Musk empire losing talent
Published in News
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 10:06

Musk empire losing talent


Executives flee as xAI chaos and politics drive departures

Elon Musk is burning through top lieutenants at a pace that makes even the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street look stable.

EA goes private for $55 billion
Published in Gaming
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 09:56

EA goes private for $55 billion


Trump’s son-in-law helps steer publisher into private hands

Electronic Arts has decided the best time to cash in and go private is while everyone is excited about Battlefield.

YouTube gives $24.5 million to Trump
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Tuesday, 30 September 2025 09:45

YouTube gives $24.5 million to Trump


Final Big Tech holdout forks over cash after Capitol riot ban

YouTube has become the last of the Big Tech giants to pay off Donald Trump after booting him off the platform following the Capitol riot.

Nvidia and AMD crank up AI chip war
Published in News
Monday, 29 September 2025 10:57

Nvidia and AMD crank up AI chip war


Both sides rejigging their offerings

Nvidia and AMD are frantically revising their next-gen AI designs in an effort to out-muscle each other, with power budgets and memory bandwidth figures spiralling upwards.

Qualcomm sticks with TSMC’s 2nm N2P for next two Snapdragon Elites
Published in Mobiles


Chipzilla rival braces for soaring wafer prices

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 was its last flagship built on the 3nm process. Now the San Diego mob is tipped to move to TSMC’s shiny new 2nm node, but not the bog-standard N2 flavour.

Amazon Fire TV to dump Android for Linux in 2025
Published in Mobiles


Bezos’s empire fancies more cash from your telly habits

Amazon is preparing to ditch Android on its Fire TV gadgets and shove in a home-grown Linux-based system codenamed Vega OS.

Berners-Lee says the web has gone off the rails
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Inventor pushes for user-owned data and a CERN-style AI project

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee reckons the internet is in a mess, hijacked by social media platforms that turned people into products rather than customers.

Trump demands Microsoft fires top staffer
Published in News
Monday, 29 September 2025 09:50

Trump demands Microsoft fires top staffer


Lisa Monaco accused of being a security risk

US president Donald Trump is demanding that the Software King of the World, Microsoft fire its new global affairs boss Lisa Monaco, claiming she is a threat to national security.

Apple’s iPhone factory still a labour horror show
Published in Mobiles


Foxconn accused of dodgy contracts, wage delays and discrimination

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is once again facing awkward questions about the way its prized iPhones are churned out in China by its besties Foxconn.

EA close to $50bn buyout deal
Published in Gaming
Monday, 29 September 2025 09:25

EA close to $50bn buyout deal


Sharks circle the games giant

Electronic Arts could be yanked off the stock market in a $50 billion deal that would make it one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history.