China upgrades ASML kit to get around US controls
Upgraded ASML kit keeps seven-nanometre production alive
China’s chip industry is outsmarting Western export controls as it upgrades advanced manufacturing tools to keep its AI ambitions on track.
Meta cooks up Mango as AI image race heats up
New models promise better video, sharper code and more bragging rights
Meta Platforms is building new AI image and video technology alongside a fresh language model as it scrambles to keep pace in an increasingly vicious generative arms race.
AI memory boom drives Micron to record quarter
Data centre demand and HBM sales send revenues soaring while refits bite consumers
Micron Technology smashed expectations with record quarterly results as AI-driven memory demand powered revenues higher, margins expanded sharply, and data centre sales reshaped the business.
Trump phone promise collapses into refurb farce
Missing handset, inflated refurbs and patriotic bluster fill the gap
Trump Mobile’s long-promised T1 handset still hasn't appeared, leaving customers waiting as the operation flogs refurbished phones at inflated prices instead.
Microsoft dusts off old tricks to scare users off Chrome
Edge gets the hard sell in new browser wars
Software King of the World, Microsoft, is once again trying to stop users from downloading Google Chrome, and nobody who has watched this industry for five minutes will be shocked.