
Gaza conflict the first significant use of AI in war
When intelligence ran out the robots took over
The Gaza conflict might go down in history as the first extensive use of AI in warfare.

Pressure mounts on Vole as FSF calls for action on TPM 2.0
Join the home guard
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has stepped up its campaign against Microsoft’s TPM 2.0 security chip which it claims is just a clever way to lock users into proprietary software.

Linux gaming on the rise
Valve's steam survey December results
Valve's "Steam Survey" results for December 2024 indicate a notable upward trend for Linux gaming statistics.

Siri has been spying on users
Selling their conversations for targeted advertising
Despite claiming that “unlike other companies” it was not spying on users and flogging their data to advertisers the fruity cargo cult, Apple has just paid out in a court case where it was doing just that.

Qualcomm accelerates Snapdragon 8 Elite v2
Hints at early launch
The next-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite v2 system-on-chip (SoC) could debut earlier than expected, according to industry insider Digital Chat Station.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 sticking to 8-pin power connectors
Launch end of January
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 will not have a 12V-2×6 connector and will stick to the older 8-pin connectors.

Arrow Lake microcode fails to resolve performance problems
More woe for Chipzilla
Chipzilla’s latest "0x114" microcode update appears unable to resolve persistent performance issues plaguing its Arrow Lake-S processors.

Nvidia bets on robotics
Next thing
Nvidia is turning its attention to robotics as a potential major growth driver, amid rising competition in its core AI chipmaking business.

Nvidia acquires Run:ai for $700 Million
Plans to open source it
Nvidia has completed its $700 million acquisition of Run:ai, an Israel-based startup specializing in GPU cloud orchestration software for artificial intelligence workloads

Google CEO Sundar Pichai warns about key AI issues in 2025
Company needs to go like the clappers
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has warned employees that 2025 will be crucial to the outfit as it tries to club its way to AI dominance.