AI guts entry-level Indian outsourcing
India’s hiring pyramid smashed
Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys created empires by piling armies of junior staff into a vast hiring pyramid.
Meta's specs tangled by Chinese supply chain
Goertek tightens its grip on smart glasses production
A top Chinese hardware outfit has tightened its hold over Meta’s supply chain for its AI-powered spectacles, despite Mark Zuckerberg’s attempts to cosy up to the Trump administration’s anti-Beijing crusade.
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London start-up hauls in $200 million to take aim at Apple and Samsung
London outfit Nothing has pulled in $200 million (€186 million) in fresh funding to keep chipping away at the global smartphone duopoly of the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Samsung.
China accuses Nvidia of antitrust breach
Regulator drags chipmaker into trade war mess
China has accused Nvidia of violating its antimonopoly law, turning the screw on Washington as the latest round of US-China trade talks wrapped up.
Apple bribes punters with bigger batteries
Wants to force them to eSims
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has decided it knows what’s best for its users, this time dangling bigger batteries as a bribe to get people off physical SIM cards.
Qualcomm slaps ‘Gen 5’ badge on Snapdragon 8 Elite
Tries to make sense of naming mess
Qualcomm is about to wheel out its next flagship mobile platform at the Snapdragon Summit, and it has decided to call it Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
Chinese boffins bend light with fake magnetic fields
Photonic trickery could drive faster comms gear
Chinese boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs having invented some photonic witchcraft that could drive comms gear faster.
IC design industry sees weak peak season
Tariff timing and fading subsidies blamed for flat demand
The IC design industry is enduring a dull peak season, with even the usual pre-holiday stocking for China’s October break and Double 11 sales coming in weaker than expected.
Nvidia kicks off “cold revolution 3.0”
Suppliers told to cough up pricier heat dissipation gear
Nvidia is demanding its suppliers develop new microchannel water cooling plate (MLCP) technology, with unit prices running three to five times higher than existing solutions.
UK’s AI ‘hit squad’ can’t hire enough staff
Government unit underspends half its budget chasing scarce talent
A UK government artificial intelligence unit that was supposed to save £45 billion across the civil service managed to burn through less than half its budget last year.