Europe fires up Jupiter, its first exascale supercomputer
Made in Germany with 24,000 Nvidia chips
Europe has finally joined the exascale club by switching on Jupiter, its first exascale supercomputer and the most powerful AI machine on the continent.
Trump threatens tariffs after Google slapped with €2.95 billion fine
Brussels tells search giant to flog off part of ad business
US president Donald Trump is rattling sabres again after Brussels fined Google €2.95 billion (£2.52 billion) for its advertising antics.
Natron’s sodium-ion dream dies after 12 years
Battery startup collapses after investors refuse to cough up more cash
US sodium-ion battery outfit Natron has shut up shop this week, ending its 12-year attempt to make the chemistry a commercial reality.
Blame for borked SSDs shifts again
Pre-release firmware in the frame
Another cause has been found for the reason why SSDs have been dying in strange ways since the software king of the world, Microsoft pushed out its August Windows security patch.
Lenovo shows off new Legion Pro OLED monitors
4K at 240Hz and 2K at 280Hz for gamers chasing silly frame rates
Lenovo used IFA 2025 to roll out a fresh wave of Legion Pro OLED gaming monitors that push pixels and refresh rates to extremes.
Intel is propped up by Uncle Sam and Softbank cash
CFO insists government stake is “a great deal for taxpayers” while debt pile looms
Shares of Troubled Chipzilla crept up two per cent after Intel finance boss David Zinsner reassured the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street that the firm’s long delayed Altera divestment was finally close.
Google Pixel 10 teardown shows rare common sense
Easier battery swaps put Apple's glued shut toys to shame
Google has shocked everyone by making the Pixel 10 easier to repair, something that the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has fought tooth and nail against for years.
Nvidia tightens grip on GPU market with 94 per cent share
Tariff panic sends buyers scrambling for cards
Nvidia has gobbled up 94 per cent of the GPU market as shipments jumped 27 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, a spike analysts reckon was fuelled by punters panic-buying ahead of looming tariffs.
Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg
Meta’s moderation thinks a lawyer is impersonating its boss
An Indiana bankruptcy attorney called Mark Zuckerberg is suing Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg because Facebook keeps nuking his business page for “impersonation.”
Big Tech bosses bow before Trump’s AI circus
Kissing the ring while Musk is left out in the cold
The biggest names in US tech have lined up at the White House to show how much they adore Donald and Melania Trump, apparently believing fawning public displays will save their companies from regulators.