OpenAI gets all the funding it needs
Who needs Apple?
Despite claims in the Tame Apple Press that OpenAI was set to go bankrupt now that Apple had walked away from the company, the company seems to have secured a pile of cash from others.
Apple cracks down on social networking
Contact sharing will be more restrictive
Apple, the fruity cargo-cult, has changed how apps can access a user’s contacts in iOS 18, making its contact-sharing prompt more restrictive -- after all it is not as if Apple fanboys have friends.
Amazon works out a way to mess up its streaming product
What the world needs is more adverts
Online book seller Amazon has decided that too many people are using its Amazon Prime streaming service and wants to force them to watch more adverts.
Adams claims he forgot his phone password
FBI still can’t get into it
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last week on charges including fraud, bribery, and soliciting donations from foreign nationals, told federal investigators he forgot his phone password before handing it over.
Novelist wants class action against Meta
Stealing his books to train its llama
Novelist Christopher Farnsworth wants a class action copyright lawsuit against Meta Platforms for stealing his books and those of other writers to train its Llama artificial intelligence large language model.
IT companies are burning shedloads of lecky
Shocking cost of AI
A new report by BestBroker has discovered the shocking amount of electricity that big tech companies are burning up especially as now the world+dog wants AI.
Project Glymur might feature two chips
Qualcomm’s SoC family might be better than thought
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn, claiming that Qualcomm’s plans to expand upon its SoC family for Windows notebooks might mean Project Glymur is a family of two chips instead of one.
OnePlus forced to pull phone from Germany
Patent dispute
OnePlus had to pull its product in Germany after InterDigital, a research and development company focused on wireless devices, claimed to hold patents for key technologies, including 5G tech.
Microsoft walks away from HoloLens 2
Vole will keep working on militarised versions
Software King of the World, Microsoft has given up on the consumer and business version of its VR headset and is going to concentrate on military versions instead.
Investors want Ubisoft to sell itself off
French company might have to surrender
French company Ubisoft might surrender to pressure from its investors to find a buyer.