Western chips still powering Russian missiles
Published in News


Loopholes 

Three years into Russia's “definitely-not-an-invasion” invasion of Ukraine, it turns out the West’s sanctions regime is as watertight as a colander.

Apple's AI shake-up shuffle
Published in AI
Friday, 21 March 2025 11:28

Apple's AI shake-up shuffle


Vision Pro chief takes over Siri amid delays and internal strife

Apple is scrambling to salvage its floundering AI initiatives, as CEO Tim Cook has reportedly sidelined John Giannandrea, the company's AI chief, due to the faltering development of its products.

Nvidia flogs RTX 5090s from a food truck
Published in Graphics
Friday, 21 March 2025 11:26

Nvidia flogs RTX 5090s from a food truck


While AI gold rush leaves gamers in the dust

Nvidia has decided the best way to sell its unicorn-tier RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards is not through retailers or online orders, but from the back of a food truck.

USB-C may be on the chopping block
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 21 March 2025 11:24

USB-C may be on the chopping block


EU loophole opens floodgates for portless phones

The European Commission has ruled that its instance on the USB-C standard only applies to phones if they charge via a wire.

HP dodges blame for sabotaging its printers
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Pays lawyers instead of customers

A US District Court judge has approved a settlement between the makers of expensive printer ink, HP, and a group of furious customers who were understandably miffed that their printers were rendered inoperable by an unwanted firmware update.

Physicists create LED pixels smaller than a virus
Published in Graphics


For very small screens

A team of Chinese boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs having created a pixel which is smaller than a virus.

Clearview AI tried to buy 690 million arrest records
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What could possibly go wrong?

Surveillance-snoop-for-hire Clearview AI attempted to snap up nearly 700 million arrest records and 390 million mugshots—complete with Social Security numbers, email addresses, home addresses, birthdates, and phone numbers.

UK bosses are too terrified to check their carbon sins
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Fear being cancelled instead of greened.

Nearly half of UK business leaders are reportedly too afraid to examine their own emissions data—presumably for fear it might confirm that their companies have been contributing to global warming at a rate similar to that of a Tesco rotisserie chicken.

Gelsinger claims Nvidia’s AI GPUs are overpriced
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Jensen just got lucky on AI

It appears that former troubled Chipzilla CEO Pat Gelsinger is still upset about Nvidia’s AI dominance, taking a swipe at Jensen Huang’s pricing strategy and implying that Nvidia’s meteoric rise in AI was more a matter of luck than strategy.

Belgian prosecutors charge five in European Parliament bribery scandal
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Linked to Huawei

Inspector Nasher of the Brussels Yard has fingered the collar of five individuals in connection with a bribery investigation that reportedly has ties to China’s tech giant, Huawei.