Cursor AI refused to help developer
Published in AI


Learn to code you lazy git

A hapless developer using the Cursor AI-powered coding tool ran into an unexpected roadblock when, after about 800 lines of code, the AI threw up its hands and refused to continue, instead doling out some unsolicited career advice.

AMD requires UEFI for RX 9070 series
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Not supporting BIOS and CSM standards

AMD has confirmed that its upcoming RX 9070 series (RDNA 4) GPUs will require a UEFI system for optimal compatibility, unceremoniously dumping support for the ageing BIOS and CSM standards.

OpenAI commands Trump to strong-arm copyright rules in its favour
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Otherwise, China will win.

OpenAI is banking on Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s AI Action Plan to strong-arm copyright rules in its favour, declaring AI training as fair use and giving AI firms carte blanche to hoover up training data.

Wall Street’s mixed reaction to Lip-Bu Tan’s appointment
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Intel shares up 12 per cent

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street had mixed reactions to Tan’s coronation as Chipzilla’s new King.

Beijing boffins create chips from Bismuth
Published in PC Hardware


More digestible than silicon

Troubled Chipzilla and its mates at TSMC might want to start sweating because a bunch of Beijing boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a non-silicon based transistor that’s faster and more efficient than anything out there.

Nvidia’s Blackwell spin spotted
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Sales not as good as claimed

Nvidia is trying to convince everyone that its shiny new RTX Blackwell cards have outsold the previous generation 2:1 in the first five weeks.

Apple's elite fanboys admit it is in trouble
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Appocalypse now

Job’s Mob is in deep trouble and even its biggest fanboys are starting to smell the rot. 

Smartwatch bubble bursts
Published in IoT


Calling time on another Apple product

It seems the smartwatch bubble has burst, with global sales taking a tumble for the first time—largely thanks to the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple dropping the ball.

Mark Klein has died
Published in News
13 March 2025

Mark Klein has died


The unlikely hero who stood up to the government

Mark Klein, the AT&T technician who blew the whistle on one of the most extensive illegal surveillance operations in American history, has died. He was 79.

Google claims its new AI needs less hardware
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Same performance as DeepSeek AI’s R1 with a single Nvidia H100 GPU i

Search outfit Google is claiming that its latest open-source model, Gemma 3, can match nearly the same performance as DeepSeek AI’s R1—while using just a single Nvidia H100 GPU instead of 32.