New 2D material could trash Chipzilla’s best with faster, leaner chips 

Chinese boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a transistor that could outgun current US chip tech while guzzling less power. 

First speculative performance leaks

Qualcomm’s second-generation Snapdragon X processors — the ones set to power its next wave of client PCs — are now deep in development, and the first speculative performance leaks have started to surface.

RDNA 4 continues steamrolling as NVIDIA struggles with stock, pricing

AMD's RDNA 4 cards are on an absolute tear, with the Radeon RX 9070 XT outselling NVIDIA’s RTX 5080 by a staggering ten to one margin at MindFactory — one of the EU’s biggest component retailers.

Might revive AVX-512 

Chipzilla’s engineers have confirmed the existence of a P-core-only variant of its Bartlett Lake-S platform in a fresh Linux kernel patch, giving the rumour mill a much-needed shot of validation.

Locks down user data

Android phones are about to get a stealthy security upgrade to Google Play Services (version 25.14) which introduces an “auto-restart” feature that locks devices after three days of inactivity, effectively shielding sensitive data.

2018 Intel holdout and ageing smartphone is now vintage 

The fruity cargo cult Apple has pushed two more products onto its growing list of near-dead gear with the iPhone 6s and the 2018 Mac mini, both now stamped as “vintage.”

Tech-savvy pensioners have sharper minds

Scaremongering over digital dementia has taken a hit after new research found that older adults who regularly use smartphones, tablets and computers show lower rates of cognitive decline.

Chipmaker stumbles as trade war with China tightens its grip

Chipmaker Nvidia has been slapped with a $5.5 billion (€5.2 billion) financial gut punch after the US government demanded export licences for its H20 AI chip sales to China and Hong Kong.

AMD’s new CPU architecture could flip DIMM slot rules on their head 

The Chinese dark satanic rumour mills have manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that AMD’s upcoming Zen 6-based Ryzen CPUs—codenamed “Medusa”—will throw a spanner in the works for memory layouts, thanks to changes inside the Integrated Memory Controller (IMC).

Fastest deal in NATO history lands Maven on European frontlines 

NATO has rushed through a deal with Palantir to strap its Maven Smart System to the Alliance’s battlefield operations, sealing the contract in just six months.