Microsoft vows to keep building Xboxes
Published in Gaming
Tuesday, 13 February 2024 11:48

Microsoft vows to keep building Xboxes


Ignore the rumours, Vole wants to reach another level

Microsoft has promised its staff that it has no plans to stop making consoles, amid growing speculation about the future of Xbox, its exclusives, and its status as a hardware maker.

Microsoft plans to boost games graphics with AI
Published in Gaming


Vole coming up with DLSS-like AI upscaling feature

Microsoft, the software king of the world, is gearing up to launch its DLSS-like AI upscaling feature for PC games.

US splurges €39 million on 5G plan to stop Huawei
Published in Network


Because competition is not capitalism

The US government has forked out €39 million to boost the development of the 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) standard that it thinks will let wireless providers mix and match mobile gear and software, opening up a bigger market for cheaper and compatible kit.

Sex pest charged with cyber flashing
Published in News
Tuesday, 13 February 2024 10:46

Sex pest charged with cyber flashing


A first for England and Wales

A pervy sex offender has made history by being the first person in England and Wales to be done for cyber-flashing.

Nvidia beats Amazon in value
Published in AI
Tuesday, 13 February 2024 10:32

Nvidia beats Amazon in value


AI chip feaver 

Nvidia briefly overtook Amazon.com in market value, as the craze for artificial intelligence sent the chip firm soaring to the fourth most valuable US company.

HP demands €3.7 Billion from former Autonomy bosses
Published in News


If only there were a good accounting software which could help out

The former maker of expensive printer ink HP is after a whopping €3.7 billion from the former bosses of Autonomy, who fiddled the books to sell the company for a staggering €10.2 billion.

Parag Agrawal's snub sparked Elon Musk's Twitter takeover
Published in News


Nothing to do with free speech

Former Twitter boss Parag Agrawal's knockback of Elon [look at me] Musk's bid to silence a jet-tracking account sparked a chain over-reaction that led to Musk's dodgy buyout of the platform.

Nvidia's tailor made chip gamble
Published in AI
Monday, 12 February 2024 11:18

Nvidia's tailor made chip gamble


Tech giant to make bespoke AI processors

Nvidia is launching a new business unit to make tailor-made chips for cloud computing firms and others, including advanced AI processors.

Apple crumbles over chip theft row
Published in News
Monday, 12 February 2024 11:15

Apple crumbles over chip theft row


All Apple sauce with lashings of cowardly custard  

Apple has backed down from its legal battle with startup Rivos, after accusing the firm of poaching its staff and nicking its secrets.

Companies get off of their clouds
Published in Cloud
Monday, 12 February 2024 11:03

Companies get off of their clouds


Firms ditch online data for old-school servers

It is starting to look like the cloud bubble is bursting as more firms return to on-site data centres.