Apple slapped down again as appeal fizzles
Epic smells blood while developers eye Job’s Mob warily
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has lost its appeal against a brutal contempt ruling, leaving a long-running iOS payments fight tilted firmly against it.
AMD AIB partners introduce custom versions as well
AMD has introduced two new Radeon AI PRO graphics cards, the AI PRO R9700S and the AI PRO R9600D. The new graphics cards were first mentioned in the recent driver update, and now both AMD and its AIB partners have officially added these version to their websites, including some interesting custom models.
Boffins teach rats how to play Doom
Neuroengineers keep pushing rodents through immortal engine
A team of boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs, having taught rats how to play Doom.
Memory shortages push laptops back to eight gigabytes
DRAM drought sends prices north and specs south
Laptop makers are running out of memory and patience as DRAM shortages start to bite hard across the supply chain.
Ukrainians sue US chip giants over sanctioned supply leaks
Civilians accuse silicon sellers of choosing profit while missiles fly
Ukrainian civilians have dragged US chipmakers into a Texas courtroom, accusing them of letting sanctioned silicon slip through the cracks and into Russian and Iranian weapons.
Tech billionaires using surrogacy to build tribes in their own image
Conveyor-belt babies and dynasties dreamed up like software projects
A growing number of tech billionaires are spending their fortunes on industrial-scale surrogacy, churning out dozens of children as if they were rolling out a product line. The aim is not family so much as legacy, built to specification and outsourced across borders.
Chief executives still pile into AI
A lot of crossed fingers
Another report has confirmed that chief executives of some of the world’s biggest companies are piling into artificial intelligence, even as many admit the money is not coming back yet.
Intel loses EU antitrust appeal but dodges a bigger fine
Brussels still wants its pound of silicon
Troubled Chipzilla has lost its latest attempt to shake off an EU antitrust ruling, though Europe’s judges did trim a chunky slice off the fine.
Trump's 25 per cent cut of Nvidia sales is "nuts"
Only helps China
US President Donald Trump's cunning plan to get a 25 per cent cut of Nvidia's AI chip sales to China by allowing the outfit to sell behind the bamboo curtain has been dismissed as nuts.
Samsung finally sorts Exynos heat and rivals notice
Copper, packaging tweaks that work
Samsung’s Exynos chips were once shorthand for thermal throttling, but the Exynos 2600 suggests those days may finally be numbered.