Musk’s xAI accused of spewing filth over Memphis
Colossus supercomputer sparks pollution row
Elon Musk’s AI outfit, xAI, has managed to become one of Memphis’ biggest air polluters kicking off a storm among residents already battling industrial filth.
Infinity Nikki’s 1.5 update triggers player revolt
Infold Games slammed for bugs, greed, and gutting the story
Infinity Nikki’s big Steam debut was supposed to be a victory lap. Instead, Infold Games faceplanted into a wall of player rage.
Microsoft and OpenAI bicker over AI
Reworking their multibillion-dollar bromance
OpenAI and the software King of the World Microsoft are reworking their multibillion-dollar bromance so the ChatGPT maker can flog shares in a future IPO without losing its golden pipeline to AI wizardry.
Intel ditches Deep Link
Chipzilla gives up tying CPU and GPU together
Troubled Chipzilla has officially canned its Deep Link suite, quietly shelving one of its more ambitious attempts to get CPUs and GPUs working together.
Tiny jams AMD GPUs over USB3
External GPUs finally come to Apple
Tiny has managed to get AMD eGPUs working on Windows, Linux, and macOS using nothing more than USB3 and a dose of black magic.
Gigabyte RTX 50 GPUs ooze thermal gel
Buyers feeling sticky
Gigabyte’s RTX 50-series graphics cards are leaking more than heat, as users report thermal gel dribbling out of heatsinks.
Apple finally admits Siri spies on you
Coughs up $95 million
Apple fanboys using Siri-enabled gear in the US between 17 September 2014 and 31 December 2024 can grab a slice of a $95 million (€88 million) payout, after the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple was caught red-handed snooping on private chats.
Huawei’s Kirin X90 teased with 10-core, 20-thread CPU
HarmonyOS laptops get serious
Huawei is gearing up to drop its first proper in-house silicon for desktop-class machines with the Kirin X90, and if the tipsters are right, it’s a winner.
AMD breaks records, but tariffs and gaming slump spoil the party
Strong CPU and datacentre wins
AMD has just posted the strongest first quarter in its history, pulling in $7.438 billion in revenue for Q1 2025. That’s a 36 per cent surge year-on-year, driven by robust sales of high-margin Ryzen client CPUs, booming datacentre demand for its EPYC server chips, and growing adoption of its Instinct MI300-series AI accelerators.
Chipzilla returning to greatness with 18A node
Nvidia, Google, and Microsoft sniff around Intel’s foundry comeback
Troubled Chipzilla might finally be catching a break. After years of being flattened by TSMC’s relentless march and its own comically late roadmap slips, Intel’s foundry arm may have stumbled onto its redemption arc with the 18A process.