Chromebooks are not good for the world
Published in PC Hardware
Saturday, 09 December 2023 09:28

Chromebooks are not good for the world


Lenovo will keep making them

Lenovo will keep making Chromebooks even if they are bad for profits and for polar bears. 

European Union releases first AI rules
Published in News
Saturday, 09 December 2023 09:23

European Union releases first AI rules


Do no harm

European Union negotiators have hatched out a deal on the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of technology used in popular generative AI services like ChatGPT.

Baldur's Gate 3 named game of 2023
Published in Gaming
Saturday, 09 December 2023 09:19

Baldur's Gate 3 named game of 2023


23 years after its predecessor

Role-playing adventure game Baldur's Gate 3 won game of the year last night at The Game Awards 2023 in Los Angeles. 

Intel claims AMD is peddling snake oil
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Thursday, 07 December 2023 10:34

Intel claims AMD is peddling snake oil


We miss the days when this sort of marketing was common

Chipzilla has published a new playbook titled "Core Truths" that put AMD under direct fire for utilising its older Zen 2 CPU architecture in its latest Ryzen 7000 mobile series CPU product stack – claiming that it is peddling snake oil.

Amazon bragged “cultivating” Southern California city mayor
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So it allows it to build large warehouses in residential areas

Amazon bragged it has "cultivated" a Southern California city mayor by donating PPE to the city and taking him and his team on tours in a leaked confidential company document.

Apple tries to save sales by bringing out new models
Published in PC Hardware


More Macs and iPads expected

Fruity cargo cult Apple plans to rescue its falling sales figures by releasing several new models and upgrades for early next year.

Boffins break logical qubit record
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 07 December 2023 10:19

Boffins break logical qubit record


More cats make fewer errors

A team of boffins has built a quantum computer with the largest number of logical qubits (quantum bits).

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft snub Nvidia
Published in AI
Thursday, 07 December 2023 10:16

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft snub Nvidia


Moving to AMD's Instinct MI300X

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft told an AMD investor event today that they will use AMD's newest AI chip, the Instinct MI300X, as an alternative to Nvidia's expensive graphic processors.

EU is thinking of killing off geo-blocking for video
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Big content mortified

The European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection is suggesting expanding geo-blocking restrictions to the audiovisual sector, including streaming platforms.

Germans stick data centres in windmills
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Thursday, 07 December 2023 10:12

Germans stick data centres in windmills


Makes them carbon neutral  

A new German-based project called WindCORES operates data centres inside existing wind turbines, making them almost completely carbon neutral.