Apple Intelligence will be heavily censored
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Wednesday, 07 August 2024 11:41

Apple Intelligence will be heavily censored


Even American Puritans, nuns, retired colonels can’t be outraged

Fruity cargo cult Apple is going to castrate its much over-hyped “Apple Intelligence” AI software so that it does not offend anyone.

Micron's PCIe Gen6 SSDs on the way
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Wednesday, 07 August 2024 11:09

Micron's PCIe Gen6 SSDs on the way


Data Centres only for now 

Micron has announced its PCIe Gen6 solid-state drive technology, which if it works could take the pressure off data centres under pressure from AI loads.

Intel's 18A makes milestones
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Wednesday, 07 August 2024 11:06

Intel's 18A makes milestones


A jolly good show in a bleak year

While Chipzilla is having an annus horribilis this year with its share price and profits falling and faulty chips, it has had some good news about the successful booting of its next-generation Panther Lake and Clearwater Forest CPUs.

Nvidia finally approves Samsung's HBM3E chips
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Wednesday, 07 August 2024 10:25

Nvidia finally approves Samsung's HBM3E chips


HBM3E can be used with Nvidia's AI accelerators

Samsung has finally obtained the long-awaited clearance for its HBM chips from Nvidia.

Super Micro shrugs off Nvidia GPU delay rumours
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You get that with the big jobs

Data centre equipment provider Super Micro has downplayed concerns about potential delays in NVIDIA's latest Blackwell AI GPUs.

Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged boycott
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Wednesday, 07 August 2024 10:11

Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged boycott


Infamy, infamy they have all got it in for me.

Elon [look at me] Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has launched a lawsuit against a group of advertisers, claiming a "massive advertiser boycott" has cost the company billions and breached antitrust laws.

Samsung unveils industry's thinnest LPDDR5X DRAM
Published in PC Hardware


Headed for premium smartphones

Samsung Electronics is mass producing what it calls the industry's thinnest 12nm-class, 12GB, and 16GB LPDDR5X DRAM packages, aimed at the premium smartphone market.

Musk sues OpenAI again
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Tuesday, 06 August 2024 11:42

Musk sues OpenAI again


Same reasons as before

Elon [look at me] Musk has sued OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, and associated entities, accusing the creators of ChatGPT of violating their initial contractual commitments by prioritising profit over the non-profit's foundational goal of advancing AI for the benefit of humanity.

Trump admits he is supporting EVs because Musk gave him “support”
Published in Transportation


Not going to drain that bit of the swamp

Former President Donald Trump said he had "no choice" but to support electric vehicles after Tesla CEO Elon Musk "endorsed" him.

Google's antitrust violation ruling significant win for regulators
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Court decides Google spent billions to become an illegal monopoly

A US. judge ruled  that Google violated antitrust law by spending billions of dollars to establish an illegal monopoly and become the world's default search engine.