Apple surrenders to the EU
Published in News
Thursday, 09 November 2023 12:02

Apple surrenders to the EU


Will comply with EU’s Digital Markets Act


Apple has bowed to the inevitable and said it “expects to make” App Store policy changes to comply with EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Robot kills South Korean
Published in News
Thursday, 09 November 2023 11:59

Robot kills South Korean


Thought he was a box

A robot in a South Korea distribution centre crushed a man to death after the machine thought he was a box.

Samsung beats Apple to AI
Published in AI
Thursday, 09 November 2023 11:50

Samsung beats Apple to AI


Tame Apple Press recoils in horror

The Tame Apple Press is shocked after Samsung humiliated their favourite tech company by introducing a new generative AI model long before Jobs’ Mob could claim to have invented it.

Cruise recalls autonomous vehicles
Published in News
Thursday, 09 November 2023 11:47

Cruise recalls autonomous vehicles


They need a software update

Cruise, General Motors' self-driving vehicle subsidiary, has recalled all 950 of its autonomous vehicles for a software update.

Longest strike in Hollywood history is over
Published in AI
Thursday, 09 November 2023 11:38

Longest strike in Hollywood history is over


Actors get some of the AI protections they wanted  

After longest strike in Hollywood's history, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have reached a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over AI.

Thousands inexplicably trust Elon Musk to cut open their heads
Published in News


Please stick a chip our brains, even if it killed Apes

Thousands of people written to Elon [look at me] Musk’s Neuralink company asking him to use a robot to hack open their skulls to have a a chip stuck in their brain.

Nvidia will release three new AI chips in China
Published in AI
Thursday, 09 November 2023 11:30

Nvidia will release three new AI chips in China


Will get around US regulations

Nvidia is planning to release three new chips for China, weeks after the US blocked it from selling two high-end artificial intelligence (AI) chips and one of its top gaming chips to Chinese companies.

Intel will issue five upgrades to process over four years
Published in PC Hardware


We are on track

US chip group Intel is on track to deliver five upgrades to its advanced manufacturing process in four years, CEO Pat [kicking] Gelsinger said.

China starting to ignore US chips
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 08 November 2023 11:31

China starting to ignore US chips


Bad news for the US

Just as we predicted the US embargo against supplying chips to China has backfired and now Middle Kingdom companies are buying locally.

Apple delays next year's code
Published in News
Wednesday, 08 November 2023 11:24

Apple delays next year's code


Turns out it is super buggy

Apple’s software updates for the iPhone, iPad, Mac and other devices are too buggy to be released.