Apple can't do AI inhouse
Published in AI


Only a $40bn Perplexity buyout will save Jobs' Mob

Analysts from Wedbush have delivered a damning verdict on the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s artificial intelligence ambitions, claiming the company is incapable of building AI internally and should just cough up $40 billion to buy someone else’s brainpower.

Gaming scam network targets crypto newbies with fake cashouts
Published in Gaming


1,200+ fake betting sites push bogus $2,500 promos via social media

Fraudsters are carpeting Discord and social media platforms with ads for slick gambling sites that vanish the moment you try to cash out, especially if you’re daft enough to hand over your crypto.

Reputation fixer quietly vanishes articles with Google bug
Published in News


CEO accused of scrubbing domestic violence arrest from search

A Silicon Valley suit has been accused of gaming Google's search system to wipe out unflattering articles about his past, using a little-known tool with a glaring flaw.

Palo Alto Networks swallows CyberArk
Published in News


It needed a bigger boat

Palo Alto Networks has splashed out $25 billion to swallow Israeli identity security outfit CyberArk Software in what’s shaping up to be the most expensive cyber buy of 2025.

Palit unveils new all-white RTX 50 series graphics cards
Published in Graphics


GeForce RTX 5060, 5060 Ti, and 5070

Palit has unveiled its new GeForce RTX 50 WHITE Series graphics cards, adding an all-white look to GeForce RTX 5060, 5060 Ti, and 5070 graphics cards.

Corsair launches AI WORKSTATION 300 workstation SFF PC
Published in PC Hardware


AMD Ryzen AI Max packed in a 4.4-liter chassis

Corsair has unveiled its latest small form factor PC, based on AMD's Strix Halo platform and packed in a compact 4.4-liter chassis.

AMD's Ryzen AI MAX+ brings 128B LLMs home
Published in AI


Strix Halo platform lets PCs muscle into AI territory

AMD has flung open the doors to local large language model mayhem by enabling support for up to 128 billion parameters on consumer machines.

Apple faces earnings test as Wall Street eyes cracks in empire
Published in Mobiles


Flat iPhone sales, legal threats to App Store and Google deal unsettle investors

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is about to unveil its latest earnings report, and the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street are getting twitchy. Despite a stock price that’s multiplied ninefold since 2015, Apple hasn’t sold more iPhones in 2024 than it did a decade ago.

Nvidia chases more H20 chips from TSMC
Published in News


Wants 300,000 extra units 

Nvidia is grovelling at the door of TSMC, begging it to crank out another 300,000 of its H20 AI chips, according to Reuters.

Indie unveils whisper-quiet laser for quantum and secure comms
Published in News


Aims its new photonics toy beyond cars

Indie Semiconductor has taken the wraps off a super quiet laser module.