
Apple can't do AI inhouse
Only a $40bn Perplexity buyout will save Jobs' Mob
Analysts from Wedbush have delivered a damning verdict on the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s artificial intelligence ambitions, claiming the company is incapable of building AI internally and should just cough up $40 billion to buy someone else’s brainpower.

Gaming scam network targets crypto newbies with fake cashouts
1,200+ fake betting sites push bogus $2,500 promos via social media
Fraudsters are carpeting Discord and social media platforms with ads for slick gambling sites that vanish the moment you try to cash out, especially if you’re daft enough to hand over your crypto.

Reputation fixer quietly vanishes articles with Google bug
CEO accused of scrubbing domestic violence arrest from search
A Silicon Valley suit has been accused of gaming Google's search system to wipe out unflattering articles about his past, using a little-known tool with a glaring flaw.

Palo Alto Networks swallows CyberArk
It needed a bigger boat
Palo Alto Networks has splashed out $25 billion to swallow Israeli identity security outfit CyberArk Software in what’s shaping up to be the most expensive cyber buy of 2025.

AMD's Ryzen AI MAX+ brings 128B LLMs home
Strix Halo platform lets PCs muscle into AI territory
AMD has flung open the doors to local large language model mayhem by enabling support for up to 128 billion parameters on consumer machines.

Apple faces earnings test as Wall Street eyes cracks in empire
Flat iPhone sales, legal threats to App Store and Google deal unsettle investors
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is about to unveil its latest earnings report, and the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street are getting twitchy. Despite a stock price that’s multiplied ninefold since 2015, Apple hasn’t sold more iPhones in 2024 than it did a decade ago.

Nvidia chases more H20 chips from TSMC
Wants 300,000 extra units
Nvidia is grovelling at the door of TSMC, begging it to crank out another 300,000 of its H20 AI chips, according to Reuters.

Indie unveils whisper-quiet laser for quantum and secure comms
Aims its new photonics toy beyond cars
Indie Semiconductor has taken the wraps off a super quiet laser module.

Apple flogs recycled Pixel feature with moody cat ad
iPhone’s “new” Clean Up tool is actually just Google’s Magic Eraser in drag
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has wheeled out its latest “innovation” for iOS 26, which is really just a old Google Pixel feature dressed up in Californian smug.

Opera sings to Brazilian watchdog over Edge’s browser bullying
Microsoft accused of kicking rivals out of Windows with dodgy tactics
Browser minnow Opera has lodged an antitrust complaint in Brazil claiming Microsoft’s Edge is being unfairly shoved down users' throats.