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.
Broadcom axes VMware vSphere Foundation across EMEA
Smaller customers face brutal price hikes
Broadcom has killed off VMware vSphere Foundation in parts of EMEA, dealing another sharp blow to smaller customers already squeezed by rising costs.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.2
Altman hopes a souped-up model will stop Google and Anthropic stealing its lunch
OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.2 and declared it its sharpest tool yet for professional knowledge work as the outfit scrambles to keep punters from wandering off to flashier rivals.
Palantir releases the legal hounds on ex-staff startup
AI turf war slides into court with accusations of poaching and data theft
Palantir has widened its legal assault on a rival AI outfit, accusing former staff of looting its talent, customers and confidential material.