Tiiny AI shrinks a "supercomputer"
Pocket-sized box promises to run 120 billion parameter models
Tiiny AI reckons it has cracked the code for shoving an AI supercomputer into a device so small it could vanish into your jacket lining.
Secretary of state picks a fight with a serif
Microsoft's default Calibri is too "woke"
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tightened his grip on the culture war by ordering diplomats to ditch Calibri typefaces for Times New Roman, apparently unaware that the venerable serif has spent decades carrying some of the most “woke” books ever printed.
Australia’s teen social media ban sparks chaos on day one
Prime minister shrugs off the mess as kids flaunt their workarounds
Australia’s under-16 social media ban had barely landed before the country’s feeds filled with teenagers loudly proving they could dodge it, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to defend the scheme as fair dinkum.
Intel boss tangled in deals that fatten his own portfolio
Lip-Bu Tan’s investment web puts Troubled Chipzilla in an awkward spotlight
Troubled Chipzilla’s chief Lip-Bu Tan is under fire as revelations pile up about deals that seem to bulk up his personal fortune. At the same time, he presides over a company that Washington wants to drag back to industrial prominence.
Nvidia cooks up chip-tracking tech
GPU giant moves to stop its kit wandering into banned markets
Nvidia has cooked up location-verification software that can reveal which country its chips are running in as it scrambles to stop its AI hardware from being smuggled into places where Washington has slapped export bans.
Adobe shoves its wares into ChatGPT
Software giant scrambles to stay visible in the chatbot stampede
Adobe is stuffing three of its big-name apps into ChatGPT as it hustles to keep pace with a swelling mob of firms hitching themselves to the chatbot.
Oracle’s spending spree rattles investors
Rising bill for AI data centres spooks market
Oracle opened its books with a thud as the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street fretted about the size of its cheques for AI-driven data centre expansion.
Noctua brings 3D printing filaments with Prusa Research
In signature Noctua colors
Noctua and Prusa Research have teamed up to bring two new 3D printing filaments that will, of course, come in Noctua's signature colors, the Prusament PLA Noctua Beige and the Prusament PLA Noctua Brown.
Qualcomm snatches Ventana Micro Systems
Brings more RISC-V manpower
Qualcomm Technologies has announced the acquisition of Ventana Micro Systems, a company specializing in compute chiplets based on the RISC-V open architecture.
AMD releases Software Adrenalin 25.12.1 WHQL driver
Brings support for AMD FSR4 Redstone
AMD has released its newest Software Adrenalin Edition 25.12.1 WHQL driver, adding support for AMD FSR4 Redstone as well as support for new Radeon AI PRO GPUs and several bug fixes.