AMD tipped to bump Radeon RX 9070 GRE up to 16GB
Published in Graphics


Chipmaker wants fatter memory bus

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn that AMD is planning to beef up its Radeon RX 9070 GRE with more memory after punters grumbled about the 12GB launch earlier this year.

Cue pushes Apple to splash cash on AI startups
Published in AI
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 09:53

Cue pushes Apple to splash cash on AI startups


Cook still doesn’t fancy doing anything bold or expensive

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s services overlord Eddy Cue is apparently desperate to blow some cash on big-name AI firms, though his past ideas, like snapping up Netflix and Tesla, were promptly exterminated by supreme dalek Tim Cook.

German court slaps Apple over ‘carbon neutral’ Watch
Published in IoT


Eucalyptus offsets and marketing waffle don’t cut it in Berlin

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has been told to stop flogging its Watches as "carbon neutral" in Germany after a court decided the claim was a load of old cobblers.

Canada’s tech hiring freeze worse than cold snap
Published in News


ChatGPT blamed as pandemic-era boom crashes into AI reality

Canada’s once-blistering tech job market has faceplanted, with listings now 19 per cent below what they were in 2020, and analysts are pointing fingers squarely at AI.

OpenAI’s corporate restructuring could drag into 2026
Published in News


Microsoft standoff stalls SoftBank billions

OpenAI’s attempts to restructure its business have hit the skids as it locks horns with the software King of the World, Microsoft, leaving billions in SoftBank cash hanging in the balance.

Cambricon cashes in on anti-Nvidia orders
Published in News
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 09:09

Cambricon cashes in on anti-Nvidia orders


Beijing's AI chip pipsqueak rakes in the yuan

Chinese chip upstart Cambricon is laughing all the way to the bank after netting a record profit on the back of Beijing's vendetta against Nvidia.

Intel warns about Trump’s partial nationalisation
Published in News


US government stake could be a poisoned chalice

Troubled Chipzilla has admitted that the US government’s shiny new 9.9 per cent stake in the firm might be more of a liability than a lifeline.

Huawei working on HBM-free AI SSDs
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 26 August 2025 10:31

Huawei working on HBM-free AI SSDs


Chinese giant eyes solid-state alternative to high-bandwidth memory

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Huawei is cooking up a new type of memory aimed at AI workloads that could ditch traditional high-bandwidth memory (HBM).

IBM Power11 gets speed boost and AI smarts
Published in News
Tuesday, 26 August 2025 10:20

IBM Power11 gets speed boost and AI smarts


Uses Samsung's enhanced 7nm node with 2.5D stacking

IBM has wheeled out its Power11 server CPU at Hot Chips 2025, giving it higher clocks, AI acceleration, and a taste of Samsung’s iCube 2.5D packaging.

AMD blames mobo makers for AM5 socket meltdowns
Published in PC Hardware


Socket sizzle saga hits ASRock hardest

AMD has finally broken its silence over the smoking AM5 socket scandal, and it's pointing the finger at third-party motherboard vendors for pushing the limits.