Kottapalli flees Intel for Qualcomm
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Wednesday, 15 January 2025 22:26

Kottapalli flees Intel for Qualcomm


After 28 years working for Chipzilla

Sailesh Kottapalli, a 28-year Intel veteran and lead engineer on numerous Xeon server processors, has exited the company to join Qualcomm.

Arm plans massive price hike
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Wednesday, 15 January 2025 22:20

Arm plans massive price hike


Up to 300 per cent

British chip technology supplier Arm wants to jack up tits royalty rates by up to 300 per cent and develop its own chips in a move that could place it in direct competition with its largest customers.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X sees 59 per cent price cut
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 22:13

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X sees 59 per cent price cut


$269 on Amazon

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X processor, boasting 16 cores and 32 threads, is now available at a massive 59 per cent discount on Amazon, priced at just $269, according to Gizmodo.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 series appears in retail
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 22:04

AMD Radeon RX 9070 series appears in retail


Ahead of rumored January launch

Danish retailer Foniks and an Israeli shop have begun listing AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT graphics cards as available for immediate shipping.

Failed Intel buyout was the best thing that happened to Tower
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Thank the gods for the regulators

Three years after US chip giant Intel's $5.4 billion bid to acquire Tower Semiconductor fell through due to regulatory delays, the Israeli company has reached new heights.

OpenAI thinks in different languages
Published in AI
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 21:35

OpenAI thinks in different languages


Can't you think English or what?

OpenAI's latest "reasoning" AI model, dubbed o1, has been caught "thinking" in Chinese, Persian, and even other languages—even when asked a question in English.

Vole rebrands its Copilot for businesses
Published in AI
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 21:28

Vole rebrands its Copilot for businesses


Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Software King of the World, Microsoft is relaunching its free Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, complete with the ability to use AI agents.

Meta is only firing fact checkers in US
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Tuesday, 14 January 2025 23:51

Meta is only firing fact checkers in US


Fake news only available in countries run by oligarchs 

 Meta has told the Brazilian government that it doesn't yet have to worry about the end of fact checkers in its country because it is only removing them in the United States.

Intel to spin off venture arm
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Tuesday, 14 January 2025 23:16

Intel to spin off venture arm


Intel Capital goes it alone

Intel has announced plans to spin off its venture capital arm, Intel Capital, into a standalone fund with the chipmaker serving as an “anchor investor.”

D-Link launches Wi-Fi 6 access points for businesses
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Jump from 256-QAM to 1024-QAM

D-Link has unveiled two Wi-Fi 6 enterprise-grade access points, the DAP-X3060 and DAP-X3060OU which it claims it can deliver up to a 25 per cent speed boost over previous Wi-Fi standards.