Samsung sends 2nm Snapdragon sample to Qualcomm
Hopes to win back Qualcomm with shiny new silicon
Samsung has shipped a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 sample produced on its 2nm GAA process to Qualcomm for evaluation, marking a potential turning point in its bruised relationship with the US chip designer.
Bank of England fears AI bubble about to pop
Threadbare faith in AI valuations
The Bank of England has warned that the frothy optimism inflating the world’s biggest tech stocks could soon splatter across trading floors, saying the risk of a “sharp market correction” has grown alarmingly.
Intel questions open source generosity
Exec says Intel shouldn’t be carrying freeloading rivals
Troubled Chipzilla’s long-standing love affair with open sauce might be heading for rocky times after one of its top brass suggested it’s time to stop being everyone’s free R&D department.
Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka lands
Wayland-only desktop and a Rusty twist
Canonical has unleashed Ubuntu 25.10, cheerily codenamed Questing Quokka, with a fresh Linux 6.17 kernel, a shiny GNOME 49 desktop, and a bag full of tinkering changes sure to delight or infuriate long-time users.
China tightens the screws on chip imports
Beijing serious about cutting Nvidia out of its tech diet
China has gone full throttle in enforcing tighter controls on semiconductor imports, as the Middle Kingdom pushes to purge its tech sector of American hardware, particularly from Nvidia.