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Musk wants to replace Wikipedia with Grokipedia
Published in News
Wednesday, 01 October 2025 08:59

Musk wants to replace Wikipedia with Grokipedia


Hard to see who we want to win here

Elon Musk is taking a swing at Wackypedia, claiming he can do it better with his own AI effort called Grokipedia.

Intel sharpens claws for Threadripper scrap
Published in News
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 11:33

Intel sharpens claws for Threadripper scrap


Granite Rapids-WS brings 86 cores and 4.8GHz boost to workstation fight

Troubled Chipzilla looks set to finally give AMD’s Threadripper lineup a kicking, with a new Granite Rapids-WS workstation chip spotted with 86 cores, 172 threads and a boost clock that goes to 4.8GHz.

Zhaoxin rolls out KH-50000 server chips with 96 cores
Published in Network


Chiplet design and DDR5 support to take on EPYC

Zhaoxin has unleashed its KH-50000 server CPUs, and the company is pitching them as a serious step up for China’s domestic server market.

Samsung fires up 2nm Exynos 2600 for Galaxy S26
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 10:43

Samsung fires up 2nm Exynos 2600 for Galaxy S26


Yields creep up to 50 per cent 

Samsung has finally pulled the trigger on mass production of the Exynos 2600, its first 2nm GAA SoC built on the SF2 process.

High noon at Intel as Panther Lake release nears
Published in News


Pins its hopes on 18A process

Intel's upcoming Panther Lake mobile CPUs are set to debut in late 2025, with high-volume production in early 2026, and they’ll be the first proper outing for the company’s much talked-about18A node.

Musk empire losing talent
Published in News
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 10:06

Musk empire losing talent


Executives flee as xAI chaos and politics drive departures

Elon Musk is burning through top lieutenants at a pace that makes even the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street look stable.

EA goes private for $55 billion
Published in Gaming
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 09:56

EA goes private for $55 billion


Trump’s son-in-law helps steer publisher into private hands

Electronic Arts has decided the best time to cash in and go private is while everyone is excited about Battlefield.

YouTube gives $24.5 million to Trump
Published in News
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 09:45

YouTube gives $24.5 million to Trump


Final Big Tech holdout forks over cash after Capitol riot ban

YouTube has become the last of the Big Tech giants to pay off Donald Trump after booting him off the platform following the Capitol riot.

Nvidia and AMD crank up AI chip war
Published in News
Monday, 29 September 2025 10:57

Nvidia and AMD crank up AI chip war


Both sides rejigging their offerings

Nvidia and AMD are frantically revising their next-gen AI designs in an effort to out-muscle each other, with power budgets and memory bandwidth figures spiralling upwards.

Qualcomm sticks with TSMC’s 2nm N2P for next two Snapdragon Elites
Published in Mobiles


Chipzilla rival braces for soaring wafer prices

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 was its last flagship built on the 3nm process. Now the San Diego mob is tipped to move to TSMC’s shiny new 2nm node, but not the bog-standard N2 flavour.