Chipzilla's Ohio gamble might be cost cut
A brief encounter
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that Intel’s foray into Ohio could be short-lived.
Navy chief conspired to get herself illegal WiFi on her warship
Loose lips might have sunk a ship
Senior enlisted leaders on the USS Manchester decided that naval regulations and security protocols were mere suggestions.
Aussie boffins find no link to mobiles and cancer
All fair dinkum
A team of Aussie boffins have emerged from the bar to declare that mobile phones are not linked to brain and head cancers.
AMD’s Instinct MI300X is competitive with Nvidia's H100 on AI
MLCommons benchmarks are in
MLCommons has released benchmarks comparing AMD's Instinct MI300X GPU with Nvidia's Hopper H100, H200, and Blackwell B200 GPUs.
Starlink backs down in Brazil
Not going the way of X
While Elon [look at me] Musk has been encouraging right-wing riots in Brazil, his internet service provider, Starlink, has decided to comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order to block access to his social media platform, X.
Intel reveals Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V-series processor benchmarks
Claims historic power efficiency
Troubled chipmaker Intel has unveiled performance benchmarks for its Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V-series processors at IFA 2024 in Berlin, highlighting 'historic x86 power efficiency' and the world's fastest mobile CPU cores.
Concord taken off line
Bad launch
Sony has announced that the PlayStation hero shooter, Concord, will be taken offline on 6 September 2024, with all players set to receive a full refund.
First zinc-ion battery mega-factory opens in Sweden
Finally something other than lithium-ion being mass produced
Sweden's Enerpoly has inaugurated the world's first zinc-ion battery mega factory near Stockholm. The company aims to achieve a 100 MWh annual capacity by 2026.
Wall Street goes mental
Top tech companies suddenly lose value for no reason
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street got their knickers in a twist yesterday and panic-sold shares in top tech companies for no reason.
OpenAI might use TSMC’s A16 Angstrom process
Custom chip
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn, claiming that OpenAI is chatting with TSMC to build a custom chip using the A16 Anstrom process.