Applied Materials sued in China over alleged tech theft
Beijing chip-gear maker claims US rival swiped plasma tech via ex-staff
Top US chip-equipment maker Applied Materials is in hot water in China after being accused of stealing trade secrets from a domestic competitor.
Biwin’s hints at pint-sized PCIe drive
China’s new Mini SSD is faster than MicroSD and nearly as tiny
Chinese storage maker Biwin has cooked up a new SSD that’s barely bigger than a MicroSD card but claims read speeds over 3.7GB/s.
Proton shifts out of Switzerland over snooping law fears
Privacy-first firm bolts as Swiss politicians threaten anonymity
Proton is beginning to shift its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland, fearing a fresh bout of government snooping baked into the country's updated surveillance laws.
OpenAI’s GPT-5 wins over enterprise despite user backlash
Corporates chase speed, cost, and brainpower
OpenAI might be taking flak for GPT-5’s "less intuitive" feel, but the enterprise crowd is lapping it up. The chatbot’s newly launched brainchild is already getting jammed into products across the coding and productivity world.
Nanya cashes in as DRAM giants throttle DDR4 output
Conservative chipmaker finds gold in dwindling supply
The DRAM world’s three big players have been quietly turning off the taps on DDR4 this year and it is finally sending prices skyward.
Wikipedia spammer tries to turn McVeigh composer into a global icon
Gamed the internet's biggest encyclopaedia for a decade
While Wackypedia editors did their best to make Fudzilla vanish, they were failing to spot someone carrying out a ten-year campaign to immortalise a nutty composer of odes to famous neo-nazis on the site.
PC gaming still offers better bang for your buck
Smart upgrades and game deals keep PCs ahead of consoles
Console fanboys might not want to hear it, but PC gaming still gives you more for your money if you know what you're doing.
Lenovo rides AI PC hype to record sales
Claims top spot in smart boxes while rivals scramble
Lenovo has kicked off its fiscal year by flogging more PCs than ever and is crowing about its AI leadership.
Streaming chaos driving piracy's comeback
Industry own goal
Streaming is in such a mess that piracy is starting to look like the grown-up option.
AMD thrashes server market
Record 41 per cent share
Chipzilla’s life just got a lot more miserable after AMD walked off with a record 41 per cent of server revenue in the second quarter of 2025, according to number crunchers from Mercury Research.