
Intel admits it has some desktop holes to fill
Arrow Lake refresh only a stopgap
Troubled Chipzilla has confirmed that a refresh of its Arrow Lake processors will limp out in 2026, with proper Nova Lake chips finally crawling out with the enthusiasm of a slug after a Hamburg rainfall later that year.

MSI cooks up RTX50 ‘Extreme OC’ cards
Afterburner dev handed early samples with unlocked voltage toys
MSI looks set to revive its Lightning branding with new RTX 50 GPUs kitted out for lunatic overclockers, and the developer behind Afterburner already has his hands on the first samples.

AI Darwin awards launched for the dimmest deployments
From Taco Bell chaos to McDonald’s jobbot fiascos
It was only a matter of time before the Darwin Awards were extended to cover the tech world’s worst attempts to shoehorn AI into places it clearly doesn’t belong.

TSMC hits record-breaking August revenue
AI boom keep the tills ringing
TSMC has just clocked up its busiest August in history, pulling in 3357.72 billion yuan (€96.1 billion), a 3.9 per cent rise month-on-month and 33.8 per cent up year-on-year.

SASE market booms as AI-ready branches fuel demand
Cisco and Palo Alto ride the SD-WAN gravy train
The Secure Access Service Edge market has seen a 22 per cent jump in revenue year-on-year, reaching $2.7 billion in the second quarter of 2025.