UI
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Liquid glass now looks more like cheap frosted plastic

Fruity cargo cult Apple has spent the latest iOS 26 beta dialling down its vista-clone Liquid Glass, the see-through design it hyped at WWDC.

Call of Duty hacked again
Published in Gaming
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 09:38

Call of Duty hacked again


Activision pulls WWII from Microsoft Store after players get pwned

Gaming behemoth Activision has yanked Call of Duty: WWII from the Microsoft Store after hackers exploited a remote code execution bug that let them take over players’ PCs.

Coreweave gobbles rival in $9bn share swap
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 09:28

Coreweave gobbles rival in $9bn share swap


Data centre land grab or cash-saving sleight of hand?

CoreWeave has wasted no time splashing the cashless after its IPO. Just three months since floating, the US data centre outfit is shelling out $9 billion worth of shares to acquire Core Scientific in what’s being sold as a bold expansion move.

Sabih Khan replaces Williams as Apple’s operations boss
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Needs to sort out supply chain mess

The fruity cargo cult, Apple has just named Sabih Khan as its new Chief Operations officer and given him the poisoned chalace of sorting out Job's Mob's supply chain mess.

Wall Street stays cautious on AMD AI momentum
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Analyst flags inventory worries despite new GPU launches

One Wall Street voice isn’t sold on AMD’s AI GPU push just yet. Trust Securities analyst William Stein has maintained his ‘Hold’ rating on AMD shares, citing a sizeable stockpile of unsold chips.

Intel Diamond Rapids leak show monster Xeon specs
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Up to 192 cores and 1.6 tb/s memory bandwidth in Intel’s next data centre gamble

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Intel is cooking up a monster for the data centre with its next-generation Xeon chip, codenamed Diamond Rapids.

Geopolitics strangling AI server growth
Published in AI
Tuesday, 08 July 2025 10:06

Geopolitics strangling AI server growth


Tariff fears and supply chain turmoil hit forecasts despite big tech spending spree

AI servers may be the backbone of today’s tech boom, but global shipment growth forecasts are slipping thanks to geopolitical headaches and tariff threats.