Airbus and Voyager team up to build new International Space Station
Old one will be decommissioned in seven years
Airbus is forming a joint venture with US start-up Voyager to compete to build a replacement for the International Space Station, an internationally funded laboratory in space that is due to be decommissioned by the end of the decade.
China follows US on child internet laws
Authoritarian regimes line up to "protect children."
The Chinese government is apparently so impressed with US congress moves to get kids off the internet it has come up with some similar laws of its own.
Linux gaming marketshare increases
2023 is the year of Linux on the desktop
The Steam Survey results for July 2023 were just published and it points to a large and unexpected jump in the Linux gaming marketshare and beats Apple for the first time.
Samsung expected to bring back Exynos chips next year
In Galaxy S24 units
Samsung is backpeddling on its Snapdragon-only policy on its Galaxy series.
Apple throws 100 ChatGPT-like apps from its Chinese App Store
Don’t want to annoy the Chinese
Apple has removed over a hundred ChatGPT-like apps from its Chinese App Store, which might infringe on a new law forcing them to adhere to socialist values.
AMD will have a tricky time getting into AI
Has to face competition and high expectations
AMD’s plans to launch its first graphics chips targeted to the AI market will have a tough time meeting big expectations and because it showed up a little late to market.
Meta will ask EU users if it can supply targeted adverts
Not out of the goodness of its heart of course
Meta intends to ask users in the European Union for their consent before allowing businesses to target advertising based on what they view on its services such as Facebook and Instagram.
Return-to-office mandates killing employers
Staff got the taste of freedom
Autocratic employers who insist their staff come into the office to attend long and tedious powerpoint demonstrations from middle managers are losing all their good people, a new report has found.
Nvidia creates a simple new AI text-to-image method
Only takes 100KB and a four-minutes training time
Nvidia researchers have created a new text-to-image personalisation method called Perfusion.
Snapdragon headed for TSMC’s N3E process
New configuration leaked
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, expected in 2024, will use custom “Phoenix” cores and mass-produced on TSMC’s cutting-edge N3E process.