OpenAI growing like topsy
400M weekly active users, doubles enterprise customer base
OpenAI is riding a tidal wave of growth, with ChatGPT and its other AI products now boasting over 400 million active weekly users—a 33 per cent jump since December.
Nearly a third of AI chatbots share data
Google Gemini does the most evil
AI chatbots are harvesting user data at an alarming rate, with 30 per cent of them handing it over to third parties, including data brokers.
NSF fires 168 staff in shock move
Trump purge of science and public IT research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has axed 168 employees in a brutal cost-cutting move following President Trump’s executive order to reduce the federal workforce.
Jim Keller blasts Intel sale rumours
It’s a fire sale
The troubled Chipzilla’s golden days might be behind it, but selling the company or its divisions isn’t the way forward—it’s a reckless fire sale, says legendary chip designer Jim Keller.
AI can't code
OpenAI research exposes the limits of artificial engineers.
Despite all the hype, AI is nowhere near replacing human software engineers, according to OpenAI’s research.
Apple cries foul as UK regulator threatens mobile browser monopoly
Harms innovation excuse
Fruity cargo cult Apple is again playing the victim, claiming that the UK’s competition regulator’s proposed remedies for the mobile browser market could stifle its "innovation."
Nvidia brings back the Verified Priority Access program
Might be the only way to snag RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 Founders Edition cards
Nvidia has decided to bring back its Verified Priority Access (VPA) program, which allows verified users to purchase the GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition and GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition directly from the Nvidia Marketplace at MSRP.
Microsoft declutters Windows 11
Needs to meet EU privacy standards
Software King of the World Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 24H2 preview build, 26120.3281, released to the Dev and Beta channels, has officially removed the Location History API.
iPhone 16e a loud-sounding yawn
Old design new modem
The fruity cargo cult Apple has officially announced the iPhone 16e, a so-called budget version of its flagship iPhone 16. Under the bonnet, it has barely anything new besides the company’s over-hyped C1 modem.
Microsoft's quantum leap
New chip could speed up the introduction of quantum supercomputers
Software King of the World Microsoft has unveiled a breakthrough that, thanks to a revolutionary Majorana 1 chip, could make quantum computing a reality within years—not decades.