DeepSeek’s tech fuelling China’s military
Avoiding US export controls
A senior US official has accused DeepSeek of aiding the PRC’s military and intelligence operations by using Southeast Asian shell companies to sidestep US semiconductor export controls.
New 120mm flagship fan
Noctua has introduced its next-generation flagship 120mm fan, the NF-A12x25 G2. The new fan has some big shoes to fill as the original NF-A12x25 was one of the best 120mm fans on the market, but the new one promises big improvements with a refined blade geometry and a novel motor design.
Samsung releases new Smart Monitor M-series
Including OLED M9, M8, and M7 models
Samsung has updated its latest Smart Monitor lineup, including the flagship Smart Monitor, the flagship M9 (M90SF) model, as well as the updated M8 (M80F) and the M7 (M70Fl) models.
Musk threatens to lobotomise Grok again
Chatbot may not defy its billionaire dad
Elon Musk is once again throwing a wobbly at his own AI chatbot, Grok, for committing the cardinal sin of citing facts and accurately describing some of his sketchier online pals.
Huawei crows over China’s FTTR lead
Ultra-connected workforce
Huawei chair Xu Zhijun [pictured] reckons China’s fibre-to-the-room rollout is leaving the rest of the world in the dust.
Intel claws second place as Samsung stumbles over its yields
TSMC is still lording it over the global chip foundry racket, holding on to a 35 per cent grip on what is dubbed the "Foundry 2.0" which covers everything from photomask manufacturing to chip packaging alongside the usual silicon stamping.
2560 cores, 8GB RAM and just enough to call it an upgrade
Nvidia has finally stuck the GeForce RTX 5050 desktop GPU on its website, and while it’s not breaking any records, it’s clearly angling for the sweet spot of entry-level gamers who fancy a whiff of Blackwell architecture without torching their wallets.
Luxury brands snub Apple’s dashboard land grab
The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple’s latest attempt to colonise car dashboards with its CarPlay Ultra system has hit a wall, as several high-end carmakers politely told it to sod off.
Sophos finds ransomware crooks still getting paid
But firms are coughing up less cash and recovering faster
Security outfit Sophos has released its latest State of Ransomware report and it paints a picture that’s still grim, but with a few green shoots for businesses sick of being fleeced.
Nordic buys Memfault
Flogging a full-stack IoT dream, not just chips
Nordic Semiconductor has decided it’s had enough of being just another silicon pusher and snapped up its long-time partner Memfault, the cloud outfit best known for keeping IoT devices from going tits-up.