Beijing blocks RTX Pro 6000

China has told some of its biggest tech outfits, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to stop messing about with Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000 chips.

HBM4e push

Micron has started throwing its weight around in the memory arena again, claiming that its new HBM4 samples are not only the fastest around but sip power better than anything rivals have to offer.

Billionaire tech guru says unchecked progress may summon apocalypse

Peter Thiel who once made billions betting on technology now wants everyone to think a bit harder about a literal biblical Armageddon and the Antichrist.

Panic bookings, midnight alerts and a frantic dash across the globe

Tech workers with H‑1B visas rushed from India to get back before the government demanded $100,000 workers from their companies for the privilege.

First in-house 5G chip behind the curve

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple, and its Tame Apple Press, made a big song and dance about its shiny new C1X modem in the iPhone Air, but the reality is less impressive.

Role split between two deputies

Safra Catz is stepping down as chief executive of Oracle after more than a decade, with the US software giant splitting the job between two deputies just as it rides the AI cloud boom.

Chipmaker has 15 customers, most chasing high-performance computing

TSMC’s 2nm process is pulling in orders at a cracking pace, with senior management at wafer inspection outfit KLA letting slip that 15 customers have already signed up. Ten of them are gunning for high-performance computing, showing just how much the AI craze is fattening demand for Intel and Samsung's rival.

Wants nearly 40 per cent of global mobile share

MediaTek has unveiled its Dimensity 9500, a 5G flagship chip built on TSMC’s N3P process and pitched as “super powerful and super cool.”

Stratospheric base stations over remote island

SoftBank has managed to beam 5G to ordinary smartphones from the sky using a high-altitude aircraft circling Hachijō Island, Japan.

Users discover their shiny new handset dents like a drinks can

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple thought it could dodge another Bendgate by swapping titanium for forged aluminium in the iPhone 17 Pro, but punters are already finding the move a bit flimsy.