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.

Chipmaker plans to bank roll a glut of AI data centres

Nvidia has decided to fling up to $100 billion at OpenAI in what is being dressed up as a grand AI infrastructure partnership.

US government and big tech should carve up struggling giant

Troubled Chipzilla should be taken private, stripped apart, and rebuilt into a proper foundry and design house, according to four long-serving former directors writing in Fortune.

Record 35 per cent growth as Microsoft forces mass upgrades

The PC gaming hardware market will balloon by 35 per cent in 2025, hitting $44.5 billion in sales, according to number crunchers at Jon Peddie Research.

Hopes new chip erases 3nm humiliation 

Samsung will start mass production of its Exynos 2600 by the end of September, making it the first SoC built on the company’s 2nm Gate-All-Around process.

Like the Battle of Austerlitz only with penguins 

Austria’s armed forces have dumped Microsoft Office in favour of LibreOffice, and the move has nothing to do with saving cash.

Bosworth admits Ray-Ban AI glasses brought down by “chef” trigger

Last week, Meta made a complete dog’s breakfast of its flashy demo, and now we know why.

Orders sale then demands billions for letting it happen

The Trump administration forced TikTok to change hands in the US and wants a fat fee from the investors who are stepping in to buy it.

Tech firms shafted as H-1B costs hit $100,000

US King Donald Trump has decided that if foreigners want to work in the US, they had better be rich. And if tech companies want skilled labour, they can pay through the nose for them.