Hygon ditches AMD Zen to forge 128-core monster
Rattling EPYC and Xeon cages
China’s Hygon has delivered a monster CPU that might give Troubled Chipzilla’s Xeon and AMD’s EPYC a right scare.
AMD's next-gen UDNA GPU leaks
New GFX13 architecture sneaks into the spotlight
AMD’s next-gen GPU architecture has leaked all over the web, and it looks like the chipmaker is ready to ditch RDNA for something it is either calling UDNA or RDNA 5, depending on which way the wind is blowing.
Torvalds ditches soft keyboard for clackety clack
Linux boss blames autocorrect for typo mayhem
IT's Mr Sweary, Linus Torvalds has binned his low-profile keyboard and rejoined the noisy mechanical brigade.
Google increases Android's anti-theft walls
Factory Reset Protection gets some teeth
Google is giving Android’s Factory Reset Protection (FRP) a badly needed kick up the backside, promising to make stolen phones even more useless than before by spotting setup wizard dodges and forcing a second reset until ownership is nailed down.
Intel chips suffers new branch privilege injection leak
Another Spectre hole
Troubled Chipzilla has managed another spectacular security belly-flop, with researchers finding a shiny new hole in all modern Intel CPUs that leaks data from privileged software like the operating system kernel.
Foxconn enjoys a profit boom
But warns of trouble ahead
Foxconn has reported 91 per cent surge in profit this quarter but warned that it is cutting its full-year outlook over US tariff games.
Fresh layoffs at Microsoft
More than 6,000 Voles to go
Software King of the World, Microsoft is sharpening the axe again, swinging for three per cent of its global workforce to strip out middle managers and trim its flabby international operations.
Trump tightens noose on Huawei’s AI chips
US crackdown targets global users of Chinese tech
Donald Trump’s administration has warned that using artificial intelligence chips from Huawei could land companies worldwide with criminal penalties for violating US export controls.
Global IT services spending hits the brakes
Growth to halve by 2029
After years of throwing cash at IT services like drunken sailors, companies worldwide are finally putting their wallets away. New data shows that spending growth in the sector is about to collapse by half before the end of the decade.
Nvidia hikes GPU prices
Even before the scalpers get their paws on them
Nvidia is jacking up prices across almost its entire product line to keep its profits fat while tariffs and soaring manufacturing costs hammer the business.
