SMIC sweats the details while Washington keeps the door shut

Huawei’s latest mobile chip, the Kirin 9030, is drawing attention because it shows the company can still ship years after Washington blocked access to EUV lithography.

Custom silicon, same old dependency

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple's over-hyped server chip may be to provide the outfit with its own cloud AI silicon, which is getting too expensive.

PR man reckons the RAM market will steady itself

Panic-buying PC hardware is getting silly, and Sapphire thinks gamers should put their wallets away and take a breath.

Ancient cypher meets its end after years of hacks and warnings

Software King of the World, Microsoft, is pulling the plug on RC4, an obsolete and leaky encryption cypher it has propped up by default for 26 years despite a trail of break-ins and public embarrassment.

Forced webOS update leaves users stuck with Microsoft AI

LG has shoved Microsoft Copilot onto its smart TVs, leaving baffled owners staring at an app they never asked for and cannot remove.

Lost Volvo deal sends LiDAR hopeful into bankruptcy court

Luminar Technologies has run out of road, filing for bankruptcy after a key supply contract with Volvo Cars was pulled from under it.

Rain, debt and mixed messages rattle the boom.

CoreWeave has managed to torch about $33 billion in market value in six weeks, which is quite a trick even by AI hype standards.

Oh, Mr Darcy, we need not talk about your awkward security past

Troubled Chipzilla has been fondling ACM Research's chip-making equipment, which is worrying the spooks and hawks in Washington that the Chinese-backed firm might be below its station.

Epic smells blood while developers eye Job’s Mob warily

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has lost its appeal against a brutal contempt ruling, leaving a long-running iOS payments fight tilted firmly against it.

Neuroengineers keep pushing rodents through immortal engine

A team of boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs, having taught rats how to play Doom.