Huawei crows over China’s FTTR lead
Ultra-connected workforce
Huawei chair Xu Zhijun [pictured] reckons China’s fibre-to-the-room rollout is leaving the rest of the world in the dust.
Intel claws second place as Samsung stumbles over its yields
TSMC is still lording it over the global chip foundry racket, holding on to a 35 per cent grip on what is dubbed the "Foundry 2.0" which covers everything from photomask manufacturing to chip packaging alongside the usual silicon stamping.
2560 cores, 8GB RAM and just enough to call it an upgrade
Nvidia has finally stuck the GeForce RTX 5050 desktop GPU on its website, and while it’s not breaking any records, it’s clearly angling for the sweet spot of entry-level gamers who fancy a whiff of Blackwell architecture without torching their wallets.
Luxury brands snub Apple’s dashboard land grab
The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple’s latest attempt to colonise car dashboards with its CarPlay Ultra system has hit a wall, as several high-end carmakers politely told it to sod off.
Sophos finds ransomware crooks still getting paid
But firms are coughing up less cash and recovering faster
Security outfit Sophos has released its latest State of Ransomware report and it paints a picture that’s still grim, but with a few green shoots for businesses sick of being fleeced.