Microsoft dusts off old tricks to scare users off Chrome
Published in News


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.

Apple toys with a bargain MacBook with an old iPhone brain
Published in PC Hardware


Recycled silicon reality

A cheaper MacBook could soon shove aside the MacBook Air. However, the fruity cargo cult Apple seems undecided about whether it deserves modern silicon or the brain of an ancient iPhone 13 it might have lying around.

Meta looks like it is binning its ‘open’ headset dream
Published in IoT


Horizon OS partners left staring at the wall

Meta has slammed the brakes on its third-party VR headset scheme, effectively killing Horizon OS devices from Asus and Lenovo.

Baltra is just another Apple chip to feed the inference beast
Published in AI


Custom silicon, same old dependency

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple's over-hyped server chip may be to provide the outfit with its own cloud AI silicon, which is getting too expensive.

Apple slapped down again as appeal fizzles
Published in News
Monday, 15 December 2025 11:03

Apple slapped down again as appeal fizzles


Epic smells blood while developers eye Job’s Mob warily

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has lost its appeal against a brutal contempt ruling, leaving a long-running iOS payments fight tilted firmly against it.

Memory shortages push laptops back to eight gigabytes
Published in PC Hardware


DRAM drought sends prices north and specs south

Laptop makers are running out of memory and patience as DRAM shortages start to bite hard across the supply chain.

MediaTek frets over pricey 2nm chips for 2026
Published in News
Wednesday, 10 December 2025 10:23

MediaTek frets over pricey 2nm chips for 2026


May juggle two Dimensity 9600 variants

MediaTek’s lone flagship Dimensity 9600 for 2026 is shaping up to be a costly beast as the Taiwanese fabless outfit wrestles with soaring 2nm wafer prices and rumours of switching to a dual-chipset strategy.

TSMC’s CoWoS backlog sparks outsourcing scramble
Published in News


Taiwan giant turns to local partners as packaging crunch bites

TSMC is stuffed to the rafters with CoWoS orders, and the AI industry is sweating over it, although the company seems to have a cunning plan.

Chinese phonemakers smell blood as Apple stalls on AI
Published in Mobiles


Local brands push switcher apps to poach Job’s Mob users

Chinese phonemakers are pushing hard to lure punters from the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple as the outfit struggles to roll out its AI features in the world’s biggest smartphone arena.

Nvidia’s grip on AI chips starts to loosen
Published in AI
Monday, 08 December 2025 09:36

Nvidia’s grip on AI chips starts to loosen


A growing pack of rivals eyes the crown

One company has sat on the AI chip throne for a decade, but the ground beneath Nvidia is starting to shift.