TSMC price hikes not as brutal as feared, but still grim
Chip clients breathe a sigh of relief
It turns out TSMC’s next big price jump will not be quite the wallet-melter everyone expected.
Data centre growth saved the US economy
US economy is now running on the fumes of AI infrastructure
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street might want to send a thank-you card to Silicon Valley, because without data centres and AI servers, US economic growth in 2025 would have been dead in the water.
Qualcomm snaps up Arduino
Buys into open source to cosy up to tinkerers and robot builders
Smartphone processor outfit Qualcomm has decided it wants a piece of the open source action, announcing plans to buy Arduino, the Italian microcontroller darling beloved by hobbyists and hardware hackers.
UK police nab two after ransomware attack on kids’ data
Hackers leaked children’s names and photos
Inspector Knacker of the Yard has fingered the collar of two suspects after a ransomware gang nicked data from a London childcare outfit looking after more than 8,000 children.
Microsoft wants to ditch Nvidia and AMD for its own silicon
Vole needs a bit of leverage
Software King of the World, Microsoft has decided it no longer wants to live under the silicon thumb of AMD or Nvidia and wants to rely more on its home brew chips.