Apple wants Trump to protect it from EU bullies
Published in News


Cook calls him to make him promise to protect Apple's lunch money

Former US president Donald Trump claims that Apple CEO Tim Cook called him to get the EU to stop picking on the poor little cargo cult.

Western Digital releases My Passport Ultra 20th Anniversary Edition
Published in PC Hardware


Celebrates 20 years of My Passport

Western Digital has announced a special version of its WD My Passport drive to celebrate the 20th anniversary, the WD My Passport Ultra 20th Emerald Anniversary Edition.

Samsung announces development of 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM
Published in Graphics


On 5th generation 10nm-class process

Samsung has announced the development of the industry's first 24 gigabit (Gb) GDDR7 DRAM, increasing the performance by up to 25 percent, while improving power efficiency by over 30 percent.

Intel and AMD testing new 12V 2×6 power connectors
Published in PC Hardware


Might be coming to a future GPU

Intel and AMD are considering new 12V 2×6 power connectors for future use in their GPUs.

ASML shocks Wall Street with financial guidance
Published in News


Short term woes, woes and thrice woes

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street choked on their aperitifs yesterday when computer chip equipment maker ASML warned that it might be making as much cash in the short term as expected.

Apple releases new iPad Mini
Published in Mobiles


Mostly a spec bump

Apple, the fruity cargo cult, has just released a new iPad Mini with a faster A17 Pro chip that it claims supports Apple Intelligence.

Amazon finally makes a colour version of e-reader
Published in Mobiles


Black and white and red all over

Amazon has finally listened to its users and made a colour version of its e-reader.

Developers spurn Apple’s Vision Pro as if it were a rabid dog  
Published in IoT


New apps have slowed further

Apple’s Vision Pro is struggling to attract significant software makers to develop apps for its overpriced, poorly designed chocolate teapot.

SpaceX wants to increase its bandwidth
Published in Network


Asked the FCC for permission

Elon [look at me] Musk has asked the FCC for permission to modify the second generation, Gen2, of Spacex’s  Starlink satellite system.

AI really does create new jobs
Published in AI


Positions involve spotting deep fakes created by AI

It appears that AI is starting to create work after all – working out how to spot AI deep fakes.