Chipmaker sidesteps US export bans with a neutered Blackwell

Nvidia is plotting to flog a China-specific AI chip in September. It's a lobotomised version of the Blackwell RTX Pro 6000, tweaked just enough to duck under the US's tightened export controls.

Thanks to AI

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC has laughed all the way to the bank this quarter, reporting revenue of T$933.8 billion or about €26.1 billion, which beat market expectations and its own guidance.

Altman eyes Google's ad cash and your data

OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to lob an AI-powered browser into the ring, taking a swing at Alphabet’s Chrome and hoping to nick a chunk of the Google empire’s advertising goldmine.

AI chip maker's epic rise leaves the competition in the dust

The AI chip peddler Nvidia just became the first company in history to tip over the $4 trillion valuation mark, elbowing past the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Microsoft on the Nasdaq on 10 July.

 
State of music is so bad existence does not matter any more

Velvet Sundown, the indie rock outfit that racked up more than a million Spotify listeners, has finally come clean and admitted that it does not exist.

New GFX 11.5.3 files hint at 'Gorgon Point' APU looming

AMD has dropped a fresh pile of RDNA 3.5 integrated GPU firmware into the Linux firmware repository, paving the way for its next round of silicon without the usual fanfare.

Vanilla RDNA 4 GPU spotted in AIDA64 ahead of official reveal

Looks like AMD’s budget-friendly RDNA 4 card is warming up in the wings. A new version of AIDA64 has tipped its hand by listing support for the Radeon RX 9060, a notch below the already-rumoured RX 9060 XT.

Liquid glass now looks more like cheap frosted plastic

Fruity cargo cult Apple has spent the latest iOS 26 beta dialling down its vista-clone Liquid Glass, the see-through design it hyped at WWDC.

Activision pulls WWII from Microsoft Store after players get pwned

Gaming behemoth Activision has yanked Call of Duty: WWII from the Microsoft Store after hackers exploited a remote code execution bug that let them take over players’ PCs.

Data centre land grab or cash-saving sleight of hand?

CoreWeave has wasted no time splashing the cashless after its IPO. Just three months since floating, the US data centre outfit is shelling out $9 billion worth of shares to acquire Core Scientific in what’s being sold as a bold expansion move.