AI boom drives 2nm surge

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Nvidia is already looking past 2nm processing and is preparing to jump onto TSMC’s A16 process, due for mass production in the second half of 2026.

RDNA 2, RDNA 3 see visual boost

AMD has managed to shoot itself in the foot again, this time by accidentally releasing the full source code for FSR 4. The shiny new upscaler was supposed to be a Radeon RX 9000 exclusive, but thanks to the blunder, it is now sneaking its way onto older GPUs.

Contractors sacked amid anger over pay and working conditions

While most companies are flinging cash and staff at AI, Google, has been firing the workers keeping its Gemini and AI Overviews systems afloat.

India’s hiring pyramid smashed

Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys created empires by piling armies of junior staff into a vast hiring pyramid.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.