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US tops spyware investors list
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US bankrolls tech accused of enabling rights abuses

The United States has overtaken everyone else as the biggest backer of the commercial spyware racket, according to a fresh report from the Atlantic Council.

Microsoft ducks EU fine with Teams carve-out
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Brussels swallows concessions after years of grumbling

Microsoft has dodged a hefty EU fine by coughing up concessions on how it bundles its software, ending a four-year antitrust row.

Oracle trying to be the new Nvidia
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Ellison bets the farm on AI 

Oracle  stunned the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street with a forecast that makes it look more like Nvidia than the dull database flogger it has been for decades.

Intel admits it has some desktop holes to fill
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Arrow Lake refresh only a stopgap

Troubled Chipzilla has confirmed that a refresh of its Arrow Lake processors will limp out in 2026, with proper Nova Lake chips finally crawling out with the enthusiasm of a slug after a Hamburg rainfall later that year.

MSI cooks up RTX50 ‘Extreme OC’ cards
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Afterburner dev handed early samples with unlocked voltage toys

MSI looks set to revive its Lightning branding with new RTX 50 GPUs kitted out for lunatic overclockers, and the developer behind Afterburner already has his hands on the first samples.