Microsoft still not kissing Trump's ring
Published in News
Tuesday, 28 October 2025 10:06

Microsoft still not kissing Trump's ring


Nadella snubs tech bros contract grovelling

While the rest of the US tech industry has tripped over itself trying to please President Donald Trump, Microsoft has refused to play along and Computerworld thinks that is soon going to come with a hefty price tag.

Qualcomm lobs AI chips at Nvidia’s throne
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Tuesday, 28 October 2025 09:56

Qualcomm lobs AI chips at Nvidia’s throne


Snapdragon slinger gets Humain and Saudi cash to back its first data centre silicon

Qualcomm saw its shares spike by 20 per cent after it revealed its first AI-focused data centre chips in a desperate attempt to chip away at Nvidia’s vice grip on the market.

Powertech bets on AI to boost chip testing business
Published in AI


DRAM and logic packaging orders on the rise, says CEO

Powertech Technology (PTI) chief Xie Yongda says the company is looking at a strong fourth quarter as AI demand gives memory packaging and testing a much-needed jolt.

TSMC not sweating Samsung chip push
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Tuesday, 28 October 2025 09:25

TSMC not sweating Samsung chip push


Pegatron's Tong Zixian reckons Samsung and Intel are playing catch-up

Samsung might be bagging more US business, but Pegatron chairman Tong Zixian says Taiwan’s chip champ TSMC has nothing to worry about yet.

AMD to build two monster AI rigs for Oak Ridge
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Lux and Discovery to fly the flag

AMD has landed a deal with the US government to supply silicon for two heavy-duty supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Nvidia Geforce RTX 5090 FE “worst GPU design ever”
Published in Graphics


Repair specialist says Nvidia's flagship card is a modder’s nightmare

Nvidia's RTX 5090 Founders Edition has been labelled a disaster by repair experts after a failed attempt to add water cooling rendered the GPU completely unfixable.

AMD pulls an Intel with rebranded Ryzen 10 and Ryzen 100
Published in PC Hardware


“New” CPUs are so old they could be steam powered 

AMD has once again dipped into the recycling bin, rolling out the so-called Ryzen 10 and Ryzen 100 series, chips that are, in reality, lightly renamed versions of its old Zen 2 and Zen 3+ mobile processors.

Cybersecurity firms caught with 1990s flaws 
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Schoolboy bugs in mission-critical systems

The cybersecurity industry has found itself in the awkward position of being pwned by the same ancient flaws it has been warning everyone else about for decades.

AI is being used as a scapegoat for downsizing
Published in AI


Firms blame the bots

Companies are swinging the redundancy axe and blaming artificial intelligence for it.

Apple slapped down in £1.5bn UK App Store lawsuit
Published in Mobiles


Job’s Mob abused its near-total control

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has had its halo dented in the UK, after losing a landmark £1.5 billion class action that accused it of gouging developers and users through its notorious App Store tollbooth.