Amazon shows off new delivery drone
Published in News
Thursday, 19 October 2023 09:54

Amazon shows off new delivery drone


Being tested in the UK and Italy

Amazon has announced that it will start testing its delivery drones in Italy and the UK as part of its Prime Air service.

Microsoft sells 365 cloud service to Amazon
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 18 October 2023 11:34

Microsoft sells 365 cloud service to Amazon


Rivals partner up

Amazon is set to buy a cloud productivity service from its rival, Microsoft.

White House at odds with chipmakers over China sanctions
Published in News


Chinese do not seem bovvered

The Biden administration is tightening restrictions on China's ability to buy advanced semiconductors, fuelling friction with US businesses that sell to the vast Chinese market.

PricewaterhouseCoopers lets AI advise clients
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Wednesday, 18 October 2023 11:24

PricewaterhouseCoopers lets AI advise clients


This will end well

PricewaterhouseCoopers has teamed up with ChatGPT owner OpenAI to offer clients advice generated by AI.

Android heading towards RISC-V
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 18 October 2023 11:22

Android heading towards RISC-V


Unless the US government, Arm and Intel can stop it

The Android ecosystem is moving toward a RISC-V future with OS support underway, and Qualcomm is stepping up to announce the first-ever mass-market RISC-V Android SoC.

Chinese spooks use LinkedIn to nick Brit tech
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Wednesday, 18 October 2023 11:18

Chinese spooks use LinkedIn to nick Brit tech


MI5 warning

MI5 claims that Chinese state actors have approached more than 20,000 Brits on LinkedIn, hoping to steal industrial or technological secrets.

General Motors delayed electric truck production for another year
Published in Transportation


Demand is a bit flat

General Motors said it would delay production of electric pickup trucks at its plant in Michigan by another year as the No. 1 US automaker grapples with flattening demand for electric vehicles.

Musk decides to charge for posting X messages
Published in News
Wednesday, 18 October 2023 11:12

Musk decides to charge for posting X messages


Tests it out on the Kiwis because he does not think they will complain

Elon [look at me] Musk has decided to test out charging users to post on his social notworking site X.

A third of CIOs hire someone they have never met IRL
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Life is too short

New research of global CIOs from Expereo reveals that one-third of CIOS struggle to hire high-value knowledge workers and have had no choice but to hire someone they have never met.

Bug found in Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
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This one had wings

TechTuber NorthWestRepair has shared a video showcasing a bug finding and repair of an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition where the problem was an actual insect with wings.