Nvidia banks on governments to bankroll AI boom
Chipmaker shifts focus from Big Tech to nation-state billions
While the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street keep panicking over a slowdown in Big Tech’s AI spending, Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is busy shaking hands with heads of state and stacking up contracts that might make Silicon Valley look like small change.
Germany wants Apple and Google to pull Chinese AI app
Privacy watchdogs fume over DeepSeek’s data funnelling to Beijing
Germany’s data protection commissioner is sharpening the knives for DeepSeek, demanding that the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Google boot the Chinese AI outfit from their German app stores.
Cartel hacker used an FBI agent’s phone to hunt informants
Mexico's cameras exploited in El Chapo-linked op
A hacker tied to El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel used an FBI official’s phone and Mexico City’s CCTV network to help track and kill US informants.
Insiders cash in big as Nvidia hits record highs
Share and share alike
Nvidia insiders have been cashing in their stocks and flogged off more than a $1 billion worth in the past year.
Quantum leap: new chip brings millions of qubits within reach
Sydney boffins crack cryogenic control systems
A team of researchers from the University of Sydney and Emergence Quantum have emerged from their smoke filled labs with a fair dinkum computer chip powered by quantum cats who can play Crysis.
AMD slashes VRAM use with bonkers tree-rendering trick
Work graphs cut memory needs from 34.8 GiB to 51 KiB
Rendering trees in 3D has always been a bit of a memory hog, but AMD seems to have chopped down the problem with a new technique called “work graphs”.
Xiaomi’s Pad 7s PRO 12.5 targets iPad Pro and Samsung Tabs
Custom silicon, fast charging and Dolby Atmos in the mix
Xiaomi has stepped up its hardware game again, this time with the launch of the Pad 7S Pro 12.5, the first tablet powered by its in-house Xring O1 chipset.
Valve’s SteamOS now runs games better than Windows
Legion Go S testing shows Microsoft losing ground on its own turf
Valve’s SteamOS is now outperforming Windows in head-to-head gaming tests on the same hardware.
Dell kills XPS, unveils pricey premium laptops
New flagship kit packs Copilot, RTX power and sky-high prices
Grey Box Shifter, Dell has finally stuck a fork in its long-running XPS line and wheeled out the Dell Premium 14 and 16, the new laptops feature Intel's Core Ultra 200H series chips and a full dose of AI fluff from Windows 11.
A2A and Garnot turn data centre heat into home warmth
Server sweat to heat 1,350 flats in Brescia
A new data centre in northern Italy is doing more than just powering AI calculations and cloud storage. Italian utility A2A and French tech firm Qarnot have teamed up to build a liquid-cooled facility in Brescia that dumps its waste heat into the city’s district heating system, warming more than 1,350 local homes.