Vole gives BSOD a makeover
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Paint it black

The Software King of the World, Microsoft, has plans to make the infamous Blue Screen of Death crash message in Windows 11 less blue and a bit more bleak.

France slaps Job’s Mob with €150m fine for privacy power play
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Watchdog says App Tracking Transparency wasn’t as innocent as it looked

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s much-hyped App Tracking Transparency feature has earned it a €150 million slap on the wrist from France’s antitrust bloodhounds, who say it used privacy as a smokescreen to stiff the competition.

Micron jacks up the prices
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Chipmaker banks on AI boom 

Memory vendor Micron has confirmed what punters feared—memory is getting dearer, and it’s not stopping anytime soon.

China masks up in Taiwan chip heist scandal.
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Beijing’s talent-thieving ops exposed by Taiwanese spooks

China has been playing dress-up in Taiwan’s tech scene, creating fake firms to lure semiconductor experts into helping bolster Beijing’s chip ambitions—without anyone knowing they were working for the mainland.

Chipzilla’s new boss admits it’s all a bit of a mess
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Tan promises custom chips, cuts, and contrition at Intel Vision debut

Troubled Chipzilla’s newly appointed CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, took the stage in Las Vegas and confessed to a crowd of unimpressed attendees that the chipmaker had lost its way.