Taiwanese foundry reckons 2025 growth nothing to write home about

Wafer baker UMC has warned that its third quarter might not deliver the usual seasonal sparkle, despite a slight bump in shipments.

Amazon boss blames chips and power for lagging GenAI performance

Amazon supremo Andy Jassy does not appear to be sweating over whether his outfit can keep pace with Microsoft and other AI-obsessed cloud vendors.

Redmond rides GenAI gold rush

Software King of the world, Microsoft's share price briefly cracked the $4 trillion mark on Thursday, making it only the second outfit in history to do so, before it promptly slid back to $3.96 trillion.

Confused leadership teams split on tech vs people 

Mid-sized companies chasing productivity gains with AI and automation are hitting a wall, because they don't know what to do next.

Intel threatens shutdown if no buyers emerge for new manufacturing tech

Troubled Chipzilla has once again waved the warning flag over its $28 billion chipmaking venture in Ohio, saying it may stop all work unless it can land external customers for its 14A process node.

Discrete NPUs to your desktop

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth rumour claiming that AMD is toying with the idea of a discrete NPU card for consumer PCs.

Snapdragon pulls 61 per cent of revenue as chipmaker bets on glasses, cars and clouds

Qualcomm has managed to beat the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street’s estimates for Q2 2025, pulling in a tidy $10.37 billion in revenue, even as the clock ticks down on its once-lucrative relationship with the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple.

Only a $40bn Perplexity buyout will save Jobs' Mob

Analysts from Wedbush have delivered a damning verdict on the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s artificial intelligence ambitions, claiming the company is incapable of building AI internally and should just cough up $40 billion to buy someone else’s brainpower.

1,200+ fake betting sites push bogus $2,500 promos via social media

Fraudsters are carpeting Discord and social media platforms with ads for slick gambling sites that vanish the moment you try to cash out, especially if you’re daft enough to hand over your crypto.

CEO accused of scrubbing domestic violence arrest from search

A Silicon Valley suit has been accused of gaming Google's search system to wipe out unflattering articles about his past, using a little-known tool with a glaring flaw.