Chinese AI startup's R1 model scored real points

DeepSeek’s R1 model has done what no one else has managed and gotten Microsoft's top brass to admit OpenAI might finally have a proper rival.

Cupertino giant must keep jobs at home 

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is facing new political headwinds after Donald Trump publicly urged chief executive Tim Cook to halt the company’s growing manufacturing expansion in India.

Forced deal with Korean foundry as TSMC loyalty wobbles

Qualcomm normally tries to split chip production between Samsung and TSMC but always ends up relying on TSMC because Samsung cannot fix its yield problems. This year might be different for better or worse.

Economic nerves and tariffs leave server maker reeling

Super Micro Computer has taken a nasty smack, slashing its full-year revenue outlook after whiffing badly on recent earnings and blaming tariffs and economic jitters for customers backing away from orders.

AI buzz and solid networking sales boost forecast

Cisco Systems has posted better-than-expected profit and sales in its fiscal third quarter.

Intel’s future pinned to a node no one’s buying

Troubled Chipzilla’s much-hyped 18A manufacturing node, the supposed centrepiece of its comeback plan, is currently about as popular as a fart in a spacesuit.

Sees “white genocide” everywhere even in baseball

Elon Musk’s pet AI Grok appears to have gone completely off its trolley, hijacking conversations on X (formerly Twitter) to bang on about alleged "white genocide" in South Africa, no matter what anyone asks it.

Rattling EPYC and Xeon cages

China’s Hygon has  delivered a monster CPU that might give Troubled Chipzilla’s Xeon and AMD’s EPYC a right scare.

New GFX13 architecture sneaks into the spotlight

AMD’s next-gen GPU architecture has leaked all over the web, and it looks like the chipmaker is ready to ditch RDNA for something it is either calling UDNA or RDNA 5, depending on which way the wind is blowing.

Linux boss blames autocorrect for typo mayhem

IT's Mr Sweary, Linus Torvalds has binned his low-profile keyboard and rejoined the noisy mechanical brigade.