Italians release a game which took 22 years to make
Published in Gaming


Available now for the Game Boy Advance

An Italian team of developers has released a game after 22 years in development, breaking records for slowness set by Duke Nukem Forever.

Governments agree on top-secret controls on quantum computers
Published in News


You would never know if the cats had not squealed

Shrouded in secrecy, international discussions have culminated in a global agreement to enforce uniform export controls on quantum computers.

AMD getting ready for Medusa
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 04 July 2024 11:24

AMD getting ready for Medusa


Late 2025

AMD has released Zen 5 and is not starting to talk about Zen 6, which is reportedly code-named Medusa.

Boffins find another Spectre shaped hole in Intel CPUs
Published in News


Intel says it is nothing to worry about

A team of boffins from the University of California San Diego has published a paper detailing a novel attack method targeting Intel CPUs.

Ballmer richer than Gates
Published in News
Thursday, 04 July 2024 11:20

Ballmer richer than Gates


Mostly because he does not give it all away

The shy and retiring former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is richer than the Microsoft King of the World Sir William Gates III.

Nintendo rejects generative AI
Published in Gaming
Thursday, 04 July 2024 11:18

Nintendo rejects generative AI


No robotic plumbers

Unlike competitors like Xbox, who embrace artificial intelligence to help write in-game quests and dialogue in future games, Nintendo has no plans to use generative AI tech in its first-party titles.

FTC warns ASRock, Gigabyte, and Zotac about warranties
Published in News


Might break the law

The US Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to several technology companies warning them that their warranty or repair policies might violate federal law.

Apple Intelligence ChatGPT had a worrying feature
Published in AI


It stored data in plain text

Fruity cargo cult Apple's Apple Intelligence flavour of OpenGPT  is so sophisticated, super, and cool that it can store data in plain text without that pesky need for encryption.

Cloudflare stops AI scraping web content
Published in AI
Thursday, 04 July 2024 11:00

Cloudflare stops AI scraping web content


Using AI to do it

Cloudflare introduced a new feature in its content delivery network (CDN) that stops AI developers from scraping web content.

Arrow Lake-S Pinouts and I/O leaked
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 03 July 2024 11:30

Arrow Lake-S Pinouts and I/O leaked


For those aroused by sockets

Fresh details about pinouts and I/O capabilities for Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 200 series CPUs, codenamed Arrow Lake-S, have been leaked on Twitter.