Apple told to yank chat apps
Making its Walled Garden even less attractive
The Chinese government has ordered Jobs' Mob to remove several top chat apps from its App Store in China, marking the latest in a series of censorship demands on the tech giant in its second-largest market.
Google sacks workers involved in anti-Israel protest
So they have been arrested and are now jobless
Search outfit Google has listened to the 28 workers who protested against a deal the technology giant has with the Israeli government and has decided to open a series of rational talks about the matter – no, not really it has fired the lot of them as a warning to other staff who get in the way of it making millions on the back of military contracts.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptops pictured
Could be officially unveiled on April 20
Some Lenovo laptops with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite X SoC have been spotted online, including the Yoga Slim 7 14 and Thinkpad T14s. According to Qualcomm, these could be unveiled at the Lenovo Tech World '24 keynote on April 20th.
Samsung and Qualcomm team up on 3GPP Release 17
Claim to increase downlink speeds by 20 per cent
Samsung Networks and Qualcomm have used advanced modulation, as outlined in 3GPP Release 17, to increase downlink speeds by approximately 20 per cent compared to 256 QAM.
Stop seeing Nvidia as a chip company
Wall Street analyst says it is much bigger than that
Nvidia would be more valuable if its investors stopped seeing it as a chip company, Evercore's Mark Lipacis claims.
More price drops for AMD cards
Radeon RX 7700 XT now more viable
AMD's Radeon RX 7700 XT has seen a price adjustment. Its MSRP has been reduced from €422 to €394 (originally $449 to $419 USD), with some models, like the Sapphire PULSE variant, being offered for around €376 ($399 USD).
Chipzilla's China chip compromise
Tech Titan tweaks AI tech to toe trade line
Intel is making a strategic move by developing two AI chips specifically for the Chinese market.
An owl’s brain powers Chipzilla's new computer
Who needs quantum cats when neuromorphic computing takes flight
Intel has heralded a significant leap in neuromorphic with the unveiling of Hala Point, billed as the world's most substantial computer.
US AI Safety Institute hires a doomer to run things
Must start the day negatively
The US AI Safety Institute, a branch of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has unveiled its top brass. Paul Christiano, an ex-OpenAI boffin who has gone on record as saying that there is a 50 per cent chance AI will wipe out humanity, is taking responsibility for US AI safety.
Google techies cuffed
Trespassing charges in anti-Israel protest
Nine Google gurus were arrested on trespassing charges amidst a protest the tech giant's whopping £1.2 billion deal to provide cloud computing services to the Israeli government.