Cutting bits off 

Intel, which built its reputation on being both designer and manufacturer of cutting-edge chips, openly admits that its manufacturing arm might be put on the chopping block.

Vole gives a manageable patch Tuesday

In a rare show of seasonal goodwill, software king of the world Microsoft appears to have played Santa Claus to cybersecurity professionals this December, delivering a Patch Tuesday that’s more “calm winter’s evening” than a “frenzied snowstorm.”

Close to 30 times increase

Chipmaker AMD has proudly announced that it has almost achieved its lofty goal of a 30-times increase in energy efficiency for its EPYC processors and Instinct accelerators—a full year ahead of its self-imposed 2025 deadline.

Microscopic master class

Chipzilla has rolled out its latest firmware update for the Arrow Lake CPU series—microcode 0x114—with all the fanfare of a wet weekend in Brighton.

Takes down VPNs

The fruity cargo cult Apple has been collaborating with Russian strongman Tsar Vlad Putin to keep his people in the dark by censoring VPNs in its App Store.

Death is the way of the world kid

Embodied, the startup behind Moxie, an $800 social robot for children aged 5 to 10 has decided to close and brick its product.

But it is not really their fault

Amazon Web Services (AWS) claims the average developer spends a mere hour daily writing actual code—barely enough time to decide whether to indent with tabs or spaces.

AI’s new playground

Harvard University has released a dataset of nearly one million public-domain books, ready and waiting to train the next generation of artificial intelligence overlords. 

Cost stability, digital sovereignty, and breaking vendor lock-Ins

Cloudy outfit Wasabi's EMEA Vice President and General Manager Kevin Dunn has been shuffling his Tarot cards and coming up with three predictions for 2025. The predictions focus on how businesses will adapt to economic, technological, and geopolitical challenges in the coming year. 

With Red Hat OpenShift

Nokia, the former maker of rubber boots, has announced the successful completion of its first commercial Cloud RAN deployment in partnership with Finnish telecommunications and digital service provider Elisa.