Britain wants to get an AI empire
One where the sun never sets
The British government is setting its sights on becoming a global leader in artificial intelligence by building a homegrown challenger to OpenAI and drastically increasing national computing infrastructure.
Nvidia hits back at Biden's AI chip restrictions
You ain't seen nothing yet
Nvidia is up in arms against the Biden administration's AI chip export limitations, accusing the government of jeopardising its business with new rules.
Microsoft set to score an own goal
Testing massive price rises on Office 365
Software King of the World Microsoft is working out how to screw up its Office 365 suit and the shift to AI in a single move.
Apple in more trouble with the EU
Turns out you can’t fool them
The fruity cargo cult Apple is in hot water again with the EU regulators after its much-hyped plan to liberalise its app store fees has turned out to cost developers more.
Even open saucers giving up on Firefox
All roads will lead to Chromium
Even the Open Sauce movement thinks that Firefox is on its way out and is starting to get into bed with the sorts of names it previously spat when mentioning.
World’s most powerful supercomputer switched on
El Capitan can predict the existence of rice pudding to 400 decimal places
The world’s most powerful supercomputer, El Capitan, was officially turned on at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) CEO Antonio Neri and AMD CEO Lisa Su celebrating their partnership.
Zuckerberg slams Apple innovation myth
Fruity cargo cult has not done anything new for ages
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shocked the Tame Apple press by committing public heresy.
Microsoft sues AI hackers
Hacking-as-a-service
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has launched a lawsuit against a foreign-based hacking group accused of running a "hacking-as-a-service" scheme designed to bypass safety measures in generative AI platforms, including Microsoft’s systems.
iFixit exposes the “Worst in Tech” at CES
There is a lot of rubbish out there
As CES wraps up this week, iFixit’s Director of Sustainability, Elizabeth Chamberlain, issued a stark reminder: "Not all innovation is good."
AI will give ordinary people super human powers
Radioactive spiders to be made redundant
A "wave" of superhuman abilities delivered through context-aware AI agents is set to transform human experience by 2030, predicts Louis Rosenberg, founder of Unanimous AI.