
Torvalds fumes over "code turds" in Intel graphics code in Linux 6.15
Hdrtest backlash as DRM update hits kernel
IT’s Mr Sweary Linus Torvalds has blasted Troubled Chipzilla’s “hdrtest” feature.

Microsoft turns 50
Early insiders reflect on the messy genius behind Vole
The Software King of the World has officially hit the big five-oh, and the Seattle Times kicked off its retrospective with a perfect line: “Microsoft built things. It broke things.”

China leads humanoid robot charge.
Bets big on bipedal bots while the US flaps over security fears
Foxconn is getting first dibs on China’s humanoid robots, while the US dithers over national security fears and turf wars.

Samsung crams TikTok and AI into your fridge
Bespoke appliances now come with screens, sensors, and a heap of gimmickry
Samsung's AI-powered fridge now recognises your leftovers and plays TikTok while you grab a Coke — all for the price of a decent used car.

Reddit’s hype hangover begins to bite
AI buzz fades, Google shifts gears, and investors run for the exits
Reddit’s stock is spiralling, dropping another 10 per cent this week as the sugar high from its IPO wears off and harsh reality sets in.

Musk gives DOGE months to replace SSA code
Replace 60 million lines of COBOL--yeah right
Elon [Roman Salute] Musk is trying to modernise America’s Social Security Administration with a crack team of DOGE-linked technologists and a timeframe that makes actual engineers laugh out loud.

Troubled Chipzilla rides new CEO bounce
But new top investor says: take the money and run
The honeymoon's barely started for Troubled Chipzilla’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, and already one of the top stock whisperers on TipRanks is advising investors to get out while they’re ahead.

Nvidia mulls Chipzilla deal for gaming GPU fabs
Intel’s 18A node may become more than just internal salvation
Nvidia is eyeing Troubled Chipzilla’s foundry business to manufacture gaming GPUs—marking a potential inflexion point for Intel’s battered but still-breathing manufacturing arm, according to GuruFocus.

Microsoft moved by DeepSeek’s AI blitz
Getting more from it than ChatGPT
The Software King of the World, Microsoft, has been playing with DeepSeek’s R1, and it appears to be impressed.

Oracle fumbles denial as 6 million user records leak
SSO breach pretty obvious
Oracle is in full-blown damage control mode after hacker “rose87168” claimed to breach its Oracle Cloud login servers.