Asia-Pacific IoT spending to hit $241 billion in 2025
Published in IoT


IDC says connected gadgets and government cash will keep it growing

IDC number crunchers have peered into their crystal balls and seen spending on Internet of Things (IoT) tech across Asia and the Pacific reaching $241 billion in 2025.

TSMC profits under fire from Taiwan dollar and Washington
Published in News


Chip giant's margins squeezed

Trouble is brewing for TSMC, as the company finds itself caught between a hostile exchange rate and increasingly jittery American regulators.

OpenAI boss says vibe coding has sucked the fun out of dev work
Published in AI


Human engineers  stuck doing the boring bits

OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman [pictured] reckons AI-driven software development has turned human coders into overqualified Q&As.

Greenerwave wins big with French military
Published in Network


Breakthrough antenna tech scores major defence contract

Greenerwave has landed a plum deal with the French Armed Forces, thanks to some rather natty satellite communication wizardry.

PNY launches new DUO LINK V3 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C OTG Flash Drive
Published in PC Hardware


Compatible with smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops

PNY Technologies has launched its new DUO LINK V3, a next-generation USB 3.2 Gen 2 OTG flash drive designed for users who need fast and flexible file transfers across multiple devices, thanks to the fact that it has both the Type-A and the Type-C ports on the same device. Available in capacities of up to 2TB and offering impressive sequential transfer speeds, the new DUO LINK V3 is a complete solution for professionals. 

ASUS announces new Pro WS Platinum Series power supplies for high-end multi-GPU builds
Published in PC Hardware


Coming in 3,000W, 2,200W, and 1,600W versions

ASUS has announced its new Pro WS Platinum series of power supplies, which are coming in 3kW, 2.2kW, and 1.6kW versions, and is designed to power multi-GPU systems with high-end Geforce RTX 5090 or Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 series graphics cards.

AMD further details next-generation devices partnership with Microsoft
Published in Gaming


AMD's CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, releases a brief video statement

Following the Microsoft announcement detailing an expanded partnership with AMD to make next-generation devices, AMD has now released a short video statement, giving more details about the extent of that partnership.

Logitech's upcoming MX Master 4 leaks online
Published in PC Hardware


Slightly modified design and an extra button

Detailed images of the upcoming Logitech MX Master 4 mouse have been leaked online, showing a slightly modified design and an extra button.

ASRock unveils Radeon AI PRO R9700 Creator graphics card
Published in Graphics


Dual-slot Creator series Radeon AI PRO

ASRock has announced the launch of its latest graphics card, the Radeon AI PRO R9700 Creator, built to support edge AI acceleration and professional visualization tasks. Featuring a 4 nm Navi 48 silicon, the GPU comes fully enabled with 64 compute units (4,096 stream processors), 128 AI accelerators, and 64 ray tracing units. It also packs 32GB of memory, which should help with larger AI models. 

KIOXIA brings new CD9P Series PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs for AI and HPC workloads
Published in PC Hardware


Based on KIOXIA's 8th gen BiCS Flash TLC 3D flash memory

KIOXIA announced today the development and successful prototype demonstration of its latest solid-state drives, the CD9P Series PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs, designed to meet the growing demands of AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing (HPC) environments. Based on KIOXIA's 8th-generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory, built on triple-level cell (TLC) architecture and enhanced with CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology, these new SSDs promise significant improvements in storage density, performance, and power efficiency.