Serious business risks

A recent study has found that 94 per cent of spreadsheets used in business decision-making contain errors, posing serious risks for financial losses and operational mistakes. This finding highlights the need for better quality assurance practices.

4,000 employees  this time

Cisco is reportedly set to lay off around 4,000 employees in its second round of job cuts this year, as the networking behemoth intensifies its focus on artificial intelligence.

Since patched

At the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas, three Google researchers presented over nine vulnerabilities in Qualcomm's Adreno GPU, which have now been patched.

Door slammed on entry-level chips

Just when we thought we were getting new RDNA 3 GPUs, the Radeon RX 7400 and RX 7300, it turns out those plans have been binned.

Things will get worse before getting better

Chipzilla's woes have been there for everyone to see. Disappointing revenue and a bleak earnings forecast have forced Intel to announce a drastic plan: slashing 15,000 jobs, cutting $10 billion in costs by 2025, and suspending the quarterly dividend. CEO Pat [kicking] Gelsinger highlighted the stark reality in a company memo: sales were $24 billion higher in 2020 than last year, yet headcount is 10 per cent higher now.

Don’t you dare use rivals' payment options

The fruity cargo cult Apple is flexing its monopolistic muscles, threatening to boot Patreon from the App Store if creators dare to use third-party billing options or disable transactions on iOS. Instead, Apple insists on creators using its in-app purchasing system for Patreon subscriptions.

Gained market share in data centre and laptop CPU sectors

AMD experienced another strong quarter in Q2 2024, gaining market share in the data centre and laptop CPU sectors, according to a recent report by CPU number cruncher Mercury Research.

Don’t want to say “yes minister” to AI

Civil servants in the United Kingdom are embroiled in a contentious dispute with the government over the proposed deployment of artificial intelligence to handle taxpayer complaints.

Targeting AI

Rapidus Corporation is constructing a chip fabrication facility in Northern Japan.

Industry gadfly and mate died yesterday

One of the legends of the IT industry, tantric guru, and the inventor of the cynical red-top tech tabloid, Mike Magee, has died at the age of 74.