AMD’s FSR 4 exclusivity concerns older GPU owners
They will not get the latest performance enhancements
AMD has confirmed that its upcoming FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) upscaling technology will be exclusive to RDNA 4 GPUs, potentially leaving owners of older graphics cards without access to the latest performance enhancements.
Apple-designed chips are a hacker’s joy
SLAP and FLOP
The fruity cargo cult Apple’s overhyped homemade chips contain two “features” that allow hackers to access credit card information, locations, and other sensitive data from the Chrome and Safari browsers as they visit sites such as iCloud Calendar, Google Maps, and Proton Mail.
Meanie EU is punishing us for being clever moans Google
Nothing to do with being an evil monopoly
Search engine outfit Google has moaned to Europe’s top court that the big mean European Commission was punishing it for being innovative.
UK cloud services market not working
Not enough competition, says CMA
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that competition in the UK cloud services market is not working as effectively as it should, potentially costing UK businesses hundreds of millions of pounds annually.
Garmin smartwatches borked
Timeless boot screen
Garmin smartwatch users are complaining that their watches are stuck in a never-ending boot screen featuring a so-called “blue triangle of death.”
NASDAQ shares rise again
Market realises it made an expensive mistake
The red-faced cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street were rushing to buy tech shares yesterday after realising that they had made a mistake about a Chinese AI firm wiping out Western business.
Meta and Alibaba have developed self-replicating Large Language Models
AI can now breed
Boffins at Fudan University has created large language models (LLMs) which can replicate themselves autonomously during trials.
VD Vance says Big Tech has too much power
Things might not be so sweet for Tech oligarchs under Trump
Despite much brownnosing and cash handed over to Donald Trump, it seems that things might not go so well for the Big Tech oligarchs during this third term.
Facebook censors Linux topics
Right wing good, open sauce bad
Social notworking site Facebook is censoring posts mentioning Linux-related topics, according to Linux news and discussion site DistroWatch.
Council flogs off assets to fund Oracle project
Getting rather expensive
West Sussex County Council is selling $31 million of capital assets to fund an Oracle-based transformation project, which has caused a cost overrun of biblical proportions.