
Axeman arrives at Mozilla foundation
30 per cent of staff culled
Big cheeses at the Mozzarella Foundation, the Firefox browser maker Mozilla's non-profit arm, have laid off 30 per cent of its employees as the organisation says it faces a "relentless onslaught of change."

Early Realme GT 7 Pro benchmark tests hint at overheating issues
Getting a little too hot
The Realme GT 7 Pro reportedly ran too warm during benchmark tests, and the word on the street is that it might be the first Snapdragon 8 Elite chips to blame.

US government mulls Intel bail out
Or a forced merger with AMD and Marvell
The US government, faced with spending money on a civilised healthcare system, welfare, or decent infrastructure, is considering throwing more money at Intel.

Chinese hackers deploy botnet
Target Microsoft Azure accounts
Hackers allegedly working for the Chinese government are using a large botnet, mostly consisting of TP-Link routers, to conduct covert password spray attacks on Microsoft’s Azure cloud service.

iPhone Web browser embarrasses fanboys and girls
Shows friends their browsing history
A glitch in iPhone web browsers is causing users' internet history to resurface at the most inopportune times, leaving many red-faced and anxious about using their devices in public.

OpenAI's Sam Altman declares AGI "achievable" with existing kit
It might cost a bit
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims that current hardware can achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). However, this optimistic vision requires $7 trillion price tag and many years to construct 36 semiconductor plants and additional data centres.

App developers sue over removals
Google and Apple in court
App developers Musi and Sarafan Mobile have sued Apple and Google in California federal court over unjustified app removals based on legal issues with the big tech companies.

Perplexity wants to replace strikers with AI
Will cross the picket lines
The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross picket lines and provide services to mitigate the effect of a strike by New York Times tech workers.

Apple’s cheaper VisionPro heading to be vapourware
Delayed until 2027
Apple, the fruity cargo cult, has delayed the cheaper version of its disastrous, overpriced mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro.

Amazon's first colour E-reader has issues
Users moan about Kindle Colorsoft
Amazon's first-ever colour e-reader, the Kindle Colorsoft, has only just gone on sale, and early adopters are already expressing dissatisfaction.