Anthropic wants to raise a fist full of dollars
Published in AI


 Would make it worth $60 billion

AI outfit, Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion dollars in a deal that would value it at $60 billion, making it the latest artificial-intelligence startup to seize upon the AI hype.

New AMD GPUs a no show at CES
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 07 January 2025 00:40

New AMD GPUs a no show at CES


Everyone surprised

Observers at AMD’s CES 2025 keynote were surprised that Team Red had nothing to say about its coming RX 9000 series.

Intel sticking to its GPU plans
Published in News
Tuesday, 07 January 2025 00:18

Intel sticking to its GPU plans


New CEO pledges protection

Despite rumours that Intel was going to abandon its GPU plans, it appears Chipzilla is going to stick with them.

Employers dock the pay of remote workers
Published in News
Tuesday, 07 January 2025 00:03

Employers dock the pay of remote workers


Even if they cost the company less to hire

Companies who are desperate to prop up the roles of largely useless middle managers are docking the pay of remote workers to encourage them back to the office.

Sam Altman claims OpenAI can build Artificial General Intelligence
Published in AI


Will transform science, create the end of the world

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the AI startup has figured out how to build artificial general intelligence (AGI) and is now targeting superintelligent systems that could transform scientific discovery.

Next-Generation HDMI 2.2 announced
Published in News
Monday, 06 January 2025 22:31

Next-Generation HDMI 2.2 announced


Bandwidth and performance leap

Seven years after the introduction of the HDMI 2.1 specification, the HDMI Forum has unveiled its successor with the imaginative and catchy title HDMI 2.2.

Microsoft declares 2025 to be the year of the Windows 11 refresh
Published in News


Probably about the same time as Linux on the desktop

Software King of the World, Microsoft wants 2025 to be "the year of the Windows 11 PC refresh."

Vole seems to have cloned Google
Published in News
Monday, 06 January 2025 22:07

Vole seems to have cloned Google


A sneaky move to retain Bing users

Software King of the World, Microsoft appears to have implemented a new and somewhat controversial tactic aimed at keeping users on Bing rather than losing them to Google.

AMD rumoured to develop Fire Range Successor
Published in PC Hardware


X3D Technology

AMD is allegedly working on a successor to its Dragon Range (Ryzen 7045HX) processor lineup, codenamed Fire Range.

TV streamers are managing to kill off their industry
Published in News


Greed and too much competition

TV streaming companies are seeing their business die off as users give a thumbs down to their money-grubbing antics.