Asus crams Nvidia's petaflop monster into a dull PC
Published in PC Hardware


ET900N G3 is a supercomputer with a DVD player

Asus has pulled a fast one on the performance PC world by hiding Nvidia's GB300 Ultra chip in a chassis so dull it is like watching paint dry on a beige wall in an insurance office while listening to someone explain how envelopes are made.

Equal1 unveils plug-and-play silicon qubit system
Published in AI


Quantum power into a standard rack server

Boffin's from Equal1 have just emerged from their smoke filled labs with a box which can use both quantum and traditional computing. 

AMD unloads 96-core Threadripper Pro 9995WX
Published in PC Hardware


Zen 5 monster aims straight at Chipzilla's Xeons

AMD took to Computex to unveil its new Zen 5-powered Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series, and it's going for the throat. The show's star is the Threadripper Pro 9995WX, a hulking 96-core, 192-thread silicon slab aimed squarely at the workstation elite.

Apple blocking Microsoft's Xbox store attempts
Published in Mobiles


Vole backs Epic in its scrap with the Fruity Cargo Cult

The software king of the world Microsoft has complained to a court that the fruity cargo cult Apple has been doing its best to stop it launching an Xbox-branded mobile game store.

Intel's Maxsun monster: dual Arc Pro B60 GPU with 48GB
Published in PC Hardware


Chipzilla slaps two GPUs on one card, hopes someone notices

Troubled Chipzilla and board partner Maxsun showed off a curious slab of silicon at Computex 2025, unveiling the Arc Pro B60 Dual GPU 48GB card.

Nvidia boss says US chip ban is shooting itself in the foot
Published in News


Export controls are fuelling China’s AI boom

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has laid into the US government’s AI chip export bans, branding them “a failure” that’s doing the opposite of what Washington claims it wants.

OpenAI teams up with Sir Jony Ive
Published in AI
Thursday, 22 May 2025 09:31

OpenAI teams up with Sir Jony Ive


Former Apple designer likely to cook up an expensive mystery box

OpenAI has confirmed it’s entering the hardware game, teaming up with former Job’s Mob design messiah Jony Ive to birth a new line of AI gadgets, though no one’s quite sure what they’ll do yet.

Signal slams Windows 11 Recall App
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Thursday, 22 May 2025 09:15

Signal slams Windows 11 Recall App


Blocking screenshots by default

Signal Messenger has fired a broadside at the software king of the world, Microsoft's new AI tool recall and is blocking its use by default. 

Dell teams up with Nvidia to box up AI
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Thursday, 22 May 2025 09:04

Dell teams up with Nvidia to box up AI


Dell AI Factory with Nvidia goes semantic and agentic

The Grey Box Shifter, Dell has teamed up with Nvidia to peddle the latest iteration of its AI in a box.

Apple’s foldable fantasy crushed by Huawei and Amazon
Published in Mobiles

 
Tame Apple Press celebrates a ghost product while rivals deliver the goods

The Tame Apple Press has breathlessly hyped up a foldable device from Jobs’ Mob, promising an innovation that would once again change everything. Except there is no product, no launch, and no clarity on whether it is an iPad or a MacBook. The only thing Apple seems to have delivered is confusion and delay.