Apple appeals to the highest US court in the land
Published in News


Please uphold our business model and clog up the Justice system

Apple said it will ask the US Supreme Court to review a judge's order in the antitrust case filed by Epic Games, the creator of "Fortnite."

EU in talks with Japanese over chips
Published in News
Tuesday, 04 July 2023 11:14

EU in talks with Japanese over chips

Teaming up on AI

The European Union is seeking closer cooperation with Japan in areas such as artificial intelligence to reduce reliance on China.

Twitter exodus has begun
Published in News
Tuesday, 04 July 2023 11:06

Twitter exodus has begun

Users flee

Twitter’s rivals are reporting a huge increase in applications from users escaping the rule of Elon [look at me] Musk.

FTC finally clamps down on fake reviews
Published in News


Has taken years, but five stars might be a thing of the past 

The FTC has finally proposed a new rule banning numerous forms of fake reviews online.

Chinese boffins create RISC-V CPU in five hours
Published in News


AI is risky business

A group of Chinese scientists has published (PDF) a paper titled Pushing the Limits of Machine Design: Automated CPU Design with AI in which they tell the epic adventure of how they created  a new industrial-scale RISC-V CPU in under five hours.

AMD is getting closer to Nvidia on AI
Published in AI
Monday, 03 July 2023 11:44

AMD is getting closer to Nvidia on AI


MosaicML has a look under the bonnet of both

Artificial intelligence chips from AMD are about 80 per cent as fast as those from Nvidia but the way its chips are designed means that it is going to match its performance soon.

Microsoft creates analogue optical computer
Published in PC Hardware


Binary is so 20th century.

Software King of the World Microsoft has come up with an analogue optical computer which it claims is not limited by the binary confines of zeros and ones, but instead, is free to explore the vast possibilities of continuous value data.

Musicians revolt against facial recognition technology
Published in News


We want to be the only ones recognised 

More than 100 musicians including Rage Against the Machine co-founders Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha, along with Boots Riley and Speedy Ortiz are boycotting concert venues that use facial recognition technology.

AI-generated drug tested on humans
Published in AI
Monday, 03 July 2023 11:33

AI-generated drug tested on humans


Now we will know if they love their creators

The first drug fully generated by artificial intelligence has entered clinical trials with human patients.

Rise and Fall of Skype
Published in News
Monday, 03 July 2023 11:28

Rise and Fall of Skype


How Microsoft messed up

CNBC has created a 15-minute video The Rise and Fall of Skype which explains how the messaging app was ruined by the software king of the world Microsoft.