Scaling up will not solve AI problems
Published in AI
Monday, 24 March 2025 11:09

Scaling up will not solve AI problems


Boffins tell Big Tech to stop sniffing GPU fumes 

The people who build artificial intelligence have finally acknowledged have warned that endlessly increasing hardware for AI models is about as effective as solving climate change by buying more SUVs.

Italy orders Google to poison its public DNS
Published in News


Because someone streamed football

Italy’s war on internet piracy has taken a sharp turn into the absurd, with the Court of Milan now ordering the world’s largest search engine to poison its own public DNS servers.

Steam on a $100 ARM board
Published in Gaming
Monday, 24 March 2025 09:37

Steam on a $100 ARM board


Only if you're allergic to convenience

A masochist has decided to get Steam running on a dirt-cheap ARM board powered by the RK3588 chip.

Western chips still powering Russian missiles
Published in News


Loopholes 

Three years into Russia's “definitely-not-an-invasion” invasion of Ukraine, it turns out the West’s sanctions regime is as watertight as a colander.

Apple's AI shake-up shuffle
Published in AI
Friday, 21 March 2025 11:28

Apple's AI shake-up shuffle


Vision Pro chief takes over Siri amid delays and internal strife

Apple is scrambling to salvage its floundering AI initiatives, as CEO Tim Cook has reportedly sidelined John Giannandrea, the company's AI chief, due to the faltering development of its products.

Nvidia flogs RTX 5090s from a food truck
Published in Graphics
Friday, 21 March 2025 11:26

Nvidia flogs RTX 5090s from a food truck


While AI gold rush leaves gamers in the dust

Nvidia has decided the best way to sell its unicorn-tier RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards is not through retailers or online orders, but from the back of a food truck.

USB-C may be on the chopping block
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 21 March 2025 11:24

USB-C may be on the chopping block


EU loophole opens floodgates for portless phones

The European Commission has ruled that its instance on the USB-C standard only applies to phones if they charge via a wire.

HP dodges blame for sabotaging its printers
Published in News


Pays lawyers instead of customers

A US District Court judge has approved a settlement between the makers of expensive printer ink, HP, and a group of furious customers who were understandably miffed that their printers were rendered inoperable by an unwanted firmware update.

Physicists create LED pixels smaller than a virus
Published in Graphics


For very small screens

A team of Chinese boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs having created a pixel which is smaller than a virus.

Clearview AI tried to buy 690 million arrest records
Published in News


What could possibly go wrong?

Surveillance-snoop-for-hire Clearview AI attempted to snap up nearly 700 million arrest records and 390 million mugshots—complete with Social Security numbers, email addresses, home addresses, birthdates, and phone numbers.