US TikTok is likely to close rather than be sold
US kids will need therapy
The owner of TikTok, ByteDance, would prefer to shut down its loss-making application rather than sell it if the Chinese company uses all legal avenues to contest legislation that would ban the platform from app stores in the US.
Harddrive makers jack up the price of products
Hard cheese is all because of AI, and last year, it was Covid
Harddrive makers are increasing the prices of their products, blaming AI for a supply shortage caused by that other dog-ate-my-homework excuse, COVID-19.
Motherboard makers back new AMD chips
ASRock and Biostar last to sign up
All the principal motherboard manuacturers have now introduced support for AMD's forthcoming desktop CPUs with their latest BIOS updates, and another vendor has specifically indicated that these chips will be the Ryzen 9000 series.
Intel’s stocks slide after unimpressive results
Gelsinger’s plan is not making money fast enough
Intel’s stock dropped approximately nine per cent within an hour after its first-quarter results and guidance was released on 25 April, following the close of regular trading on Thursday.
Microsoft reports record results
All thanks to its AI moves
Software King of the World, Microsoft reported a 17 per cent increase in revenue to $61.9 billion (€55.63 billion), with $21.9 billion (€23.43 billion) in profits, up 20 per cent, and earnings of $2.94 (€3.15).
TSMC aims to give Chipzilla a kick in the backside
A16 production will start in 2026
TSMC has announced its cutting-edge A16 technology, slated to commence production in the latter half of 2026.
Oldest PC game is 40 years old
Still in active development
Biplane shoot-'em up, Sopwith, is celebrating 40 years since its first release in 1984.
Lenovo first off the bat with slimmer, greener memory
New P1 Gen 7 Thinkpad has LPCAMM2
Lenovo's latest ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 laptop is poised to be the pioneer in adopting the new LPCAMM2 memory form factor, dethroning the traditional SODIMM sticks.
Apple creating an AI server chips
It looks like its AI will be on the cloud after all
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that the fruity cargo cult Apple is building its own AI server processor in a desperate bid to catch up in AI.
Samsung pledges to make super batteries
Will last 20 years, reached 80 per cent charge in nine minutes
Samsung has pledged to deliver electric vehicle (EV) batteries capable of reaching 80 per cent charge in just nine minutes, with a lifespan of 20 years.